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12 Sep 2013
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06 Sep 2013
Disorder can improve the performance of plastic solar cells
By By Mark Shwartz | 10 Aug 2013
Instead of mimicking rigid solar cells made of silicon crystals, scientists should embrace the inherently disordered nature of plastic polymers, a Stanford study says.
Making cars that are lightweight and crash-safe
10 Aug 2013
Saws made of carbon
06 Aug 2013
Water clears path for nanoribbon development
03 Aug 2013
Improved nuclear fuel-rod cladding might prevent future Fukushimas
By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 27 Jul 2013
Optical fibre tests the laws of physics
25 Jul 2013
Scientists build thinnest light-absorber
By By Mark Shwartz | 24 Jul 2013
Scientists at Stanford have built the thinnest, most efficient absorber of visible light on record, a nanosize structure that could lead to less-costly, more efficient, solar cells
Graphene ‘onion rings’ have delicious potential
20 Jul 2013
Fitness test for corrosion-protection coatings
08 Jul 2013
Making computers from a pencil trace
29 Jun 2013
Solar power heads in a new direction: thinner
By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 28 Jun 2013
Atom-thick photovoltaic sheets could pack hundreds of times more power per weight than conventional solar cells
Kone's fibre UltraRope makes light work of "lifting" to new heights
17 Jun 2013
Finnish lift manufacturer Kone says it would be able to reduce the weight of lift ropes by around 90 per cent with its carbon-fibre replacement, UltraRope, that could enable elevators go upto a height of a mile or more
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