Brian Hicks stands next to the latest incarnation of the Visible Nulling Coronagraph that improves the spectral performance of the…
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New Technology Could Transform Solar Energy Storage
The scientists devised a new arrangement of solar cell ingredients, with bundles of polymer donors (green rods) and neatly organized…
SEAS Engineers Develop More Efficient Solar Cells
Using a technique that mimics how plants use solar energy and forcing two otherwise incompatible molecules to work together to…
New Biosensors Turn Bacteria Into a Source of Natural Energy
New biosensors enable complex genetic reprogramming of common bacteria like E. coli. The process could be leveraged for sustainable biomanufacturing,…
Customizing 3D Printing – New System Automatically Turns CAD Files into Visual Models
A new Web-based interface allows a wide range of modifications to basic designs that are printable on a 3-D printer,…
A New Frontier in 3D Printing, Engineers Print Transparent Glass in 3D
The glass 3-D printing process. Engineers from MIT have developed a new system to print transparent glass in 3-D. This…
NASA Thrusters Propelled by New Green Propellants Complete Milestones
This image reveals a temperature profile of a 22 Newton thruster using the green propellant LMP-103S during a 10-second pulsing…
Engineers from Brown Develop Key Component for Terahertz Wireless
Terahertz waves leak out of a small slit in the antenna at different angles, depending on frequency. The receiver can…
NASA Engineers Successfully Test Heat Shield for Future Mars Exploration Vehicles
NASA engineers have successfully completed heat shield testing of an Adaptive Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT) model under conditions…
Nanoscientists Improve the Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells
Perovskite solar cells with metal oxide hole and electron transport layers. Credit: Tunde Akinloye/CNSI UCLA researchers have taken a step…