We’ll harness the power of the sun! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Plants turn sunlight into energy – with incredible efficiency – using ELECTRONS. That’s photosynthesis. Now, scientists want to copy this process for better solar panels. Enter Leander Eernst and team from the
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More money, more problems? Not if you are a social-climbing metal! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Electrons are like the currency of chemistry. And usually, elements like to have a full wallet! Many elements, like carbon and oxygen, are stuck at eight electrons —
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Hate crowds? Need your “personal space?” Negatively charged electrons do too! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To understand electrons, scientists have developed a special technique called density functional theory – D-F-T for short. D-F-T is used to predict how electron crowds move in an
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