SCI-TECH | Researchers develop new type of flexible solar cells
Researchers have developed a type of flexible solar cell with high efficiency, according to China Science Daily.
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CLIMATE CHANGE | Rainfall changes affect world’s crop-growing regions by 2040: study
A new study showed that the rainfall on wheat, soybean, rice and maize globally would be changed by 2040 even if humans reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
SCI-TECH | Scientists develop advanced method to examine molecules
Israeli and Chinese scientists have developed an advanced method for examining the spatial structure of molecules.
SCI-TECH | Scientists create first ant-like walking robot without GPS
French researchers got inspiration from desert ants and developed a first-of-its-kind walking robot that can move without GPS.
SCI-TECH | Running an LED in reverse could cool future computers: study
Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) ran a light emitting diode (LED) with electrodes reversed in order to cool another device mere nanometers away.
CLIMATE CHANGE | New model shows transport’s impacts on human health, environment
Researchers have developed a model that can predict through 2050 the impact of different environmental policies on human mortality rates and short- and long-term climate change caused by particular and greenhouse gas emissions.
NATURE | NASA finds possible second large impact crater under Greenland ice
The study described a possible second impact crater buried under more than a 1.6 km (about a mile) of ice in northwestern Greenland.
CLIMATE CHANGE | Dangerously unpredictable weather will worsen unless action taken: research
Extreme and unpredictable weather seen around the world will get worse as ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica continue to melt, according to an international research.
SOCIAL SCIENCE | Hello Alexa, 95% of consumers don’t want to buy from robots
New study by Oracle NetSuite shows new technologies are not what makes shoppers keep shopping from a brand.
SPACE | New accurate 3D map of Milky Way shows warp in galaxy
An Australian and Chinese collaboration has created the most accurate 3D model so far of the Milky Way, showing the galaxy to be curved rather than a flat disc shape.