Windows of opportunity: Solar cell with improved transparency Tokyo - Roof-mounted solar panels are an increasingly common sight in many places. As a source of cheap, clean electricity, their advantages are obvious. However, most solar panels are opaque, and therefore cannot be placed over windows. Now, researchers at The University...
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27January
New 'needle-pulse' beam pattern packs a punch A new beam pattern devised by University of Rochester...
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24January
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Custom High-Speed Camera Films 'Sonic Boom' of Light for the First Time
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Dogs Know When You’re Giving Them Half-Assed Praise, Study Says Most people know the difference between “great” and...
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Invisibility Cloak With Photonic Crystals
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Mycobacterium in olive oil for cancer treatment Researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) with the...
2June
Bidirectional imperfect quantum teleportation with a single Bell state We present a bidirectional modification of...
12May
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