Applied Sciences
Quality control is a key factor in making sure green tea dietary supplement products pack the same antioxidant punch as green tea leaves used for brewing beverages.
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Liquid solar cells are cheaper, more flexible than existing solar options.
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Findings may offer clues to superior performance and guide synthesis of materials with improved properties.
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The coolest new nanomaterial of the 21st century could boost the efficiency of the next generation of solar panels, a team of Michigan Technological University materials scientists has discovered.
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A University of Florida-led research team has been selected to participate in a five-year, $125 million energy project involving the United States and India, U.S. Department of Energy officials have announced.
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A team of Harvard University researchers hopes to create the next generation of organic solar cells as an inexpensive and efficient source of energy.
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Harnessing the energy of sunlight can be as simple as tuning the optical and electronic properties of metal oxides at the atomic level by making an artificial crystal or super-lattice ‘sandwich,’ says a Binghamton University researcher.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced a $30 million research competition that will engage America's brightest scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs in improving the performance and safety of energy storage devices.
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Recent studies have estimated that roughly two-fifths of the nation’s freshwater withdrawals and three percent of overall freshwater consumption goes to supplying the steam generators at large power stations in the United States.
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Taking advantage of the force generated by magnetic repulsion, researchers have developed a new technique for measuring the adhesion strength between thin films of materials used in microelectronic devices.
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An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models.
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Even alternative energy technologies can sometimes be a little greener, according to a Kansas State University graduate student's research.
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