Topic: commercialization potential
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US Quantum Leap Solves Renewable Energy's Biggest Hurdle
A new thermal energy storage system using quantum physics can convert heat to electricity with 60% efficiency, addressing renewable energy's intermittency problem by making clean power more reliable for homes and grids. The system pairs thermal storage with thermophotovoltaic converters that emit...
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New Camera Captures Everything in Perfect Focus
Researchers have developed a revolutionary "spatially-varying autofocus" lens system that allows a camera to keep an entire scene in perfect focus at once, moving beyond the single focal plane limitation of traditional optics. The system combines a specialized Lohmann lens with a spatial light mo...
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