By Hefei Institutes of Physical Scienc April 15, 2022 Schematic diagram of fabricating process for the solar-thermal MSC and their energy storage performance under different light intensities. Credit: LI NianProf. WANG Zhenyang’s research group from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS)

T he year was 2011, and an experiment was being done in China to record the effects of a triggered lightning flash on an overhead transmission line. The line was instrumented to record the induced currents, and the instruments were protected with a metal oxide varistor (MOV). A varistor is often ca

Ideal capacitors only exist in textbooks. Every real-world capacitor has additional complexity arising from its physical structure. Two plates separated by a dielectric layer are in series with wire leads or metal foils through which we make our actual connections. Those two metal conductors introdu

Who, Me? Welcome once more to Who, Me? The Register's weekly walk-through of readers being just a little bit bad … but mostly getting away with it!This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Philip" who once worked in a factory where the boss occupied an office that overlooked the production line

DeLorean Back to the Future time machine arrives at Whitaker CenterA small crowd gathered on Tuesday to see a piece of pop culture work its way down Market Street and get hoisted into Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg.After much rigging and the blocking off of the street, a full

There were 1,947 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 282,629 in the last 365 days. The global digital display billboard market size is expected to reach USD 32.9 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Market.us.NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, October 27, 2022

Bloomberg Markets European Open kick starts the trading day, breaking down what's moving markets and why. Francine Lacqua and Tom Mackenzie live from London bring you an action-packed hour of news no investor in Europe can afford to miss.Overnight on Wall Street is morning in Europe. Bloomberg Daybr

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE )--The "Supercapacitor Market by Type (Double Layer Capacitors, Pseudocapacitors, Hybrid Capacitors), Electrode Material (Carbon, Metal Oxide, Conducting Polymers, Composites), Application (Automotive, Energy, Consumer Electronics) - Global Forecast to 2027" report has been a

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing to browse this site you agree to our use of cookies. More info. The most common criticism of electric vehicles (EVs) and smartphones is that they take too long to charge.

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support,