Efficiency limits of next-generation hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar technology
Credit: by Gan Huang, Kai Wang and Christos N. Markides. Solar energy is one of the most abundant renewable energy sources, and effective solar technologies...
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A magnetic twist to graphene
By combining ferromagnets and two rotated layers of graphene, researchers open up a new platform for strongly interacting states using graphene's unique quantum degree of...
Bernese researchers create sophisticated lung-on-chip
Credit: Pauline Zamprogno, ARTORG Center for Biological Engineering Research The lung is a complex organ whose main function is to exchange gases. It is the...
‘Multiplying’ light could be key to ultra-powerful optical computers
Credit: Gleb Berloff An important class of challenging computational problems, with applications in graph theory, neural networks, artificial intelligence and error-correcting codes can be solved...
New timeline of deadliest California wildfire could guide lifesaving research and action
Credit: NIST On a brisk November morning in 2018, a fire sparked in a remote stretch of canyon in Butte County, California, a region nestled...
UMass Amherst researchers gain insight into the biology of a deadly fungus
Bd's actin structures likely play roles in causing skin disease threatening amphibians worldwideCredit: UMass Amherst Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have gained new...
3D-printed spectrometer on a 100 x100 μm² footprint
Credit: by Andrea Toulouse, Johannes Drozella, Simon Thiele, Harald Giessen, and Alois Herkommer Femtosecond direct laser writing as a 3D printing technology has been one...
Halt cell recycling to treat cancer
UC researchers found that stopping cell recycling in cancer cells could help treat a very aggressive form of breast cancerCredit: University of Cincinnati Recycling cans...
Silicon waveguides move us closer to faster, light-based logic circuits
Credit: by Urbonas, D., Mahrt, R.F. and Stöferle For decades, the speed of our computers has been growing at a steady pace. The processor of...
Understanding catalytic couplings: not all synergies are simple
New Nature Catalysis paper provides a rationalisation of the inner workings of nickel-catalysed cross-coupling reactionsCredit: Credit: Craig S. Day (ICIQ) Negishi cross-coupling reactions have been...
What rules govern the structure of membraneless organelles?
A study in Nature Communications outlines physical rules regulating the architecture of these liquid organellesCredit: Taranpreet Kaur BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In cells, numerous important biochemical...
New research reveals drivers of regionally different ozone responses to the COVID-19
Credit: TANG Rong The outbreak of COVID-19 raised a question about the relationship between anthropogenic emissions and air pollution, which has aroused heated discussion. Research...
Two-phase material with surprising properties
Microstructure and macroscopic electro-mechanical properties are closely coupled in so-called ferroelectric polymers. An explanation for the high temperature dependence of this coupling has now been...
Marmoset monkeys have personalities too
Credit: © Vedrana Šlipogor In humans, differences in personalities have been evident since the ancient times. Personality in animals has long been ignored, but recently...
Scientists measure spectral line of Cherenkov radiation in radiant regime
Credit: TPU microtron The scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with the colleagues from Keysight company have conducted an experiment with an electron beam at...
