Strategy for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
A research has developed new, highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells. The breakthrough invention is expected to greatly accelerate the commercialization of perovskite...
Cheaper solar cells could be on the way thanks to new materials
New solar cell devices that are cheaper and easier to make could soon make their way to market thanks to new materials.
Environmental DNA reveals secret reef inhabitants
An international research team samples seawater from around the world to reveal which tropical reef fish occur where. To identify species and families, they...
Earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics found in 3.8-billion-year-old crystal
Plate tectonics may be unique to Earth and may be an essential characteristic of habitable planets. Estimates for its onset range from over 4...
Humans disrupting 66 million-year-old feature of ecosystems
Human-related extinctions of the largest herbivores and carnivores are disrupting what appears to be a fundamental feature of past and present ecosystems, says a...
Glowing spider fossils prompt breakthrough study of how they were preserved at Aix-en-Provence
A new study asks: What are the unique chemical and geological processes at Aix-en-Provence that preserve spiders from the Oligocene Period so exquisitely?
Melting land-based ice raises sea levels globally but can produce lowered levels locally
When a large ice sheet begins to melt, global-mean sea level rises, but local sea level near the ice sheet may in fact drop....
Key to improved green tech efficiency found in simple acid treatment
The development of new, more efficient electrochemical cells could provide a good option for carbon-free hydrogen and chemical production along with large-scale electricity generation...
In western floodplains, species adapt to bullfrog, sunfish invaders
A new study of a southwestern Washington floodplain finds that most native species adapt well to the invaders by shifting their food sources and...
Life history: Scholars call for greater collaboration between zoos, museums
The animal collections housed at zoos and natural history museums -- living specimens in the first case, preserved in the other -- constitute an...
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