Lito Vilisoni Wilson

1 month ago | futurity.org | Lito Vilisoni Wilson

Futurity is your source of research news from leading universities.

1 month ago | bio21.unimelb.edu.au | Lito Vilisoni Wilson

Friday, 22 November. An international team of scientists have reported an effective and environmentally sustainable way to block the transmission of mosquito-borne dengue virus, in trials carried out in Malaysia. The breakthrough has major implications for countries with hot climates such as island nations in the South Pacific to Saudi Arabia, Africa and South America, all of which experience dengue, Zika,  yellow fever and chikungunya.

1 month ago | bio21.unimelb.edu.au | Lito Vilisoni Wilson

Tuesday, 6 October 2020Researchers at the University of Melbourne will use new materials to try to tap more efficiency from solar panels.  Enhancing silicon solar cell efficiencies could lead to a drop in the cost per Watt of delivered electricity of up to 20 percent. Excess energy in high energy photons is normally lost as heat in solar cells but a team led by Research Group Leader, Dr David Jones, will identify better ways to use surplus energy, by getting more from each photon.