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‘Cold’ manufacturing approach solves fabrication challenge for solid-state batteries
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‘Cold’ manufacturing approach solves fabrication challenge for solid-state batteries

Penn State researchers, including graduate student Tai-Wei Wang, pictured, recently published their work investigating the application of an advanced manufacturing technique in battery...

Researchers develop new design and fabrication method to make lightsails for interstellar travel
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Researchers develop new design and fabrication method to make lightsails for interstellar travel

Mission parameters for lightsail mission to Alpha Centauri. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57749-y In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to...

Biomimetic fabrication technique uses leaf skeletons as templates
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Biomimetic fabrication technique uses leaf skeletons as templates

Doctoral Researcher Amit Barua and leaf skeleton of a Bodhi tree. Credit: Timo Laukkanen  By using leaf skeletons as templates, researchers harnessed nature’s...

Heat-based stabilization of a conductive polymer simplifies bioelectronics fabrication
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Heat-based stabilization of a conductive polymer simplifies bioelectronics fabrication

Overview of the heat treatment process, demonstrated with a screen printed PEDOT:PSS pattern on fabric that remains stable after washing in detergent. Credit:...

Nollywood’s Box Office Numbers: Facts or Fabrication?
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Nollywood’s Box Office Numbers: Facts or Fabrication?

Ever wondered if Nollywood’s box office boom is just a big, fat cap? Are these numbers real or Nollywood’s greatest script?  Imagine this:...

Novel green solvent could help scale up fabrication of perovskite-based tandem solar cells
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Novel green solvent could help scale up fabrication of perovskite-based tandem solar cells

Perovskite tandem mini-module (aperture area: 20.25 cm2). Credit: Duan et al. In recent years, engineers have been trying to develop alternative photovoltaic (PV)...