Tech Scrape

Antireflective film helps the cells maintain their energy yield. A venture spun out of two Quebec universities says it has developed a safer way of adding antireflective coatings to crystalline silicon solar cells that also boosts their lifetime energy yield.

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Scientists find a better way to make more of the cells that make blood vessels.

A new process could allow Air Force jets to run exclusively on domestically produced biomass and coal.

A boost in storage density could keep tapes spinning for years.

The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv this week:

Analysis of MRSA starts to reveal its journey around the globe–and within a hospital.

Security researchers are also working to unravel the nature of the espionage.

The use of news reports as sources calls a key finding into question.

A nano diamond agent is 15 times more sensitive.