Inspired by nature, researchers create a new kind of photoelectric generator based on a bacterial ion pump.
Schottky emerging from the shadows
A shadow-effect energy generator produces electricity from illumination contrast that arises when the device is partly placed in shadow.
Cosmic bursts unveil universe’s missing matter
Bright bursts of radio waves help astronomers locate a type of matter that researchers have been searching for for the past 30 years.
The “God Particle”
How did the results at CERN get so badly misrepresented?
The Next Generation of Smart Windows Using Carbon Dots
A new nanofluid coating provides an opportunity to reduce energy waste in the next generation of smart windows.
Extending Knowledge of Life on Earth and Helping Us Find it Elsewhere
Minute fossils from the depths: Deep life on Earth thrives, is fossilized, and may help us identify life elsewhere.
Write, Read, and Erase Using Light
A team of physicists developed a new method of storing information in fully transparent plastic foils.
A Light Touch: A Photosynthetic and Touch Sensitive E-Skin
A potentially self-sufficient prosphetic skin is developed that is powered by light, to detect light and respond to touch.
IR Inv sib ity Cloaks: You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide
Broadband and ultrathin infrared stealth sheets are prepared that can hide macroscopic 3D objects.
Liquid Crystals for Smart Windows
Liquid crystals that switch between transparent and opaque states could one day be used in smart windows.