Tag: basic physics

How Many Microbes Does It Take to Make You Sick?

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.For a pathogen to make us sick, it must overcome a lot. First it has...

Photo battery achieves competitive voltage

Researchers from the Universities of Freiburg and Ulm have developed a monolithically integrated photo battery using organic materials. Networked intelligent devices and sensors can improve...

Finding explanation for Milky Way’s warp

The Milky Way is often depicted as a flat, spinning disk of dust, gas, and stars. But if you could zoom out and take...

The Secret of How Cells Make ‘Dark Oxygen’ Without Light

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Scientists have come to realize that in the soil and rocks beneath our feet there...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he must approve all new hires in internal email

SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris...

New method creates material that could create the next generation of solar cells: Process fabricates large perovskites faster, with less waste

Perovskites, a family of materials with unique electric properties, show promise for use in a variety fields, including next-generation solar cells. A Penn State-led...

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