Image shows the perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell, undated photo. The active bluish area in the middle of the wafer, which is enclosed by the metallic, silvery electrode can be seen. (Johannes Beckedahl, Lea Zimmerman, HZB/Newsflash)

Scientists Break Record Converting Sun’s Radiation Into Electricity

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:December 26, 2022

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking solar cell that can convert almost a third of the sun's radiation into electricity. The new silicon bottom and perovskite top tandem cell was created…

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Image shows the Robobug: a rechargeable, remote-controllable cyborg cockroach in an undated photo. The achievement was reported in the scientific journal npj Flexible Electronics on Monday, Sep. 5, 2022. (RIKEN/Newsflash)

Cyborg Cockroaches Developed By Boffins In Japan

• Post author:Michael Leidig
• Post published:September 8, 2022

Japanese boffins have created part insect part machine cyborg cockroaches capable of tackling jobs ranging from monitoring hazardous areas to environmental protection. The project led by researchers at the RIKEN…

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Image shows a coral in an undated photo. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute in the German city of Bremerhaven discovered that corals can protect themselves from harmful oxygen concentrations by influencing the flow conditions on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (Julian Gutt, Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Newsflash)

Stony Corals Use Fan System To Save Themselves From Climate Change

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:September 3, 2022

Corals have developed a sophisticated internal fan system to protect themselves from climate change, a new study has revealed. Coral reefs are under threat from coral bleaching which eventually leads…

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A light-activated fish-shaped robot collects microplastics as it swims (scale bar is 10 mm). (Adapted from Nano Letters 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01375/Newsflash)

Scientists Create Fish-Shaped Robots To Absorb Microplastics

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:July 16, 2022

Scientists have created fish-shaped robots to swim around and collect microplastics from the oceans’ nooks and crannies. Microplastics, tiny plastic particles that can be harmful to marine animals when ingested,…

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Professor Michael Zaworotko, Bernal Chair of Crystal Engineering and Science Foundation of Ireland Research Professor at University of Limerick’s Bernal Institute. (True Media/Sean Curtin/Newsflash)

Scientists Create Material That Can Scrub Polluted Air Clean

• Post author:Michael Leidig
• Post published:June 1, 2022

New sponge-like material has been invented by scientists in Ireland that can absorb toxic benzene from polluted air. Benzene is classified as a carcinogen which increases the risk of cancer…

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The 700kHz, 260-element histotripsy ultrasound array transducer used in Prof. Xu’s lab. (Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering/Newsflash)

New Pioneering Technique Uses Sound Waves To Blast Cancer Cells That Dont Come Back

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:May 9, 2022

A new pioneering technique developed at the University of Michigan can blast tumours in a non-invasive way, with experts saying that in 80 percent of cases, they do not grow…

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Deep insights into the Enigma thanks to special X-ray technology. (Fraunhofer IIS/Newsflash)

Experts Scan WWII Enigma Machine And Others Dating Back To 1870 Showing Inner Workings With 3D Models

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:March 10, 2022

Experts in Germany have scanned the fascinating inner workings of encryption machines that were first developed in 1870 and that also included the famous Enigma machines used by the Nazis…

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A picture of the smallest battery in the world is smaller than a grain of salt produced by the research team led by TU Chemnitz. (TU Chemnitz, Leibniz IFW Dresden/Newsflash)

Researchers Develop Worlds Smallest Battery Which Is Tinier Than A Grain Of Salt

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:March 4, 2022

What is apparently the world's smallest battery, which is the size of a grain of salt and which can be used to power surgical implants and micro-robots, has been developed…

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The former concentration camp secretary Irmgard Furchner in the Itzehoe regional court. (Newsflash)

Jewish Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Testifies Against Former Secretary, 96, In German Court

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:December 23, 2021

A Jewish survivor of the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp has testified in court against a former secretary who is on trial for complicity in over 11,000 cases of murder and…

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The ancient leather shed armour could be dated to the period between 786 and 543 BC. Note: (D.L. Xu, P. Wertmann, M. Yibulayinmu/Newsflash)

Experts Find That After Worlds First Super Power Developed Hi Tech Armour 2700 Years Ago A Version Appeared In China

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 21, 2021

Swiss experts have found evidence that no sooner had the world's first superpower developed weapons in the form of an ultra-light, easy to wear armour, than a version of it…

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