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EPFL/Technion team develops “champion” nanostructures for efficient solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen

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Researchers from EPFL in Switzerland and Technion-Israel Institue of Technology have developed nanoparticle-based ?-Fe Batteries, fuel cells and solar-energy conversion devices have emerged as a class of important technologies that increasingly rely on electrodes derived from nanoparticles. © LPI / EPFL. Click to enlarge.

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Economics Drives Ray-Gun Resurgence

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Put it down partly to the rising demand for cheap antimissile defense, but it’s mainly the result of technical advances in high-energy lasers. A laser of that class can be effective against a wide variety of targets, including cruise missiles, mortars, UAVs, and aircraft,” says Perry.

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

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s top class Zeekr emblem have began promoting in Israel and planning to make bigger into extra international locations within the patch, together with Qatar and Bahrain. There’s also the threat of the Israel-Hamas war escalating. While it’s still relatively cheap to run a gas-guzzler in many places — petrol costs between $2.18