Inspired perhaps by Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak, scientists have recently developed several ways—some simple and some involving new technologies—to hide objects from view. The latest e... Read more
“If we integrate it with a contact lens or other wearable electronics, it expands your vision,” Zhong said. “It provides you another way of interacting with your environmen... Read more
High-power, self-cleaning solar panels might be coming soon to a roof near you. There are two obvious problems with photovoltaic cells, solar panels. First, they are very shiny and so a lot... Read more
Solar cells offer the opportunity to harvest abundant, renewable energy. Although the highest energy light occurs in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum, most solar energy is in the infrare... Read more
More than twice as sharp as Hubble A team of astronomers from three institutions has developed a new type of telescope camera that makes higher resolution images than ever before, the culmin... Read more
Stanford University scientists have created the thinnest, most efficient absorber of visible light on record. The nanosized structure, thousands of times thinner than an ordinary sheet of pa... Read more
“Think about a particle that will not only help researchers detect cancer sooner but be used to treat the tumor, too.” Alloys like bronze and steel have been transformational for centuries,... Read more
A new semiconductor device capable of emitting two distinct colours has been created by a group of researchers in the US, potentially opening up the possibility of using light emitting diode... Read more