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Optimal Planning of Solar Power Plants
May 10, 2012 The photovoltaics industry is booming, and the market for solar farms is growing quickly all over the world. Yet, the task of planning PV power plants to make them as effi cient as possible is far ... > full story -
DC3: Chemistry of Thunderstorms
May 9, 2012 NASA researchers are about to fly off on a campaign that will take them into the heart of thunderstorm country. The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field campaign will use an airport in ... > full story -
Best Websites Balance Self-Expression and Functionality
May 7, 2012 Giving people the freedom -- but not too much freedom -- to express themselves may help designers build more interactive web portals and online communities, according to ... > full story -
New Research Brings Satellite Measurements and Global Climate Models Closer
May 7, 2012 One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem, and when the problem is corrected the results fall in line with other ... > full story -
Hubble Sees the Eye of the Storm in Galaxy Cluster
May 7, 2012 A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could seem like a quiet patch of sky at first glance. But zooming into the central part of a galaxy cluster -- one of the largest structures of ... > full story -
NASA Weather 'Eye in the Sky' Marks 10 Years
May 7, 2012 For 10 years, it has silently swooped through space in its orbital perch 438 miles (705 kilometers) above Earth, its nearly 2,400 spectral "eyes" peering into Earth's atmosphere, watching. But ... > full story -
Building Better Asphalt With Nanoclays
May 4, 2012 Using nanotechnology, researchers are paving the way for brand-new asphalt blends to fight off cracks, rutting and ... > full story -
Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Didn't Happen by Chance
May 2, 2012 The ongoing rapid retreat of Arctic sea ice is often interpreted as the canary in the mine for anthropogenic climate change. In a new study, scientists have now systematically examined the validity ... > full story -
Ireland's Aran Islands: Old Maps and Dead Clams Help Solve Coastal Boulder Mystery
April 30, 2012 Perched atop the sheer coastal cliffs of Ireland's Aran Islands, ridges of giant boulders have puzzled geologists for years. What forces could have torn these rocks from the cliff edges high above ... > full story -
Night-Warming Effect Found Over Large Wind Farms in Texas
April 30, 2012 Large wind farms in certain areas in the United States appear to affect local land surface temperatures, according to a new ... > full story
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