Scientists have devised a transparent coating for windows that could help cool the room, use no energy and preserve the view.
Nov 29, 2022
Modern life now often depends on GPS (short for Global Positioning System), but it can err by several meters in cities. Now a new study from a team of Dutch researchers reveals a terrestrial positioning system based on existing telecommunications ...
Nov 29, 2022
On the 75th anniversary of the invention of the transistor, a device to which I have devoted my entire career, I’d like to answer two questions: Does the world need better transistors? And if so, what will they be like?
Nov 29, 2022
Cooling accounts for about 15 percent of global energy consumption. Conventional clear windows allow the sun to heat up interior spaces, which energy-guzzling air-conditioners must then cool down. But what if a window could help cool the room, use...
Nov 29, 2022
Scientists have devised a transparent coating for windows that could help cool the room, use no energy and preserve the view.
Nov 29, 2022
The urgent need to remove excess carbon dioxide from Earth's environment could include enlisting some of our planet's smallest inhabitants, according to an international research team led by Michael Hochella of the Department of Energy&#...
Nov 29, 2022
If grain must be dragged to market on an oxcart, how far can it go before the oxen eat up all the cargo? This, in brief, is the problem faced by any transportation system in which the vehicle must carry its own fuel. The key value is the density o...
Nov 29, 2022
The goal would be to feed phytoplankton, microscopic plants that are a key part of the ocean ecosystem, to encourage growth and carbon dioxide uptake.
Nov 29, 2022
An innovative way to rapidly remove hazardous microplastics from water using magnets removes microplastics 1000 times smaller than those currently detectable by existing wastewater treatment plants.
Nov 29, 2022
Neurons are the fundamental units of the brain and nervous system, the cells responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world, for sending motor commands to our muscles, and for transforming and relaying the electrical signals at ev...
Nov 29, 2022
