The use of semiconductors in optoelectronic applications has had a bit of thickness problem. For photovoltaics, the need for relatively thick semiconductor thin films has added some significant cost to their manufacture. In other ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, optoelectronic
Marvel space will feature a screen showing Marvel content, a Spider-Man pinball machine and new Incredible Hulk and Captain America sculptures. Disney UK and Harrods are expanding the size of the Disney Store at Harrods with brand new ...
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lllustration: University of Colorado Boulder Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a model of a thermoelectric material that can insulate itself from heat transfers while still allowing electricity to flow. Such ...
Tags: Nanopillars, Thermoelectric Material, conducting electricity, voltage
What people who are increasingly demanding graphene commercialization avenues often miss is that a good portion of the research into the “wonder material” remains just figuring out what it can do. In the continuing research to ...
Tags: Graphene Films, Wireless Networks, Security
Designer Alex Woo’s new pendant for the movie Bears is available in sterling silver or 14-karat gold. New York--Designer Alex Woo has crafted two pendants inspired by Disney’s new film Bears, which is narrated by actor John C. ...
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People have long known there is energy in wastewater; extracting it economically is the problem. Startup Cambrian Innovation claims its technology can do it and a brewery and a winery are now using it to clean their wastewater while ...
Tags: energy in wastewater, reduced energy costs, wastewater reuse
Topological insulators are the key to future spintronics technologies. EPFL scientists have unraveled how these strange materials work, overcoming one of the biggest obstacles on the way to next-generation applications. Spintronics is an ...
Tags: EPFL, Future Electronic, Material, Physical Review Letters
Differences in industry can be an important factor to consider when ordering furniture and deciding which office design will work for you and your employees. It can be easy for business owners and managers to look at office designs as some ...
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South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has introduced a range of LED components for use in advanced mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. The LEDs include two reflector-integrated flash LED packages - the 3432 1.8t ...
TSMC Solar, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) wholly-owned subsidiary maker of CIGS thin-film PV modules, will expand its annual production capacity from 40MWp currently to 120MWp in the fourth quarter of 2014, according ...
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The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have co-developed inexpensive material that has the potential to capture and convert solar energy — particularly from the bluer part ...
Tags: Solar Cells, High-Energy Photons
UK-based tray sealer specialist Packaging Automation is set to introduce SkinPAC, a new pack format designed for fresh products such as meat and fish. Claimed to offer high visibility vacuum packs aimed at improving shelf life, better ...
US-based packaging solutions provider Intertek has expanded its film and flexible polymer testing services at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The company's service expansion will help material engineers and scientists better understand how ...
Tags: Flexible Polymer, packaging
Spain-based packaging equipment and services provider ULMA Packaging has developed a non-refillable oil dispenser for labeling and packaging of olive oil. The company is confident that its equipment will be able to meet the new legal ...
Tags: ULMA Packaging, Oil Labeling, Packaging
A UK-based company is developing solar-cell technology that could help advance the market for integrating solar energy-harvesting glass into commercial buildings. Oxford Photovoltaics (PV) -- co-founded by Oxford University physicist ...