New Kind of Solar Cell Opens the Door for Surpassing Efficiency Limit
In any conventional silicon-based solar cell, there is an absolute limit on overall efficiency, based partly on the fact that each photon of light can…
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Artificial Intelligence Accelerates Development of Limitless Fusion Energy
Artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of computer science that is transforming scientific inquiry and industry, could now speed the development of safe, clean and virtually…
New Shape-Changing Robots Take on Changing Terrains
Robots can change directions, speeds, and even their colors. But what about changing their shapes? With help from a sculptor’s intuition, Yale researchers are on…
New Technology Makes Sound Flow In One Direction
Imagine being able to hear people whispering in the next room, while the raucous party in your own room is inaudible to the whisperers. Yale…
MIT Engineers Demonstrate a New Kind of Airplane Wing
A team of engineers has built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The wing can…
“Particle Robots” Form Large Groups to Complete Tasks
Taking a cue from biological cells, scientists from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed computationally simple robots that connect in large groups to move…
Engineers Produce Iridescent Colors With Clear Water Droplets
Engineers at MIT and Penn State University have found that under the right conditions, ordinary clear water droplets on a transparent surface can produce brilliant…
Newly Developed Cryptocurrency is Faster and More Efficient
MIT researchers have developed a new cryptocurrency that drastically reduces the data users need to join the network and verify transactions — by up to…
New Process Allows Scientists To Mold Metal At The Nanoscale
Numerous metals and alloys would be ideal for specific nanoscale applications — from solar energy to microelectronics — but accurately molding metals into such minuscule…
Breakthrough Could Lead to New Insights About Cancer Development
MicroRNAs, the tiny bits of genetic material that regulate gene expression, play a significant – but poorly understood – role in controlling the differences between…
Scientists Develop Electronic Pill That Can Be Controlled Wirelessly
Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled using Bluetooth wireless technology. The capsule, which…
“Sun in a box” Stores Renewable Energy & Delivers It on Demand
MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that…
Borophene Breakthrough Provides New Insight Into a Promising Material
The thinnest flake, just one atom thick, has provided scientists at Yale and the Brookhaven National Laboratory with new insight into a promising material for…
Innovative Approach to Controlling Magnetism Opens Route to Ultra-Low-Power Microchips
A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory, computing, and sensing devices that consume drastically less power than…
Liquid-Gated Membranes Filter Water With Higher Efficiency, Longer Time to Foul
Filtering and treating water, both for human consumption and to clean industrial and municipal wastewater, accounts for about 13 percent of all electricity consumed in…
New Battery Design Extends the Life of Low-Cost, Lightweight Batteries
New battery design could greatly extend the shelf life of single-use metal-air batteries for electric vehicles, off-grid storage, and other applications. Metal-air batteries are one…
European-Built Orion Spacecraft Service Module Arrives in the USA
The powerhouse that will help NASA’s Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power, and cool during…
Scientists Develop New Material That Cleans and Splits Water
Researchers at EPFL’s Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering have developed a photocatalytic system based on a material in the class of metal-organic frameworks. The…
