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TU Graz Explores Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Himalayas

Using 3D technology and interdisciplinary expertise, a research team has explored Buddhist temples in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal and digitized them for posterity In the high-altitude and extremely remote region of Dolpo in north-west Nepal, there are numerous Buddhist temples whose history dates back to the 11th century. The structures are threatened by earthquakes, landslides and planned infrastructure projects such as the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. There is also a lack of financial resources for long-term maintenance….

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Nanoscale Device Generates High-Power Terahertz Waves

Terahertz (THz) waves fall between microwave and infrared radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, oscillating at frequencies of between 100 billion and 30…

Architecture & Construction

ArKol Project: Tapping into the Thermal Potential of Façades

The project “ArKol – Development of architecturally aesthetic, integrated façade collectors with Heat Pipes,” just ended in February 2020. The project focused…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ultrathin High-Resolution Cameras Inspired by Nature’s Vision

The unique structures of biological vision systems in nature inspired scientists to design ultracompact imaging systems. A research group led by Professor…

Materials Sciences

Skoltech’s New Cathode Material Boosts Metal-Ion Batteries

Nowadays, the rapid development of electric transport and renewable energy sources calls for commercially accessible, safe and inexpensive energy storage…

Materials Sciences

Energy-Efficient Electronics: Harnessing Electron Spin States

It involves exploiting the complex quantum properties of electrons – in this case, the spin state of electrons.

Power and Electrical Engineering

World’s Smallest Microelectronic Robot Unveiled by Researchers

An international research team, led by Prof. Dr. Oliver G. Schmidt, Chair of the Professorship of Material Systems for Nanoelectronics at Chemnitz University…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electric Jolt to Carbon Enhances Water Purification

Various nanocarbons are being studied and used for purifying water and wastewater by adsorbing dyes, gases, organic compounds and toxic metal ions. These…

Power and Electrical Engineering

On the trail of organic solar cells’ efficiency

Scientists at TU Dresden and Hasselt University in Belgium investigated the physical causes that limit the efficiency of novel solar cells based on organic…

Materials Sciences

Aerobornitride: The Lightest Material for Stunning Laser Light

With a porosity of 99.99 %, it consists practically only of air, making it one of the lightest materials in the world: Aerobornitride is the name of the…

Materials Sciences

Exploring Grain Boundary Transformations in Metals

Grain boundaries are one of the most prominent defects in engineering materials separating different crystallites, which determine their strength, corrosion…

Materials Sciences

Nanostructured Rubber-Like Material: A New Era in Tissue Engineering

In the development of medical technology products, there is a great demand for new naturalistic materials suitable for integration with the body.

Materials Sciences

Hygroscopic Micro/Nanolenses Enhance Carbon Nanotube Ion Channels

A research team, led by Professor Chang Young Lee in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has introduced a novel technology, which allows…

Materials Sciences

Silicon-graphene hybrid plasmonic waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm

However, the realization of high-performance silicon-based waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm still faces challenges since there are some fabrication…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Fast-Charging Battery Advances: Tracking Lithium Ions in Motion

A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has captured in real…

Power and Electrical Engineering

'Spillway' for electrons could keep lithium metal batteries from catching fire

The team made a clever tweak to the part of the battery called the separator, which serves as a barrier between the anode and cathode, so that it slows down…

Materials Sciences

Heat and Light Create Biocompatible Microparticles at Duke

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised a method for making small particles that are safe for living tissues that will allow them to create new…

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