Researchers from Brown University—in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology—are getting closer to making perovskite solar cells a mass-market reality. It’s all in the “flip of a switch.”
Read MoreA team led by Brown University researchers has been awarded $4 million by the National Science Foundation to study a promising new type of solar cell—solar cells made from perovskites.
Read MoreNew research from Brown University shows that although the glass sponge’s anchoring fibers are thin and fragile-looking, they are engineered for maximal strength.
Read MoreResearchers at Brown University have pioneered a new technique that allows them to produce multilayered and multistructured 2-D semiconductor materials, which are particularly promising for the future of electronics, optical devices, and more.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest for July 16, 2014.
Read MoreGiven the amount of time spent talking about ways to better recruit and retain minorities and women in the STEM fields—what do “we” have to show for it? According to a new paper in BioScience, not much.
Read MoreScientists studying ancient meteorite impacts have now found that impact glass can preserve bits of organic matter, acting like a tiny time capsule that provides a snapshot of the environment at the time the meteorite struck and may be able to decipher if life ever existed on Mars.
Read MoreBed made to float with neodymium magnets. Credit: mememetatata; imgur. Check ’em out: Tiny chip could test for latent TB faster Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a microfluidic chip…
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