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A breakthrough discovery could accelerate the arrival of controlled fusion energy on Earth
Researchers led by Chang Liu of PPPL have unveiled a promising approach to mitigating damaging runaway…
The recessive genes that make a carrot orange
A new study of the genetic blueprints of more than 600 types of carrot shows that…
Human evolution: Hominins challenge giant hyenas for carcasses in Prehistoric simulations
Hominins—the group that includes humans and our extinct relatives—may have been capable of competing with giant…
As the world warms, intense tropical cyclones are starting earlier, study finds
Intense tropical cyclones have tended to occur around three days earlier per decade since the 1980s,…
Integrating 2D materials for on-chip photonics
Recently, the introduction of nonlinear optical functions in integrated optics has sparked significant enthusiasm. Demonstrations have…
Ductile oligomeric acceptor enables highly efficient and mechanically robust flexible organic solar cells
A research group led by Prof. Ge Ziyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and…
New methods for creating ultra-vibrant optical coatings—applications for solar panels, virtual displays
Case Western Reserve University physicists are developing ultra-thin optical coatings that could dramatically extend the life…
Using Einstein's tea leaf paradox to study nanofluids
Stirring can allow the dispersion of substances evenly in liquid. Einstein’s tea leaf paradox is a…
Recent manipulations of excitons in moiré superlattices
Light can excite electron and hole pairs inside semiconducting materials. If the attraction between a negatively…