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Smart windows are undergoing a revolutionary transformation with the development of adaptive mechano-optical systems. These systems can adjust themselves to different wavelengths of light, from visible to microwave, and are becoming…

The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) says that the United States has sustained 338 weather and climate disasters where damage costs reached or exceeded $1 billion since 1980. These events cost more than $2.295…

As we stretch electrical grids across the U.S. and Europe to their maximum capacities and the price of electricity, along with fuel oil, continues to rise, solar energy advances bring hope for a more sustainable – and affordable – future.…

Bo Zhao is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Univerisity of Houston, and he may have just had the most significant breakthrough in solar energy. Finding more efficient ways to harvest solar energy is critical for…

The red supergiant Betelgeuse is as troublesome as Michael Keaton's rambunctious spirit in the 1988 hit: Beetlejuice. In 2019, Betelgeuse ejected a substantial amount of its surface into space in a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) 400 billion…

We've all seen stunning homes where solar panels on the roof didn't add to the home's intended look. A research group created a highly transparent and almost invisible solar cell with a 2D atomic sheet and a visible transparency of…

Theoretical scientists used topological mathematics and machine learning to identify a hidden relationship between nano-scale structures and thermal conductivity in amorphous silicon. A study describing their work appeared in the Journal of…

Scientists at the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at UNSW Sydney and ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science have successfully tested a device capable of converting infrared heat into electrical power. The…

Our brains are more energy efficient than our computers, and scientists are one step closer to mimicking how our brains work. By combining storage and processing in a single component, a memristor, scientists hope to reduce the current…

An Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) launched by NASA on 9 December 2021 is a space-based observatory. Developed with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), it has three identical telescopes, each with an imaging X-ray detector sensitive…