Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!. Fossil energy stakeholders have been ginning up opposition to large-scale solar farms, but they should have been watching their backs. The latest development in photovoltaic technology involves low-cost perovskite solar cells created in the form of a solution which can be applied to a thin film or coated onto almost any surface. The opposition will need to figure out a new angle of attack when the world is suddenly plastered with perovskites.

Sheer Chaos As Paint-On Perovskite Solar Cells Take Over

The most common of condiments could help researchers better understand the physics behind one of the most difficult and sought-after scientific feats—making nuclear fusion a reality. When compressed and heated, mayonnaise exhibits some characteristics similar to the various states of plasma in a hypothetical nuclear fusion reaction, scientists have...

How Mayonnaise Could Help Scientists Advance Nuclear Fusion Efforts

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Performance levels barely dropped after two months of constant use.

World’s Most Durable And Efficient Solar Cell Smashes Existing Records

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The same physics that underlie mayonnaise could help physicists corral the ultrahot plasma needed to produce nuclear fusion.

Physicists solve nuclear fusion mystery with mayonnaise

A new material can withstand 'billions' of electrical cycles without wearing out — and scientists say it could transform electronics within 10 to 20 years.

Unique transistor 'could change the world of electronics' thanks to nanosecond-scale switching speeds and refusal to wear out

Ann Ronan Picture Library/Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. It's no secret that the ancient Eygptians were fairly technologically advanced for their day, but new research suggests that at least one pyramid was built using surprisingly sophisticated tech: hydraulic lifts. As detailed in a new study published in the journal...

Scientists Find Evidence of Advanced Technology Used to Build Egyptian Pyramid

Ozone can be an agent of good or harm, depending on where you find it in the atmosphere. Way up in the stratosphere, the colorless gas shields the Earth from the sun's harsh ultraviolet rays. But closer to the ground, ozone is a harmful air pollutant that can trigger chronic health problems including chest pain, difficulty breathing, and impaired lung function.

Scientists find a human 'fingerprint' in the upper troposphere's increasing ozone

Scientists have developed a novel way to recycle toxic waste — extracting gold from old electronics using a byproduct of a staple cuisine in many cultures. Researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich announced in a press release that they used "denatured" whey proteins (the watery portion of cheese that separates from curds) to create a sponge to recover gold ions from e-waste.

Scientists develop novel method to extract gold from old electronics using cheese — here's how it works

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Scientists from the Texas Advanced Computing Center are gaining a deeper — on the atomic level — understanding about why perovskites are such a good material for converting sunlight into electricity. The breakthrough was discovered using a supercomputer that found "vortex structures in quasiparticles of electrons and atoms,...

Supercomputer simulations make groundbreaking discovery about potential of solar power and LEDs: 'Never been observed before'

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The kitchen can be a messy place in any home – some more than others, as anyone who’s lived in a student flat can attest to – but it turns out the humble microwave is home to far more microbes than you could possibly imagine. 
And, not only that, but the bacteria these devices are hoarding is resistant to radiation and multiplying by the second. 
A new study from a team from Darwin Bioprospecting Excellence SL in Paterna, Spain, published in journal Frontiers in Microbiology has found that hardy microbes able to adapt to extreme conditions and thrive in microwaves.
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Scientists discover microwaves are home to swarms of radiation-resistant bacteria

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"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

Sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms like plants and algae have long been believed to be the Earth's original producers of oxygen. But now, researchers have found evidence of a natural O2 factory that needs neither the Sun nor the lifeforms that harness its power. The source is a chemical reaction taking place in rocks lying on the lightless seafloor thousands of feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, releasing what the researchers have dubbed "dark oxygen."

Scientists Say They've Detected a Strange Source of Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean

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Startup New Frontier Aerospace has started tests of the engine that will power high-speed, point-to-point travel aircraft.

‘World’s most advanced’ hypersonic engine for suborbital flights tested

“When I think of my whole career in physics, this is the work that I think 10 to 20 years from now could change the world.”

MIT’s breakthrough transistor could be game-changer for electronics

Google's next hardware launch event could be one of its largest to date. (Image source: @MysteryLupin)

Bumper crop of high-resolution Google Pixel 9 and Pixel Watch 3 images leak before August 13 launch day

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Oregon State University researchers working on a way to make cleaner hydrogen have been busy beavers. As a result, they have developed a material that leverages sunlight to separate hydrogen from water, OSU reported. The science is happening on the molecular level — measured in tiny micromoles. But the team...

Game-changing material turns sunlight and water into clean fuel: 'Sustainable and efficient energy solutions'

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

A team of researchers investigating the strength of capsules that contain fuel for fusion reactions have turned to a surprising ally in their quest for a better material: mayonnaise. “We’re still working on the same problem, which is the structural integrity of fusion capsules used in inertial confinement fusion, and...

Researchers Are Using Mayonnaise to Improve Nuclear Fusion Experiments

For decades, physicists have been captivated by the prospect of spaceships traveling faster than light by compressing four-dimensional spacetime — a concept commonly referred to as “warp drive.”. Yes, you heard it right — those super-speed spaceships that effortlessly dart across galaxies in popular sci-fi culture. While it...

Detecting warp drives from extraterrestrial spacecraft using gravitational waves

Long-term blood pressure measurements in particular are only possible with great effort. A new technology is set to radically change this, which could eventually even find its way into smartwatches and help identify a wide range of health risks. Blood pressure is an important indicator for drawing conclusions about general...

Reliable blood pressure measurement developed: Application between smartwatch and medical monitoring conceivable

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Nuclear fusion becomes more efficient and leaner with microwaves

It is not only the energy required to heat the plasma that could be drastically reduced. The structure, especially inside the fusion reactor, would also become...

Nuclear fusion becomes more efficient and leaner with microwaves

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