World’s largest telescope backed with funding for laser system

Development of the extremely large telescope in Chile is being backed with fresh funding (Image: Wikipedia)

Development of the extremely large telescope in Chile is being backed with fresh funding (Image: ESO)

Researchers from Heriot-Watt University scientists have received a £6.8 million grant to contribute to the development of a laser system for the extremely large telescope at the European Southern Observatory.

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World-first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells developed

The University of Ottawa, in collaboration with the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec, and the Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microélectronique in Grenoble, France, has successfully manufactured the world's first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells.

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World-first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells developed