Solar cells combining silicon with perovskite have achieved record efficiency of 25.2 percent
Researchers have combined silicon- and perovskite-based solar cells. The resulting efficiency of 25.2 percent is a record for this type of tandem cell. Their...
Taking a closer look at ‘electrifying’ chemistry
With the increasing availability of electrical energy from renewable sources, it will be possible in the future to drive many chemical processes using an...
Wastewater treatment plants are key route into UK rivers for microplastics
Water samples from UK rivers contained significantly higher concentrations of microplastics downstream from wastewater treatment plants, according to one of the first studies to...
Large-scale study indicates novel, abundant nitrogen-fixing microbes in surface ocean
A large-scale study of the Earth's surface ocean indicates the microbes responsible for fixing nitrogen there -- previously thought to be almost exclusively photosynthetic...
New system recovers fresh water from power plants
A system devised by engineers recovers fresh water from power plants. It could provide a low-cost source of drinking water for parched cities around...
In desert trials, next-generation water harvester delivers fresh water from air
Scientists who last year built a prototype harvester to extract water from the air using only the power of the sun have scaled up...
Secret to whale shark hotspots
A study has uncovered the secret to why endangered whale sharks gather on mass at just a handful of locations around the world.
Secrets of fish population changes revealed
Populations of fish in the ocean are notoriously variable, waxing and waning in often unpredictable ways. Knowing what drives changes in fish population sizes...
Nutritional quality of fish and squid reduced by warm water events
The nutritional quality of fish and squid deteriorates under warm water events, research reveals -- with implications for the marine environment, marine predators and...
Ukrainian villages still suffering legacy of Chernobyl more than 30 years on
Milk in parts of Ukraine has radioactivity levels up to five times over the country's official safe limit, new research shows.
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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