KTU’s unique material for new generation solar cells 1 step closer to market
Credit: KTU The team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) together with Swiss physicists had synthesised unique material for the new generation solar...
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Potential new applications stem from controlling particles’ spin configurations
Fermions are ubiquitous elementary particles. They span from electrons in metals, to protons and neutrons in nuclei and to quarks at the sub-nuclear level. Further,...
Embryo development, gene scissors and self-squeezing sponges
The European Research Council funds three TU Dresden scientists with ERC Advanced Grants, the most highly-endowed individual grants on a European level. These are awarded...
AMIA announces partnership with Dryad Digital Repository
To launch the partnership, AMIA is connecting the Dryad resource to the publication of a new Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) special...
Technology to improve rockfall analysis on cliffs could save money, lives
Credit: (Image by Matt O'Banion, courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers in the Pacific Northwest have developed a new, automated technology to...
Evaluating cultural value of landscapes using geotagged photos
Credit: Yoshimura N. and Hiura T., Ecosystem Services, February 28, 2017 Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the cultural value of landscapes using...
SERIS develops world’s first full-size IBC bifacial solar module
The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed the world's first full-size Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC)...
Self-assembling polymers provide thin nanowire template
Credit: Hyo Seon Suh / University of Chicago For the chips in our computers and smartphones to get faster and faster, their components - the...
New research reveals that college students study best later in the day
Credit: University of Nevada, Reno. A new cognitive research study used two new approaches to determine ranges of start times that optimize functioning for undergraduate...
Super sensitive devices work on recycling atoms
Next-generation sensors to be used in fields as diverse as mineral exploration and climate change will be turbo boosted thanks to University of Queensland and...
Researchers develop predictive model measuring nitrous oxide emissions in streams, rivers
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame When it comes to greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide tends to steal the spotlight -- but new research in the...
USDA announces $150.2 million through Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 11, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $150.2 million in available...
Florida manatees likely to persist for at least 100 years — US Geological Survey
Credit: Photo: USGS Florida's iconic manatee population is highly likely to endure for the next 100 years, so long as wildlife managers continue to protect...
Art of paper-cutting inspires self-charging paper device
Credit: American Chemical Society Despite the many advances in portable electronic devices, one thing remains constant: the need to plug them into a wall socket...
US streams carry surprisingly extensive mixture of pollutants
Many U.S. waterways carry a variety of pollutants, but not much is known about the composition or health effects of these chemical combinations. A new...
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