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Have we detected dark energy? Cambridge scientists say it’s a possibility

“Dark energy, the mysterious force that causes the universe to accelerate, may have been responsible for unexpected results from the XENON1T experiment, deep below Italy’s Apennine Mountains. A new study, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and …

How to Catch a Perfect Wave: Scientists Take a Closer Look Inside the Perfect Fluid

“Berkeley Lab research brings us closer to understanding how our universe began Scientists have reported new clues to solving a cosmic conundrum: How the quark-gluon plasma – nature’s perfect fluid – evolved into matter. A few millionths of a second after …

International team improves efficiency of liquid metal batteries

“Climate protection means increasingly turning to renewable energies. But in order to store the energy produced by solar, wind and other regenerative processes, sophisticated systems are required. Today’s storage options are still too expensive and hardly or even impossible …

ITMO Researchers Create Nanoparticle Paste To Maximize Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency

“An international team of researchers from ITMO’s School of Physics and Engineering and Tor Vergata University of Rome found a way to increase the efficiency of perovskite-based solar cells. The project was supported by a Russian Science Foundation grant …

Kerbal Controller - the Basics

“The goal of this tutorial is not to show how to build a specific KSP controller, but to show many of the common design choices and their pros and cons. The idea is to guide you to make your own …

Project  Laser Harp

Laser Harp

“The laser harp was born as a remake of an old project. The basic idea is to create a variation of a classic instrument such as the harp using current electronic technologies, such as microcontrollers, sensors and speakers. The structure …

LED-Matrix With Web Server

“In my first Instructable we will build a 16x16 LED matrix. In the end you will have - obviously a LED matrix with 256 LEDs that are all individually controllable - a web page hosted on a microcontroller which allows you to …

LEGO & Micro:bit RC Tank

“Here’s a fun LEGO project that uses our Bit Board and micro:bit to power an RC tank, and another Bit Board and micro:bit to work as a remote control. We’ve listed all the LEGO parts we …

Low Power Asset Tag from onsemi Brings Unmatched Five-Year Battery Life to Industrial Asset Management

“onsemi, a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, unveiled a new system solution that overcomes the main challenges associated with developing asset tracking tags. Battery life has been a major obstacle to asset tag adoption, particularly within industrial sectors …

Making self-driving cars safer through keener robot perception

“PhD student Heng Yang is developing algorithms to help driverless vehicles quickly and accurately assess their surroundings. Aviation became a reality in the early 20th century, but it took 20 years before the proper safety precautions enabled widespread adoption of …