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For the optimum conversion of solar energy into heat, an “ideal” material is needed; one which absorbs practically all the wavelengths of light which reaches the Earth’s surface from the Sun, but which does not absorb too much of the rest of the spectrum so that the energy reradiated by the material does not increase and it is not lost at the moment of conversion. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have recently created a material which comes very close to this ideal.

The team of researchers – Mihrimah Ozkan, Cengiz Ozkan and Zachary Favors – work to improve lithium ion batteries; mainly focusing on the anode or negative side of the battery. The most widely used material at present is graphite.

Last Tuesday Apple presented its first new product since 2010: the smart watch. The design and features of the Apple Watch exceed all expectations in a market which, until now, had not taken off. So what is so special about this watch?

The French company Technicon Design has just won First Prize in the International Yacht & Aviation Awards for their design for the Ixion Private Jet. It is hardly surprising: the fuselage looks transparent.

This August, Google has announced the construction of a submarine high-speed cable system which will connect the West Coast of the United States with Japan across the Pacific Ocean. To implement the project known as Faster.

Less than a year ago the South Korean company LG launched the first curved screen OLED television onto the market. The design mimics the shape of the human eye so that the screen, with a thickness of just 4mm, is adapted to our angle of sight and we perceive the details in the images better.