Power/Performance Bits: Nov. 20
Nanoparticles convert solar energy into steam Rice University scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. The new “solar...
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Putting more cores to work Researchers in the EcoCloud research center at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have found that reorganizing the inner architecture of the processors used in...
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Fuel cell for mobile devices? A new catalyst developed by a team led by Oxford University scientists could be the key to creating small, long-lasting fuel cells for powering mobile devices since the...
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Power/Performance Bits: Dec. 11
Plastic solar cells Princeton researchers said they have found a simple and economical way to nearly triple the efficiency of organic solar cells, the cheap and flexible plastic devices that many...
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Power/Performance Bits: Dec. 18
Plant-based batteries Scientists at Rice University and the City College of New York have discovered that the madder plant, aka Rubia tinctorum, is a good source of purpurin, an organic dye that can be...
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By Ed Sperling While most of the semiconductor industry wrestles with what to do after 40nm, at least the number of options is increasing—they can move to 28nm or 20nm using bulk CMOS or fully depleted...
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Power/Performance Bits: Jan. 8
Peel-and-stick solar panels For all their promise, solar cells have frustrated scientists in one crucial regard – most are rigid. They must be deployed in stiff and often heavy fixed panels, limiting...
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Power/Performance Bits: Jan. 15
Strong, conductive, flexible nanotube fibers Rice University said its latest nanotechnology breakthrough was more than 10 years in the making, but it still came with a shock. Scientists from Rice, the...
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Thinnest p-n junction In a technological advance that may support the creation of more efficient photo detectors, solar cells and night vision systems, researchers at Peking University said they have...
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Image Sensors From a Spray Can With the added bonus of being simple and cheap to produce, researchers from Technische Universität München (TUM) have developed a new generation of image sensors that are...
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