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Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1 percent: Aalto University's researchers improved their previous record by over 3 absolute percents in cooperation with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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The surface area of the best cells in the study was already 9 cm2. This is a good starting point for upscaling the results to full wafers...

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Gel filled with nanosponges cleans up MRSA infections

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Toxin-absorbing nanoparticles are loaded into a holding gel to make a nanosponge-hydrogel, which can potentially treat local bacterial...

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Left-handed cosmic magnetic field could explain missing antimatter

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An artist’s impression of the Fermi Gamma ray Space Telescope (FGST) in orbit.

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Random nanowire configurations increase conductivity over heavily ordered configurations

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Sample networks of Ag nanowires for 140?μm × 140?μm domain with (a) concentration just above critical percolation concentration (C?~?Cp),...

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NASA Challenges Designers to Construct Habitat for Deep Space Exploration

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Quantum physics on tap - Nano-sized faucet offers experimental support for longstanding quantum theory

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This schematic drawing shows a nanoscale faucet: a long cylindrical channel connected to a container of superfluid helium. When vacuum...

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Graphene enables tunable microwave antenna

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Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM): Reported successes and failures aid hot pursuit of superconductivity

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Gold rush at the initial stage of iron-based superconductors.
High Tc iron-based superconductor was reported in January 2008 via the...

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