Solar Panels

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Increasingly we are creating solar panels that are insanely efficient at generating electricity from all…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What happens when we can turn every surface into an energy generating system … ?…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Urban mining is the new term being given to the recycling of urban materials, which…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everything is made of compounds and materials, and by discovering and inventing almost 400,000 new…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Radiation destroys electronics, but what if they could heal themselves to run forever?   Love…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When humans start inhabiting space they won’t be able to get everything shipped from Earth…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If solar is already the world’s cheapest form of energy what happens when the tech…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are told solar panels only generate electricity when it’s sunny, but for researchers around…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydropanels are a new kind of solar panel that generate electricity and water – and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Materials form the foundation of every product and thing in the universe, so the more…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world needs to decarbonise the atmosphere and dramatically reduce carbon emissions, and innovations are…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Rare Earth metals are expensive, rare, and increasingly being used as a political pawn, so…