Dr Tony Shien-Ping Feng of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and his team invented a Direct Thermal Charging Cell (DTCC) which can effectively convert heat to electricity, creating a huge potential to reduce greenhouse effects by capturing exhaust heat and cutting down primary energy wastage. The new invention
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This Supergirl review contains spoilers. Supergirl Season 5 Episode 7 If you were hoping that Supergirl episode “Tremors” would involve Kara fighting off some giant, underground worms, then you would have been disappointed. Frankly, I think the story might have been better if it had gone in that direction. Up until this point, Leviathan has been
This episode contains Watchmen episode 5 spoilers. About halfway through Watchmen episode 5 ”Little Fear of Lightning,” you should know that we’ve officially hit and surpassed the midpoint of the series. HBO’s Watchmen only consists of nine episodes (not twelve), so it’s time for the pieces to start falling into place and for some mysteries to
This Star Wars article contains spoilers. The masked juggernaut of a villain in Jedi: Fallen Order has a look which may be familiar to fans of Star Wars comics. She’s the Second Sister, one of the Inquisitors tasked with hunting down surviving Jedi in the days after the Emperor initiated Order 66. Her first appearance
Editor’s Note: This post is updated monthly. Bookmark this page and come back to see what other anime classics get added to Hulu. Updated for November 2019. Isn’t it just the worst when you’re out with friends at your favorite restaurant and everyone’s discussing Assassination Classroom and you’re unable to jump in? How about when you’re waiting
For all of the high profile storm clouds gathering on the horizon of the DC Universe between Year of the Villain, some decidedly Crisis-y vibes in Justice League, and the fact that the Batman Who Laughs gets his jollies by turning the heroes of the DC Universe into evil versions of themselves, you might think
Google Stadia, the cloud gaming service that will allow players to access their games seamless between all of their devices, is launching on Nov. 19, but not with the full suite of features it advertised at GDC and E3 2019. During an AMA on Reddit, the Stadia team revealed what features players won’t be able
Ever since debuting on a local UHF station one November night in 1988, Mystery Science Theater 3000 has always been connected to Thanksgiving. It makes enough sense. The show is about a man and his two robot friends having to sit back and watch whatever for a few hours while Thanksgiving is about being stuck
Fox’s upcoming adaptation of Cullen Bunn’s horror comic book series The Empty Man has been gestating as a project for quite a long time. The film was first announced in early 2016 and now it is finally set to see the light of day. The 2014 six-issue story of The Empty Man was written by the dementedly
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC. The game will not be an Xbox Play Anywhere title, meaning that owners of the game on Xbox One will also have to buy a copy for PC, according to 343 Industries studio head Bonnie Ross, who confirmed the news at SXSW. Additionally, cross-play isn’t planned for
This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 4 Episode 5 “The age of heroes is about to be over…” The desire to be stronger—to be more than what you are—has been a core theme of My Hero Academia since its very first episode, but it’s a concept that’s beginning to be
Gary Oldman is joining the ever-expanding small screen cavalcade of stars of the tech-giant-generated streaming platform, Apple TV+, set to headline a spy series titled Slow Horses. The television series will serve as an onscreen adaptation of author Mick Herron’s novel series, collectively called “The Slough House,” which focus on the espionage exploits of a
Bungie’s final Halo game, the prequel Halo: Reach, is finally coming to The Master Chief Collection. The port was announced during an Inside Xbox broadcast. Reach will be ported over to the Xbox One and is also part of a series of releases that will see The Master Chief Collection finally arrive on PC through the
This Van Helsing review contains spoilers. Van Helsing Season 4 Episode 8 Van Helsing returns to the 19th century for a peek into Willem’s dark past, but it’s the pronouncement that he’s working against the Dark One that saves “The Prism” from wandering off too far into the weeds and forces Violet and Jack to
As we all know, Shazam is really Bally Batson, the young orphan boy who is pure of heart and worthy of the power of six mythological champions. But Billy isn’t the only mortal who was able to tap into the power of Shazam. There were a number of other Shazam family members, but today we
