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Self-Powered System makes Smart Windows Smarter

Smart windows equipped with controllable glazing can augment lighting and cooling and heating systems, saving up to 40% in an average…

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Cut U.S. Commercial Building Energy Use by 29% with Widespread Controls

Programming, maintaining building controls can lower power bills.  

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Novel Photopatterning Approach Builds OLEDs from the Ground Up

A light-mediated methodology for growing patterned, emissive polymer brushes with micron feature resolution could lead to a more…

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Discovery of New Transparent Thin Film Material Could Improve Electronics and Solar Cells

University of Minnesota researchers have discovered an ultra-high conductivity thin film material for applications in more powerful and…

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How to Harness the Power of the Wind

A better way to optimize wind power.

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A Double Dose of Success

Institute faculty member Igor Mezić has received has the 2017 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research…

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Physicists Demonstrate Photonic Hypercrystals for Control of Light-Matter Interaction

Researchers at the City College of New York have used photonic hypercrystals to control light-matter interaction for applications such…

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'Instantly rechargeable' Battery Could Change the Future of Electric and Hybrid Automobiles

New technology could provide an 'instantly rechargeable' method that is safe, affordable and environmentally friendly for recharging…

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Solar Cells More Efficient Thanks to New Material Standing on Edge

Researchers have designed a new structural organization using the promising solar cell material perovskite. The study shows that solar…

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Stretching the Limits of Elastic Conductors

A University of Tokyo team has developed a printable, elastic conductor for use in wearable electronics and other textiles.

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Hong Kong Team Claims Efficiency Breakthrough in LED Filament Lamps

The student team's new technology represents 1.5 times the traditional efficiency of LED lamps.

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Two-Dimensional Polymer Breakthrough That Could Revolutionize Energy Storage

A team from the National University of Singapore has developed novel 2D polymer sheets with good electrical conductivities and pore…

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The Next Big Battery Advances to Watch From Argonne National Lab

Argonne National Lab has made headway on major battery improvements, such as months-long storage and super fast charging.

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Plasmonic Device Offers Broadband Modulation to Optical Links at 100Gbit/s

Plasmonic modulators are compact and have a large bandwidth, allowing for a higher volume of information flow.

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'Lossless' Metamaterial Could Boost Laser Efficiency

Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a metamaterial that could reduce signal losses in photonic devices.

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Nano-Sized Hydrogen Storage System Increases Efficiency

Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore  and Sandia National Labs have collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of researchers to…

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