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   by r2 11y ago

   In solar cell research, the biggest recent breakthrough was probably the creation of efficient perovskite solar cells [1]. They're cheap, easy to make, and their efficiency in the lab is rising more rapidly than that of just about any
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   by r2 13y ago

   For those interested in a summary, here's MuckRock's article on these files: https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2012/jun/06/feynman-f...
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   by r2 13y ago

   Silicon never ceases to amaze me. While much of the research in solid state physics these days is around novel materials like graphene, silicon continues to dominate solid-state applications including all conventional computer processors a
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   by r2 13y ago

   Peter Thiel (via Blake Masters) has a good discussion about this: http://blakemasters.com/post/21869934240/peter-thiels-cs183-... Excerpt: "To a first approximation, a VC portfolio will only make money if you
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   by r2 14y ago

   Some USC scientists recently analyzed the performance of a D-wave system and found that "quantum annealing is indeed being performed by D-Wave One": http://www.pppl.gov/events/adiabatic-quantum-computing-d-wav... So their computer does be