Scientists reported significant advances in the thermoelectric performance of organic semiconductors based on carbon nanotube thin films that could be integrated into fabrics to convert waste heat into electricity or serve as a small power source. […]
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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Scientists elevate quantum dot solar cell world record
Researchers established a new world efficiency record for quantum dot solar cells, at 13.4 percent. […]
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Lens trick doubles odds for quantum interaction
Scientists use a super-resolution imaging technique to strengthen photon interaction with atoms. […]
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Opening the van der Waals’ sandwich
Researchers create world’s first system to measure the force needed to separate a crystal’s microscopic layers, a boon for semiconductor development. […]
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Spectacular SpaceX Falcon 9 KoreaSat Launch Lights Space Coast Sky with Halloween Eve Glow, Booster Lands at Sea
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – SpaceX delivered a spectacular Halloween eve delight with today’s Falcon 9 launch of a Korean HDTV satellite that lit up the Florida Space Coast skies with a glow that delighted kids of all ages and ghouls alike and put an end at last for today to the atrocious wet and windy weather afflicting the Space Coast region.
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‘Monster’ planet discovery challenges formation theory
NGTS-1b is the largest planet compared to the size of its companion star ever discovered in universe and contradicts theories that a planet of this size could not be formed by such a small star. […]Read More
Giant radio galaxy found by Indian astronomers
(Phys.org)—A team of Indian astronomers reports the discovery of a new giant radio galaxy (GRG) using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). With a linear size of more than 7 million light years, it is one of the largest GRGs known to date. The finding was presented October 17 in a research paper published on the arXiv pre-print repository. […]Read More
Minor merger kicks supermassive black hole into high gear
The galaxy Messier 77 (M77) is famous for its super-active nucleus that releases enormous energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from x-ray to radio wavelengths. Yet, despite its highly active core, the galaxy looks like any normal quiet spiral. There’s no visual sign of what is causing its central region to radiate so extensively. It has long been a mystery why only the center of M77 is so active. Astronomers suspect a long-ago event involving a sinking black hole, which could have kicked the core into high gear. […]Read More
New model to research activity around quasars, black holes
A University of Wyoming researcher played a key role in a study that suggests a newly developed computer model can more accurately explain the diversity of quasar broad emission line regions, which are the clouds of hot, ionized gas that surround the supermassive black holes feeding in the centers of galaxies. […]Read More
Shelling the seeds of the first supermassive black holes
Although their existence is undeniable, astronomers across the world are still unsure of how supermassive black holes actually form. An EU-funded project has set out to answer this question by simulating the formation and growth of their seeds – black holes created when an extremely massive star collapses. […]Read More