B.C. reports offer ‘road map’ for repatriation of Indigenous historical items

A pair of reports out of British Columbia are detailing the complex, expensive and under resourced process of repatriating Indigenous historical items or remains back to their homes. The studies, developed in partnership between the First Peoples’ Cultural Council and K’yuu Enterprise Corporation, call for changes including the creation of a centralized body to facilitate…

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Breaking the laws of thermal radiation could make better solar cells

By breaking a law of physics, researchers can improve energy-harvesting devices like solar cells M2020/Shutterstock Researchers have broken a centuries-old law of physics, putting us on a path towards making better energy-harvesting devices, such as solar cells. Linxiao Zhu at the Pennsylvania State University has wanted to break Kirchoff’s law of thermal radiation for almost…

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