Peking University

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Peking University is a comprehensive and national key university. The campus, known as "Yan Yuan"(the garden of Yan), is situated at Haidian District in the western suburb of Beijing, with a total area of 2,743,532 square metres (or 274 hectares). It stands near to the Yuanmingyuan Garden and the Summer Palace.
Peking University is proud of its outstanding faculty, including 53 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 7 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and 14 members of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Peking University holds about 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
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2025
6 Jan 2025

Quantum Sensors Market 2025-2045: Technology, Trends, Players, Forecasts

IDTechEx Report: Noah El Alami and Dr Tess Skyrme
2022
29 Aug 2022

A New Concept for Low Cost Batteries

Made from inexpensive, abundant materials, an aluminum-sulfur battery could provide low-cost backup storage for renewable energy sources.
2020
21 Aug 2020

NoPo Nanotechnologies

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22 May 2020

Electrics and Electronics Becomes User-Dedicated Smart Material

An important new trend is buying electrics and electronics you customise to function not just shape. See the new IDTechEx report, "Complete Electronics as Smart Material, User-Customized 2020-2040". Builders, textile manufacturers, those doing home improvement and others are starting to buy electrically-smart materials direct from materials companies, bypassing the electronics industry.
2019
26 Dec 2019

Growing Carbon Nanotubes with the Right Twist

Researchers have achieved the creation of a specific type of carbon nanotubes with a selectivity of 90%, and expanded the current theory that explains the synthesis of these promising nano-cylinders.
30 Sep 2019

Alibaba unveils its own AI chip

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26 Jul 2019

Perovskite solar cells with iridescent colors

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16 May 2019

Fluoride radically improves the stability of perovskite solar cells

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2018
26 Oct 2018

Origami, 3D printing merge to make complex structures in one shot

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9 Aug 2018

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2017
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Large single-crystal graphene is possible!

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2016
15 Aug 2016

New lithium-oxygen battery greatly improves energy efficiency

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2014
10 Nov 2014

Beijing Tiertime Technology Co Ltd

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4 Sep 2014

Flexible solar cell woven into fabric

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2012
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2010
13 Oct 2010

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6 Oct 2010

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2 Aug 2010

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29 Jul 2010

Wireless sensor networks, energy harvesting and RFID in Asia

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2009
5 Nov 2009

Chinese National Institutes sign collaboration agreement with G24i

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