Passive day cooling is a promising technology for the sustainable reduction of energy consumption. Researchers have now created a test system with which the materials used for passive cooling can… Read More »Reducing energy consumption: A new test system for passive cooling materials
Precisely applied mechanical pressure can improve the electronic properties of a widely used polymer material. This requires that the material be mechanically processed to an accuracy of a few nanometers.… Read More »How ultrathin polymer films can be used for storage technology
Fuel cells often fall short when it comes to operating at temperatures beyond 100 degrees Celsius owing to their dependence on water as a proton conduction medium. To overcome this… Read More »Fuel cells: Novel multi-proton carrier complex as efficient proton conductor at high temps
A team of international experts, renowned for debunking several black hole discoveries, have found a stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor galaxy to our own. The… Read More »‘Black hole police’ discover a dormant black hole outside our galaxy
Like a newborn animal, a four-legged robot stumbles around during its first walking attempts. But while a foal or a giraffe needs much longer to master walking, the robot learns… Read More »Robot dog learns to walk in one hour