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Next-gen e-readers: Improved 'peacock' technology could lock in color for high-res displays
Now, researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to lock in so-called structural color, which is made with texture rather than chemicals. A…
Smart Grid Test as Part of the Energy Transition
The two companies want to test the smart grid's behavior and technology in practice. Due to its large share of renewable sources of energy, Wachtendonk serves…
Solar Power: Is It Time for the Big Push?
Recently, three researchers discussed this with fellow scientist Harry A. Atwater, Jr., director of the DOE Energy Frontier Research Center on Light-Material…
Official Starting Signal for Research Alliance for Wind Energy
Representatives of the three partners, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), ForWind, the Center for Wind Energy Research of the Universities Oldenburg, Hannover…
Semiconductor physics: Taking control of spin
Spintronics is a form of signal processing similar to that used in traditional electronics, but it takes advantage of a property of electrons known as spin….
Photonics: On track for downsizing
Optical communications, or photonics, technology has failed to match the miniaturization of electronic components, mainly because of fundamental laws of…