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Up to the time the laptop is folded
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Up to the time the laptop is folded

The scientists used one of the simplest and most unusual materials to create the latest and thinnest component in electronic devices: paper.

December 11, 2018
New type solar cells
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New type solar cells

Researchers from the University of North Carolina have inspired sunflowers to design higher-efficiency solar cells.

December 11, 2018
Cheap LED Lamps
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Cheap LED Lamps

Common light bulbs cost $ 1, compact fluorescent lamps cost $ 4 while 60-watt LEDs cost $ 15-25. Now, Osram Opto Semiconductors has announced a solution to lower the pri…

December 11, 2018
A simpler method for creating multicolor lasers
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A simpler method for creating multicolor lasers

Normally, to get different red-blue laser light sources in the same device (like a 3D Blu-ray drive), one would have to create three separate laser sources. These laser…

December 11, 2018
Enhance the efficiency of solar cells
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Enhance the efficiency of solar cells

Researchers at the University of Texas say there is a possibility to boost energy levels in each solar cell by exploiting what they call

December 11, 2018
Use nanotechnology to speed up drug testing
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Use nanotechnology to speed up drug testing

A team of scientists led by Associate Professor Swadeshmukul Santra, who works at the University of Central Florida, has created quantum dots (Qdots), which will

December 11, 2018
Manufacturing cheap thermoelectric materials
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Manufacturing cheap thermoelectric materials

The researchers were led by Dr. Ole Martin Løvvik, working at the Center for Nanoscience and Materials Science, University of Oslo, Norway, claiming to have made thermoe…

December 11, 2018
Detect cancer with ... LEDs
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Detect cancer with ... LEDs

A flexible LED can be placed on the heart, brain, blood vessels to diagnose, even to treat various diseases?

December 11, 2018
Nano crystals doped better conductors
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Nano crystals doped better conductors

'Doped nanocrystals' was developed by researchers, working at Hebrew University, in Jerusalem, Israel, this is the result of research in the field of enhancing the elect…

December 11, 2018
Counterfeit counterfeit technology
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Counterfeit counterfeit technology

German experts have created a type of semiconductor device that can print directly to paper money to counter counterfeits.

December 11, 2018
Transparent optical material
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Transparent optical material

A transparent material that can efficiently obtain solar energy has been the work of scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

December 11, 2018