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The research team has already achieved a peak external quantum efficiency greater than 0.6% for their NIR-II LEDs, an impressive result for an early generation device.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

She no longer believes in the promise, once taken for granted, that each generation will improve its lot over the last.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Many countries have taken emergency measures to boost coal-fired power generation to “reduce the impact of high natural-gas prices on electricity prices and people’s livelihoods,” Taipower said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Unlike some operators, who pass down the tradition from generation to generation, Stephen had no background in equine husbandry when he started out, but had realised he did not want to work indoors.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

By problematizing the idea that experiments could be successfully replicated, the generation after Kuhn, the generation of Shapin and Schaffer, sought to demonstrate that experience itself is unpredictable, malleable, socially constructed.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton