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New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution

Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes and other waterways has reached dangerous levels, causing algae blooms that starve fish and aquatic plants of oxygen. Meanwhile, farmers...

Scientists find way to create real-life images that move in the air

Brigham Young University's holography research group has figured out how to create "lightsabers" -- green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader -- with...

Scientists are one step closer to completely transparent solar cells

Developing new ultrathin metal electrodes has allowed researchers to create semitransparent perovskite solar cells that are highly efficient and can be coupled with traditional...

Scientists find new ‘gold standard’ compound for generating electricity from heat

The transverse thermoelectric generator could produce enough electricity from car exhaust to propel a vehicle forward. Thermoelectric power generators that make electrical power from waste...

This hiking gear fabric could keep wearable devices cool

A type of fabric typically used for hiking gear could potentially lead to wearable electronics that successfully cool both the device and the wearer’s...

Researchers create world’s most power-efficient high-speed ADC microchip

To meet soaring demand for lightning-quick mobile technology, each year tech giants create faster, more powerful devices with longer-lasting battery power than previous models. A...

New ultra-sensitive light detector gives self-driving device a jolt

Realizing the potential of self-driving cars hinges on technology that can quickly sense and react to obstacles and other vehicles in real time. Engineers from...

How a tougher skin could change the shape of stealth aircraft

Stealth fighters and bombers are among the most expensive aircraft in the world, and they rely on a radar-absorbent polymer skin to avoid detection. But...

Scientists find safer, greener way to make solar cells

Scientists at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University, have found a way to replace the toxic, unsustainable solvents currently needed to make the...

New interface turns handwriting brain signals into text for the first time

For the first time scientists have used an implanted sensor to record brain signals associated with handwriting and used those signals to create text...