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Solar energy: Prototype shows how tiny photodetectors can double their efficiency
This image shows an energy diagram of the WSe2-MoSe2 device. When a photon (1) strikes the WSe2 layer, it knocks loose an electron (2),...
Violent helium reaction on white dwarf surface triggers supernova explosion
Upper panels show the first two-days observations of a peculiar type Ia supernova, MUSSES1604D, with Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam (left and middle) and follow-up observations with...
Study: Yoga helps back pain among veterans
A San Diego VA study among Veterans with chronic low back pain found that those who completed a 12-week yoga program had better scores...
Nanosat fleet proposed for voyage to 300 asteroids
Artist’s concept of the spacecraft.
Credit: FMI
A fleet of tiny spacecraft could visit over 300 asteroids in just over three years, according to a mission...
Band gaps, made to order
This artist’s representation shows an electron beam (in purple) being used to create a 2D superlattice made up of quantum dots having extraordinary atomic-scale...
Online assessment could improve math marks of deaf learners
Dr. Nolan Damon showing the online mathematics assessment that he developed.
Credit: Stefan Els
Online mathematics assessment (OMA) could help improve the mathematics performance of deaf...
Detecting radio waves with entangled atoms
Schematic illustration of the experimental setup.
Credit: ICFO
In a study published in Physics Review Letters, and highlighted by APS Physics, ICFO researchers demonstrate a new...
Exotic quantum particle observed in bilayer graphene
The so-called 5/2 state has confounded scientists for several decades. While all known particles in the universe are classified as either bosons or fermions,...
Prehistoric squid was last meal of newborn ichthyosaur 200 million years...
This is the specimen. It has a total length of around 70 cm. The specimen is on display at the Lapworth Museum of Geology,...
Warmer world may bring more local, less global, temperature variability
A new study finds temperature variability will increase in some regions (shown in red) as Earth warms, even as global variability declines.
Credit: Duke University,...
Air temperature is external trigger for heart attack
Heart attacks occur more frequently in winter.
Credit: © ibreakstock / Fotolia
A 16 year study in more than 280,000 patients has suggested that air temperature...
