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7-Oct-2025

Solar energy is now the world’s cheapest source of power, a Surrey study finds

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Solar energy is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper than electricity generated from coal, gas or wind, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

Journal: Energy & Environmental Materials

7-Oct-2025

SNU researchers develop holographic AR display with enhanced realism via occlusion effect

Seoul National University College of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Professor Jae-Hyeung Park from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has developed a holographic augmented reality (AR) display that significantly enhances realism through the incorporation of optical occlusion effects.

The study, titled “Enhancing Realism in Holographic Augmented Reality Displays Through Occlusion Handling,” was published on October 7 as an inside cover article in Laser & Photonics Reviews (Impact Factor: 10.0), a leading international journal in optics published by Wiley-VCH (Germany).

Journal: Laser & Photonics Review
Funder: National Research Foundation of Korea

6-Oct-2025

Back to the future: Is light-speed analog computing on the horizon?

University of Technology Sydney
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A breakthrough in analog computing promises complex parallel processing at the speed of light.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Program