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Light bending material
New technology

Light bending material

Recently, American scientists have discovered the opposite, light can bend matter.

December 11, 2018
Plastic solar cells
New technology

Plastic solar cells

Scientists at Princeton University in the US have successfully developed a new type of transmission plastic to replace traditional solar cell material with low cost.

December 11, 2018
Turn T-shirt into armor
New technology

Turn T-shirt into armor

Scientists at the University of South Carolina in the US have found a way to turn ordinary cotton t-shirts into armor.

December 11, 2018
New lithium battery safer
New technology

New lithium battery safer

Using new materials, researchers at Stanford University have developed lithium batteries that are more secure than previous lithium-ion batteries.

December 11, 2018
Costumes play music
New technology

Costumes play music

Swedish researchers have created a costume that allows wearers to play music by touching it.

December 11, 2018
Clothes into solar cells
New technology

Clothes into solar cells

GS Research Team. Yi Cui, of Stanford University, has successfully put carbon nanotubes (one billionths of a meter) into a dye.

December 11, 2018
Discharge plastic
New technology

Discharge plastic

Mobile phones will be as thin as bank cards, and computer monitors can be rolled up like newspapers thanks to the birth of a new material.

December 11, 2018
New way to make solar cells
New technology

New way to make solar cells

According to Nature Materials on Feb. 14, US researchers have found a way to make plastic solar cells made of silicon fibers.

December 11, 2018
Glowing wall stickers
New technology

Glowing wall stickers

British engineers claim the glowing wall stickers can replace traditional light bulbs in the next 10 years

December 11, 2018