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The smartphone era is only just over a decade old, but the pocket-sized computers at the heart of that societal transformation are only really...
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Scientists find a new class of 2D perovskite materials with edges that are conductive like metals and cores that are insulating.
These unique properties have...
Wireless charging can mess up your smartphone’s battery
Wirelessly charging your smartphone, while highly convenient, risks depleting the life of devices using typical lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), report researchers.
Consumers and manufacturers have ramped...
New transparent material could capture more solar energy for your home
A newly developed material that is so transparent you can barely see it could unlock many new uses for solar heat.
It generates much higher...
Steering wind power in a new direction could boost production at wind farms
Angling turbines slightly away from the wind can boost energy produced overall and even out the otherwise variable supply, says Stanford study.
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How to produce natural gas while storing carbon dioxide
New research at The University of Texas at Austin shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the Gulf...
How you charge your smartphone could affect its battery life
Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have found that use of inductive charging, whilst highly convenient, risks depleting the life of mobile...
Scientists create multi-junction solar cells from off-the-shelf components
Multi-junction solar cells are both the most efficient type of solar cell on the market today and the most expensive type of solar cell...
New nanotube discovery may lead to high-efficiency solar power devices
Physicists discovered a novel kind of nanotube that generates current in the presence of light.
Devices such as optical sensors and infrared imaging chips are...
Scientists find new way to test perovskite solar cells for real-world performance
It was only ten years ago that metal-halide perovskites were discovered to be photovoltaic materials.
Today, perovskite solar cells made are almost as efficient as...
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