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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    11 months ago

    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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      11 months ago

      You seem to be conflating breakthrough with manufacturing capacity

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        11 months ago

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

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      11 months ago

      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’