NigelSimmons

@NigelSimmons@startrek.website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Harm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Believe this was featured in a paper that recently used trig to prove the Pythagorean theorem (previously thought to be a circular definition). I think some highschoolers cracked it as part of a mathematics challenge or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Groundbreaking barium titanate solar panels are 1000x more powerful than existing panels⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “The result surprised even the research group: compared to pure barium titanate of a similar thickness, the current flow was up to 1,000 times stronger, despite the fact that the proportion of barium titanate as the main photoelectric component was reduced by almost two thirds.”… So not actually 1000x better than current technology, just 1000x compared to pure barium titanite. Garbage clickbait, but “clever technique applied to ineffective solar cell technology scrapes 1% efficiency when used in UV spectrum” does not have the same appeal.