The idea of harvesting solar energy in outer space and beaming it back to Earth is a science-fiction concept that in recent decades gained real-world legs. Now, the California Institute of Technology announced that an experiment through its ongoing Space Solar Power Project beamed solar energy collected in space back to Earth for the first time.
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Sustainable phosphorus generation, carbon nanotube wiring, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 8, 2023.
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‘Inflatable’ concrete houses, rooftop wind energy innovation, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 19, 2022.
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As new analysis methods are developed and refined, researchers can illuminate the science behind past techniques that were designed through trial and error. A group led by researchers from the California Institute of Technology used advanced analytical techniques to show how nanoscale engineering gave a historic purple overglaze its distinctive iridescence.
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How pearls achieve nanoscale precision, stretchy LEDs, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 27, 2021.
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Reconfigurable metasurfaces, smart dental implants, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 15, 2021.
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New graphene superconductivity mechanism, disease-detecting breathalyzers, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 21, 2021.
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Foldable solar cells, Africa’s hit science show comes to U.S., and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 17, 2021.
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Energy-saving “liquid window,” lead-free magnetic perovskites, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 11, 2020.
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Algae-based building material, carbon-carbon bonds more flexible than presumed, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 7, 2020.
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