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- Emerging Photovoltaic Technology Efficiencies Line Up 19/06/2019 As the first ever table of efficiencies for emerging photovoltaic technologies is published in Journal of Physics: Energy, Edgardo Saucedo, an investigator at the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, talks to Anna Demming about the motivation and strategy behind it.
- Perovskites A Single Crystal Unit Thick Stand Free 17/06/2019 The crystalline lattice of free-standing perovskites would collapse in films less than five crystal lattice units thick.
- To Catch A Quantum Jump 15/06/2019 Is it possible to know if a quantum jump is about to occur? Researchers have been asking themselves this question for a long time, and the answer is a resounding “yes”, according to a new study by a team at Yale University in the US.
- Inexpensive Thermoelectric Material Works At Room Temperature 13/06/2019 Researchers have fabricated a room-temperature thermoelectric material that is as good as the best commercially available material in its class but is much cheaper.
- Superconductivity Signatures Seen In Trilayer Graphen 11/06/2019 A trilayer graphene (TLG) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) moiré superlattice could be the ideal platform in which to study strong correlated physics and so find signatures of high-temperature superconductivity
- High-Speed Camera Probes The Peeling Behaviour Of Sticky Tape 09/06/2019 Researchers in France have made new discoveries about the way in which sticky tape peels away from surfaces.
- Nitrogen Gives Life And Takes It Away 07/06/2019 Which is your favorite chemical element? In a new series to mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, our science journalists will be arguing for their pick from the 118 known elements. In tu
- Helium’s Crucial Role In Physics 05/06/2019 Which is your favourite chemical element? To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, science journalists will be arguing for their pick from the 118 known elements. In this instalment, Michael Banks highlights how helium leads to great discoveries and helps saves lives too
- Lithium Is The Little Element Making A Big Difference 03/06/2019 Which is your favourite chemical element? To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, science journalists will be arguing for their pick from the 118 known elements. In this instalment, Margaret Harris observes that lithium – a playground for atomic physicists – also offers a route to greener energy, as well as a life-changing treatment for people with bipolar disorder.
- ‘Cold Case’ Of Cold Fusion Reopened By Google-Funded Scientists 01/06/2019 Scientists at Google and several research institutes in North America have reopened what they call the “cold case” of cold fusion.
- Single-Molecule Magnetometer Images Spin Interactions 22/05/2019 A single magnetic molecule can act as a sensing device and produce the most detailed images yet of a material’s magnetic structure at the atomic scale.