World leading research from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) aims to develop flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells. CSIRO Executive Dr Steve Morton said the technology for the solar cells was the result of work by CSIRO researchers…
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Seth Coe-Sullivan flicks the switches on two desk lamps, and even from across the conference room, it’s immediately obvious which light the chief technology officer of QD Vision is there to brag about. The light coming from the lamp on the left is a…
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For decades scientists have known that people with Down syndrome, who have an extra copy of chromosome 21, get certain types of cancer at dramatically lower rates than normal. Now, partly by using stem cells derived from the skin of an individual with Down…
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What if checking for cancer was as easy as a pregnancy test? Soon, it will be. Catching cancer early is the most crucial step to providing effective and proactive treatment against it. But most folks won’t undergo expensive and inconvenient testing until symptoms start…
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Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger objects than before and possibly leading to practical applications in “transformation optics.” Whereas previous…
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