A floating, solar-powered device that can turn contaminated water or seawater into clean hydrogen fuel and purified water, anywhere in the world, has been developed by…
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Schematic of the fabrication of the radiative cooling glass coating. By heating to ~600°C, the low-melting-point glass microparticles in the mixture can be rapidly sintered to…
In a paper published in the journal Nature Electronics, researchers from EPFL’s School of Engineering in the Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures (LANES) present a…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For the past 16 years South Africans have dreaded rolling power cuts euphemistically dubbed “loadshedding.” These are caused by the ailing state…
Credit: HFIPS Recently, a research team has put forward an intriguing approach to enhance the efficiency of solar cells. Their focus on the potential antimony trisulfide…
Three LC3-based concretes with varying amounts of cement. As the cement content in the concrete mix decreases, the compressive strength increases. Credit: Franco Zunino ETH researchers…
Effect of message framing to promote solar panels in the field. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42904-0 Promoting green technologies such as solar panels is essential…
Application in a building envelope, with the white cooling ceramic applied on the roof. Credit: City University of Hong Kong A significant breakthrough in developing a…
A nuclear explosion in the atmosphere releases a pulse of gamma radiation, which strips electrons from air molecules. Electrons are drawn to Earth’s magnetic poles in…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain From Wi-Fi-connected home security systems to smart toilets, the so-called Internet of Things brings personalization and convenience to devices that help run…