New article on EPFL!
This week we’re all about harvesting that sweet sweet sunlight so we don’t have to scrap over greasy oil pits in the future.
A research group at EPFL figured out the inner workings of a new type of solar cell, which means that we’re a step closer to charging iPhones for free, peeps! YOU DIG? We’re talking energy here!
Check out my righteous coverage here.
— Nik
PS. Today’s linguistic choice was inspired by Thug Notes.
New article!
Scientists at EPFL come up with an innovative way to model metamaterials, which, by nature, are pretty hard to model.
Metamaterials have structures that give them some really exotic properties. They’re used in a bunch of new technologies but the most popular are stealth aircraft. And invisibility cloaks. LIKE THE ONE BEHIND YOU!
Ah, jokes. Okay, here’s the article.
— Nik
New article!
Two labs from EPFL join forces and find a way to make hydrogen production cheaper and more scalable. The future is nigh.
— Nik
New article!
Scientists apply the principles of Brownian motion (think duuuust in the wiiiind) to uncover some fundamental principles behind urban sprawl. And after testing it across Spain, they found that it’s surprisingly accurate.
— Nik
New article!
Scientists at EPFL have used scanning tunneling microscopy to detect rotational states of molecules for the first time – up to now, we’ve only been able to detect vibrations, so this is big news. Everything moves.
— Nik
The Upturned Microscope 