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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / September 27, 2023

MXene-enhanced hydrogel sensors, next-generation solar panels, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 27, 2023.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / September 13, 2023

New way to make infrared light, heat pumps beat fossil fuel systems, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 13, 2023.

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Perovskite solar cells charge ahead to record-breaking efficiencies

By Guest Contributor / July 21, 2023

The potential of perovskites as a photovoltaic material, both in combination with silicon and alone, is gaining steam. This CTT overviews some of the biggest advancements in this field in recent months.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / September 25, 2019

Manipulate viscosity of shear-thickening fluids, high hole mobility in gallium nitride, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 25, 2019.

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It takes two: New tandem perovskite solar cell could outrank silicon’s efficiency and stability

By Stephanie Liverani / October 25, 2016

Researchers from Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.) and Oxford University (Oxford, England) joined forces to create a new perovskite design they say “could outperform existing commercial technologies,” according to a Stanford News article.

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Magnifying the possibilities: Spider silk is star material in world’s first bio superlens

By Stephanie Liverani / August 23, 2016

For the first time ever, scientists at Bangor and Oxford Universities in the U.K. are using spider silk as a superlens to increase magnification potential, opening up new possibilities to explore structures currently invisible to modern microscopes.

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Glass house: Human terrariums are testing the health benefits of sunlight

By April Gocha / January 16, 2015

The profound influence that natural light has on human bodies is precisely the driving inspiration behind the Photon Project, a London-based start-up that is pioneering “disruptive innovation” using glass.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By / June 11, 2013

Berkeley Lab researchers increase NMR/MRI sensitivity through hyperpolarization of nuclei in diamond Today’s nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging technologies, like quantum information processing and nuclear spintronic technologies, are…

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