Highlights

A specially designed diamond coronagraph can be used to search for Earth-like planets in other solar systems, such as Alpha Centauri. This summer, four diamond coronagraphs manufactured at Uppsala University will be delivered to the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile.   

Uppsala University is the new world record holder for electrical energy generation from CIGS solar cells. The new world record is 23.64 per cent efficiency. The measurement was made by an independent institute and the results are published in the journal Nature Energy.