Tech Xplore news
Tech Xplore / Substitute for gold layer in perovskite clears way for cheaper commercialization
A thin layer of gold or silver helps improve the efficiency of perovskite solar cells, but researchers have found a less expensive material that will enable commercialization of the technology without exorbitant cost.
Tech Xplore / Advance in flexible photodetector could improve monitoring of greenhouse gases
There will soon be a new tool to fight global warming with the development of lightweight flexible light sensors that can simultaneously image across a wide spectral range, from the visible to the infrared, with minimal optical ...
Tech Xplore / Building a better solar cell by investigating material performance under real-world conditions
Researchers at Florida State University and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are helping build the solar cells of tomorrow by examining how a next-generation material can operate efficiently under real-world conditions ...
Tech Xplore / Bugs give robotic arms a hand
Researchers at three Japanese universities exploring the potential benefits of collaborations between robots and living creatures found bugs in their project.
Tech Xplore / Team develops a current collector for energy storage devices with high-efficiency and long cycling life
A research team led by Dr. Ji-Hoon Lee of the Department of Hydrogen Energy Materials at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) developed a three-dimensional, porous, carbon-based current collector material and applied ...
Tech Xplore / New method shows promise as a vastly more sustainable, cost-effective way to desalinate industrial wastewater
Vanderbilt researchers are part of a team that has developed a cutting-edge method that seeks to make the removal of salt from hypersaline industrial wastewater far more energy-efficient and cost-effective.
Tech Xplore / A clean energy transition is possible for China's manufacturing industry: study
The industrial sector—made up of businesses that support processing raw materials for manufacturing and consumer goods—is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and one that has proven difficult to decarbonize. ...
Tech Xplore / Lasers enable internet backbone via satellite, may soon eliminate need for deep-sea cables
Optical data communications lasers can transmit several tens of terabits per second, despite a huge amount of disruptive air turbulence. ETH Zurich scientists and their European partners demonstrated this capacity with lasers ...
Tech Xplore / Machine learning helps researchers identify hit songs with 97% accuracy
Every day, tens of thousands of songs are released. This constant stream of options makes it difficult for streaming services and radio stations to choose which songs to add to playlists. To find the ones that will resonate ...
Tech Xplore / Study says AI data contaminates vital human input
At the turn of this century, Jeff Bezos popularized the use of mechanical turks—low-paid workers working remotely with perhaps thousands of others on tiny parts of larger computer projects—to ensure a human perspective ...
Tech Xplore / Scientists develop magnetically controlled soft medical robot inspired by the pangolin
Pangolins are fascinating creatures. This animal looks like a walking pine cone, as it is the only mammal completely covered with hard scales. The scales are made of keratin, just like our hair and nails. The scales overlap ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers expand ability of robots to learn from videos
New work from Carnegie Mellon University has enabled robots to learn household chores by watching videos of people performing everyday tasks in their homes.