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Energy & Green Tech
Re-awakening the world's first solar cells for indoor photovoltaics applications
The world's first solid-state photovoltaics were reported in 1883, and were composed of selenium, which eventually led to the development of the present-day photovoltaics, although the wide bandgap of selenium was limiting ...
Dec 28, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Spray-on smart skin uses AI to rapidly understand hand tasks
A new smart skin developed at Stanford University might foretell a day when people type on invisible keyboards, identify objects by touch alone, or allow users to communicate by hand gestures with apps in immersive environments.
Dec 28, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Improving the operational stability of perovskite solar cells
Hybrid perovskites are materials made from metal halide frameworks interspersed with organic cations. They have attracted a lot of interest in the field of solar energy because of their light-harvesting capacity combined ...
Dec 27, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
A type of simple DIY air filter can be an effective way to filter out indoor air pollutants
A team of researchers from Brown University's School of Public Health, Brown's School of Engineering and Silent Spring Institute found that simple air filtration devices called Corsi-Rosenthal boxes are effective at reducing ...
Dec 23, 2022
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Engineering
New method addresses problem with perovskite solar cells
A new approach to manufacturing perovskite solar cells has addressed previous problems and yielded devices with high efficiency and excellent stability, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report ...
Dec 23, 2022
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Hi Tech & Innovation
From robot fireflies to okra plasters: 2022's nature-inspired solutions
Even as animals and plants face widespread extinction from human-driven causes like climate change, the natural world continues to inspire scientific discovery in unexpected ways.
Dec 23, 2022
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Automotive
A reinforcement learning framework to enhance the ramp merging capabilities of autonomous vehicles
While many automotive companies are now invested in the development of self-driving cars, the vehicles created so far have not yet attained the safety levels necessary for them to be deployed on a large-scale. For this to ...
Dec 22, 2022 feature
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New and improved multi-band operational receiver for 5G radio communication
An ultra-wide-band receiver based on a harmonic selection technique to improve the operational bandwidth of 5G networks has been developed by Tokyo Tech researchers in a new study. Fifth generation (5G) mobile networks are ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Robotics
Proof-of-concept drone flight delivers transplant lung to patient in Toronto
A team of researchers from Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Unither Bioelectronics Inc., and Techna, University Health Network, has demonstrated the feasibility of using drones to carry human organs for transplantation ...
Dec 22, 2022 report
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Computer Sciences
Researchers study which parts of the brain are engaged when a person evaluates a computer program
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow throughout the brain, has been used over the past couple of decades for a variety of applications, including "functional anatomy"—a way ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers zoom in on battery wear and tear
From the moment you first use it, a new lithium-ion battery is degrading. After a few hundred charge cycles, you'll notice—your phone, laptop or electric car battery wears out more quickly. Eventually, it stops holding ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Security
The path of the righteous: Using mouse movements to understand fraud decisions in real time
Online fraudsters can be identified even when they are merely attempting to commit fraud. This is according to a study carried out by an international research team led by Professor Dr. Markus Weinmann of the Cologne Institute ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Enzymes could make it cheaper to recycle waste polyester textiles and bottles than making them from petroleum
What do a T-shirt, a rug, and a soda bottle have in common? Many are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a ubiquitous plastic that revolutionized the materials industry after it was patented in the 1940s.
Dec 22, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A strategy to boost the efficiency of solar cells based on thin-film bifacial Cu(In,Ga)Se2
To tackle global warming, engineers have been trying to develop increasingly advanced technologies that can generate and store electrical energy more sustainably. The most renowned among these technologies are solar cells, ...
Dec 21, 2022 feature
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