Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’::These cells could be laminated onto various kinds of surfaces, such as the sails of a boat to provide power while at sea.

  • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    1 年前

    Yes, exactly. My point is that I’m tired of these bullshit headlines that are implying that we have some great breakthrough; unless the discovery also accounts for everything you listed, it’s not a breakthrough and we, the public, don’t need to hear about it just so that a newspaper can sell clicks and ruin trust in science.

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      1 年前

      You seem to be conflating breakthrough with manufacturing capacity

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        1 年前

        No, I’m just not referring to a slightly novel manufacturing process that will probably lead nowhere as a “breakthrough”.

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      1 年前

      Some of us like learning about science and technology, if you only want to know about products then watch adverts.

      The average person understands the difference between ‘will’ and ‘could’