Science

Credit: Unsplash / CC0 Public Domain In a step closer to skyscrapers serving as power sources, a team led by researchers from the University of Michigan has set a new efficiency record for color-neutral, transparent solar cells. The team achieved 8.1% efficiency and 43.3% transparency with an organic, as carbon-based, …

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will store rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on the planet’s surface for future missions to pick up, as seen in this illustration. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech The board will assist with analysis of current plans and goals for one of the most difficult …

A new COVID-19 detection test that can be completed in just a few hours is authorized for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The test has several advantages over traditional nasal swab tests: It is inexpensive, less invasive and can be performed without the need for certain …

Updated at 7pm: Revised to include Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. Texas surpassed 10,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths on Monday as the continuing toll of a massive summer outbreak continues, making the state the fourth to cross the grim milestone. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 51 new …

The Dallas County Department of Health on Monday reported four more COVID-19 deaths along with 1,850 cases of the virus and an increase in the 7-day and 14-day moving averages. The last four victims of the pandemic include: A woman in her 40s who was a resident of Dallas. She …