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New Paste-and-Laser Method Pushes Solar Cell Efficiency to 26.31%
Scientists have developed a new manufacturing technique that could help make high-efficiency solar panels more powerful without making them much harder or more expensive...
New Low-Power AI Chip Could Identify Drones While Using 88% Less Energy
Researchers have developed a low-power artificial intelligence system that can identify drones while using dramatically less electricity than conventional computer-based systems.
The technology could make...
How Heart Scars Trigger Dangerous Heart Rhythm Disease
When someone has a heart attack, part of the heart muscle loses its blood supply and becomes damaged.
The body repairs this injury by replacing...
Cannabis-Based Medicine Shows Promise for PTSD Nightmares
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, can develop after people experience terrifying events such as war, assault, natural disasters or serious accidents.
Many people with PTSD...
Could Sleeping Too Long Signal Alzheimer’s Risk?
Sleep plays an important role in memory, learning, and overall health, but researchers are still trying to understand exactly how it affects the aging...
Global Dementia Study Reveals No Single Formula for Protecting the Brain
As populations grow older, dementia has become one of the greatest health challenges facing the world. Families often spend years caring for loved ones...
What’s in a vape? Why e-cigarettes are hardly harmless
Compared with traditional cigarettes, electronic cigarettes can seem simple and harmless.
After all, they trade the eye-stinging smoke of burning tobacco leaves for something that...
Particles Don’t Disappear—They Transform into Something Much Stranger
For about 40 years, physicists have puzzled over a strange problem:
What happens when an electrically charged particle encounters a hypothetical magnetic monopole?
Some calculations suggested...
Small Dinosaur Fossil Reveals a More Diverse Prehistoric Coast in Japan
A small dinosaur bone discovered in Fukushima Prefecture more than 25 years ago is giving scientists new clues about the variety of plant-eating dinosaurs...
The American Dream Is Slipping Away in Orange County, Poll Finds
For many people living in Orange County, California, the American dream is starting to feel increasingly out of reach, especially when it comes to...
This Black Silicon Catalyst Could Help Turn CO2 From Waste into Fuel
Carbon dioxide is best known as a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, but scientists are increasingly exploring ways to turn it into...
Trillion-Mile Gas Stream May Explain a Bizarre Triple-Star System
Astronomers have discovered an enormous stream of gas flowing toward a young system of three stars, potentially explaining why its planet-forming disks are strangely...
A Million Years Without Sex Leaves Stick Insects with a Surprising Genetic Secret
Some stick insects have reproduced without sex for around one million years, yet they still carry a fully functioning genetic system associated with sexual...
20 Years of Watching a Blazar Reveals Something Stranger Than Expected
After nearly two decades of observations, astronomers have discovered that a distant blazar behaves in ways that leading theories struggle to explain.
Instead of solving...
Just 10 Days After Giving Birth, She Had Heart Attack
A week and a half after giving birth to her second daughter, Amy Mazur-Hession began feeling back pain. At first, she attributed the pain...
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New System Turns Dirty Factory CO₂ Directly into Fuel Ingredient Without Costly Cleanup
An international team of researchers has developed a new way to convert carbon dioxide (CO₂) from factory exhaust directly into a valuable fuel ingredient...
Scientists Turn an Insulating Metal Oxide into a High-Performance Semiconductor
Semiconductors are at the heart of modern technology, powering everything from smartphones and computers to solar panels and electric vehicles.
However, the range of materials...
New Heat Pump Turns Factory Waste Heat Into Cooling, Cutting Electricity Use
Researchers in South Korea have developed a new type of heat pump that can turn low-temperature waste heat from factories and data centers into...
Scientists Detect Possible Signs That Pluto’s Atmosphere Is Freezing Out
Scientists may have detected the first signs that Pluto's thin atmosphere is beginning to collapse as the dwarf planet slowly travels farther from the...
New Steam Drying Technology Could Cut Industrial Energy Use by Up to 80%
A new drying technology developed by researchers in Germany could dramatically reduce the amount of energy used in industry while helping companies switch from...