In 2017, former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw broke the internet when he updated his blog with a mysterious letter that appeared to contain the plot summary for his version of Half-Life 3. The post immediately caught the attention of a legion of Half-Life fans who deciphered the false names and hidden messages used in the original post
This article comes from Den of Geek UK. Since the first episode of The Simpsons aired in 1989, the show’s central cast of characters has expanded from Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie to a roster of hundreds of instantly recognizable recurring characters. But as part of its singularly frenetic sitcom style, there are plenty
This His Dark Materials article contains spoilers through Episode 2. You can check out our His Dark Materials spoiler-free review here. His Dark Materials is a fantasy novel and now TV show set in another world, which gives its setting a slightly out-of-time, or even period, quality. However, as we learn from “The Idea of the North,” the
Age of Empires IV is finally on the way! Microsoft has passed off development duties of the famous real-time strategy game to Relic Entertainment, creators of the Dawn of War franchise. What Relic Entertainment have in mind for the franchise is truly anyone’s guess. The above reveal trailer only serves as a stylish confirmation that the game is
IMAGE: Chemists at the University of Tokyo have identified the step of the reaction process where two types of molecules become either an ultrathin sheet or a spherical cage. In these… view more Credit: Image by Shuichi Hiraoka, CC-BY-ND. Two pathways diverged in a chemical synthesis, and one molecule took them both. Chemists at the University
IMAGE: A research group led by Prof. FU Qiang and Prof. BAO Xinhe at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed near… view more Credit: Image by LIU Wansheng A research group led by Prof. FU Qiang and Prof. BAO Xinhe at the Dalian Institute of Chemical
All good things must come to an end. Now it’s The Good Place‘s turn. The Good Place season 4, the last outing for the show, is airing now. It’s been quite the run for Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, Jason, Janet, and Michael. Now let’s see how the final experiment plays out. Here is everything else you need to
From author of the Sea Witch series Sarah Henning comes a new YA fantasy novel inspired by The Princess Bride, specifically for anyone who wanted to see Buttercup save herself and Westley and maybe a few other people along the way. It’s called The Princess Will Save You, and we’re excited to give a first look
In one of the more surprising and welcome moments of Xbox’s E3 2019 presentation, Microsoft confirmed that they are working on a new Microsoft Flight Simulator game. Simply titled Microsoft Flight Simulator, we’d call this a reboot of the franchise, but it’s not like there were any complex plot threads tying the series to its roots.
The world of aerospace increasingly relies on carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites to build the structures of satellites, rockets and jet aircraft. But the life of those materials is limited by how they handle heat. A team of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers from Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute is developing a design for
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have developed an optical switch that routes light from one computer chip to another in just 20 billionths of a second — faster than any other similar device. The compact switch is the first to operate at voltages low enough to be
IMAGE: This is professor Ernst Bauer in his lab. view more Credit: TU Wien Thermoelectric materials can convert heat into electrical energy. This is due to the so-called Seebeck effect: If there is a temperature difference between the two ends of such a material, electrical voltage can be generated and current can start to flow. The
Nancy Drew has premiered on The CW! The latest TV series version, which stars newcomer Kennedy McMann, is the culmination of years of attempts to revive the venerable literary franchise focused on the eponymous young female detective, which launched back in 1930. The creation of publisher Edward Stratemeyer, the books have passed through the hands of myriad
Among many surprise introductions in the pages of Young Justice, bringing back Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, was one of the best. The character has been around for nearly 40 years, but has mostly been a supporting character for story arcs. That changes in February. Back in October, DC announced plans to put her front and center in
1998 was a much simpler time in the world of gaming, especially that of the FPS. Back then, gamers were more than happy with wave after wave of foes that were obliged to throw themselves in front of their sights, and the idea of a worthwhile narrative wasn’t considered all that essential. Games like Unreal, Quake II,