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Uranium - Radioactive elements
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Uranium - Radioactive elements

In 1789, the German chemist Claprot (M. Klaproth) discovered a new element and remembered the Uranus planet (Uranus) discovered by British astronomer Hechen (Herchel) in…

December 14, 2018
Semiconductors of restricted area can be changed
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Semiconductors of restricted area can be changed

A group of international physicists have for the first time created a semiconductor material with an energy gap between the valence band and the conduction band (band ga…

December 14, 2018
Turn water into fuel
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Turn water into fuel

Last winter when inventor John Kanzius was trying to perform a feat that was as utopian as a radio-frequency machine - his device happened to bring another success: he d…

December 14, 2018
Generate electricity from the body's heat
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Generate electricity from the body's heat

Call from a mobile phone without a battery, just use the warmth of your hand? That is no longer a vague dream. New circuits can completely take the body's heat to produce

December 14, 2018
Cooling with Polariton
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Cooling with Polariton

Shining light on an object to reduce its temperature seems a rather strange way, but laser cooling is frequently used in physics, especially to create super-cold samples…

December 14, 2018
New method to convert heat into electricity.
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New method to convert heat into electricity.

Utal University physicists have developed devices that can convert sound into sound and then electricity. This technology offers promise for converting waste heat into e…

December 14, 2018
5 science hot spots
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5 science hot spots

Academician Evghenhi Alexander had an interview with Ogonhiek magazine (Little Flame), stating the 5 scientific hotspots that have long been arousing, even shocking scie…

December 14, 2018
Turn rubium atoms into a single photon server
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Turn rubium atoms into a single photon server

Each time you turn on a light bulb, there is the energy of 10 to 15 visible photons, the fundamental particles of light, that will illuminate the room every second. If t…

December 14, 2018
Mining solar energy with coaxial nanowires
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Mining solar energy with coaxial nanowires

Scientists at the National Laboratory for Renewable Energy (NREL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (NLBL) have designed a new type of nanowire - a kind of tiny…

December 14, 2018
Unified trends in physics
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Unified trends in physics

According to Weinberg, the Nobel Prize for unifying electromagnetic interaction and weak interaction, a fundamental goal of physics is to admire the diversity of nature…

December 14, 2018
Roof tiles collect solar power
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Roof tiles collect solar power

A type of tile roof that can absorb solar energy to heat water and generate electricity has just been invented by an Australian industrial designer. This type of plastic…

December 14, 2018