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Full(erene) Potential
The addition of specific molecules to “trap” charge carriers in semiconducting polymers proves to be a powerful method of mastering the...
Feb 3, 20173 min read
The shape of melting in two dimensions
Snow falls in winter and melts in spring, but what drives the phase change in between? Although melting is a familiar phenomenon...
Feb 2, 20174 min read
Thin, flexible, light-absorbent material for energy and stealth applications
Transparent window coatings that keep buildings and cars cool on sunny days. Devices that could more than triple solar cell efficiencies....
Feb 2, 20173 min read
Scientists invent robot made almost entirely of water
Engineers at MIT have fabricated transparent, gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them. The bots can perform a...
Feb 2, 20174 min read
Carbon-free energy from solar water splitting
A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist and collaborators are fine tuning the mechanisms to generate hydrogen from...
Jan 26, 20172 min read
Nanometric imprinting on fiber
Researchers at EPFL's Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fibre Devices, which is run by Fabien Sorin, have come up with a simple and...
Jan 25, 20172 min read
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