Keyword: Sun and solar

Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have developed a colloidal synthesis method for alkaline earth chalcogenides. This method allows them to control the size of the nanocrystals in the material.
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Briefs: Lighting
To overcome the limitations of using cleaning agents, sprays, or bulky high-cost sterilizing systems, NASA developed the Ultraviolet Germicidal Door Handle.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery generates, stores, and redelivers renewable electricity from the Sun in one device.
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5 Ws: Materials
Researchers at University of Cambridge have developed floating “artificial leaves” that generate clean fuels from sunlight and water and could eventually operate on a large scale at sea.
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Briefs: Energy
Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have designed a novel building-solar controller that optimizes solar energy with smart technology to keep microgrids operating for up to five days.
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Briefs: Energy
Hydrogen has emerged as an important carrier to store energy generated by renewable resources, as a substitute for fossil fuels used for transportation, in the production of ammonia, and for other industrial applications.
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Briefs: Energy
A highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery generates, stores, and redelivers renewable electricity from the Sun in one device.
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5 Ws: Energy
About the size of a grain of sand, the flying microchip (or microflier) does not have a motor or engine.
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5 Ws: Energy
Fibers sewn into fabrics can turn heat from the Sun into energy that could power textile electronics.
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Briefs: Energy
The windows reduce the need for air conditioning and simultaneously generate electricity.
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Articles: Imaging
When even your iPhone can easily become a thermal imager, today's top cameras offer better sensitivity and measurement accuracy.
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Briefs: Materials
Fano Resonance Optical Coatings (FROCs) can both transmit and reflect the same color simultaneously.
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Briefs: Energy
High-voltage direct current cables can more efficiently transport electricity over long distances.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An already ubiquitous material in outdoor photovoltaic modules could be repurposed for indoor devices with low-capacity batteries.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive.
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Briefs: Materials
These organic solar cells can be useful where constant, low power generation is sufficient.
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Briefs: Energy
This cell could potentially operate around the clock, balancing the power grid over the day-night cycle.
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Briefs: Automotive
The technology could help computers process visual information more like the human brain.
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Briefs: Energy
Thrusters based on magnetic reconnection could complete long-distance missions in a shorter period of time.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
These actuators can compete with electrical and pneumatic systems.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
A combination of polymers and oligomers, when combined with UV light, almost completely kills the coronavirus.
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Briefs: Lighting
The micro-display could enable smartphones and televisions with resolutions of more than 10,000 pixels per inch.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A novel technique for a high-brightness coherent and few-cycle duration source spans seven optical octaves.
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Briefs: Imaging
Imagine being able to snap a picture of extremely fast events on the order of a picosecond.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
USC researchers found a way to use idle oil and gas wells for energy storage.
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Briefs: Energy
Research demonstrates the potential of a solar unit that can hang on the outside of a structure.
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Application Briefs: Lighting
Creating next-generation LEDs for novel efforts like COVID-19 decontamination requires LED manufacturers to reevaluate the materials that they’re using.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Adaptable automation reduces manufacturing time and costs.
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Briefs: AR/AI
VR/AR devices can simulate some of the key difficulties experienced due to glaucoma.
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