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Solar electric car can run 1,600km
Aptera Motors' new model uses solar energy from photovoltaic cells and an integrated battery pack that allows the car to reach a range of up to 1,600 km on a full charge.
New technology
New solar cell performance double
Germany's Helmholtz-Zentrum Research Institute (HZB) develops Tadem thin-film photovoltaic cells for energy conversion rates of up to 24.16%.
New technology
Why do solar panels produce electricity?
The sun emits a lot of energy. Currently, many countries exploit this energy source to gradually replace other sources.
Science invention
The development of invisible solar cells
Photovoltaic cells are cells that receive sunlight and then convert them into electrical energy, which has now become popular, although it is quite expensive.
Biology
Cyanobacteria can power small electronic devices
Scientists at the Royal College of London and Cambridge University have published research on bioelectric photovoltaic batteries in Nature Communications.
Videos
Video: Sunglasses produce electricity from sunlight
German researchers have successfully built sunglasses that can generate electricity using hidden optical cells in the glasses.
Scientific works
Russia will build an underground city
The underground city will be built at an old mining site with a diameter of 1 km, a depth of 550m in eastern Siberia, Russia.
Science invention
Breakthrough in photovoltaic cells
Researchers at Stanford University (USA) said that they have invented a form of the world's first solar cell that, in theory, is capable of sticking to any surface.
Science invention
Photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk
Austrian and Japanese experts have just announced a new invention: photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk and tough enough to bend around a human hair.
New technology
New technologies for life
Photovoltaic cells, taxis, self-propelled marine vessels ... are groundbreaking inventions that promise to bring about many changes in people's lives.
New technology
Bio-colored solar panels
Environmental sensors for monitoring air quality, using energy from biofuel batteries, are environmentally friendly, laid out like wallpaper, are becoming a reality.
New technology
New materials turn light, heat, kinetic energy into electricity at the same time
Scientists have discovered a mineral that can produce electricity from multiple sources at the same time, including: light, heat and kinetic energy.
New technology
The University of Michigan successfully developed transparent photovoltaic panels
A team of researchers from the University of Michigan has successfully developed transparent photovoltaic panels.
New technology
Self-cooling photovoltaic cells for increased efficiency
Scientists from Stanford University have created a new type of solar cell that can cool itself.