Invisible Solar Panels: How Tomorrow’s Windows Will Generate Electricity
A new study led by scientists from Incheon National University in Korea shows how to make a fully transparent solar cell. In a new study…
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Study looked at treating severe COVID-19 with umbilical-cord derived mesenchymal stem cells. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers led a unique and groundbreaking…
Supercapacitors Challenge Batteries: Powerful Graphene Hybrid Material for Highly Efficient Energy Storage
A team working with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has developed a highly efficient supercapacitor. The…
Chinese Astronomers Discover 591 High Velocity Stars – 43 of Them Can Even Escape From the Galaxy
A research team, led by astronomers from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), has discovered 591 high velocity stars from the Large…
“Mount Everest” of Electronic Materials: Stretching Diamond for Next-Generation Microelectronics
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Is Reawakened Steamboat Geyser a Harbinger for Explosive Yellowstone Volcanic Eruptions?
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NASA Astromaterials 3D Explorer: Rocks From Other Worlds Now Virtually Available
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Breakthrough for Healthcare, Agriculture, Energy: Artificial Intelligence Reveals Recipe for Building Artificial Proteins
Proteins are essential to cells, carrying out complex tasks and catalyzing chemical reactions. Scientists and engineers have long sought to harness this power by designing…
World’s Oldest Python Found in Messel Pit
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Common Brain Malformation – Affecting About 1 in 100 Children – Traced to Its Genetic Roots
Discovery could aid early screening, shed light on how Chiari malformation arises. About one in 100 children has a common brain disorder called Chiari 1…
Six Incredible Space Missions to Look Forward to in 2021
Space exploration achieved several notable firsts in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, including commercial human spaceflight and returning samples of an asteroid to Earth. The…
Scientists Tracked Arctic Animals’ Movement Patterns for Three Decades – This Is What They Found
For animals in the Arctic, life is a balancing act. Seasonal cues, such as warmer spring temperatures or cooler temperatures in the fall, tell animals…
Photoconductive Diamond Switches: Diamonds Are Not Just for Jewelry Anymore
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Scientists Believe US Embassy Staff and CIA Officers Were Hit With High-Power Microwaves – Here’s How the Weapons Work
The mystery ailment that has afflicted U.S. embassy staff and CIA officers off and on over the last four years in Cuba, China, Russia and…
Artificial Intelligence Solves Schrödinger’s Equation, a Fundamental Problem in Quantum Chemistry
Scientists at Freie Universität Berlin develop a deep learning method to solve a fundamental problem in quantum chemistry. A team of scientists at Freie Universität…