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Renewable Energy Not a Threat to Grid, Draft of U.S. Study Finds

Posted in Science on 15th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

Wind and solar power dont pose a significant threat to the reliability of the U.S. power grid, Energy Department staff members said in a draft report.

Scientists design solar cell that captures nearly all energy of solar spectrum

Posted in Hardware on 13th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

A prototype for a solar cell that integrates multiple cells stacked into a single device capable of capturing nearly all of the solar spectrum.

Hypersonic aircraft are more realistic thanks to a ceramic coating

Posted in Science on 10th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

A carbide-based ceramic coating that's about 12 times more effective than current ceramics, making hypersonic aircraft more realistic.

How massive data growth is good for Artificial Intelligence (as well as a problem)

Posted in Software on 7th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

Data growth is inextricably linked to the development of AI.

Ultra-stable perovskite solar cell remains stable for more than a year

Posted in Hardware on 6th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

Scientists have built a low-cost and ultra-stable perovskite solar cell that has been running at 11.2 percent efficiency for over a year, without loss in performance.