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New Type of Solar Structure Cools Buildings in Full Sunlight
March 27, 2013 — Scientists have designed an entirely new form of cooling panel that works even when the sun is shining. Such a panel could vastly improve the daylight cooling of buildings, cars and other structures ... > full story -
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Trees Used to Create Recyclable, Efficient Solar Cell
March 26, 2013 — Researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural substrates derived from plants such as trees. Just as importantly, by fabricating them on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) substrates, the ... > full story -
Clean Electricity from Bacteria? Researchers Make Breakthrough in Race to Create 'Bio-Batteries'
March 25, 2013 — Scientists have made an important breakthrough in the quest to generate clean electricity from bacteria. New findings show that proteins on the surface of bacteria can produce an electric current by ... > full story -
Super Batteries? Hybrid Ribbons a Gift for Powerful Batteries
March 25, 2013 — Ribbons of vanadium oxide and graphene become ultrafast charging and discharging electrodes for lithium-ion batteries in new research. The ribbons are thousands of times thinner than a sheet of ... > full story -
Nanoparticles Show Promise as Inexpensive, Durable and Effective Scintillators
March 25, 2013 — Nanoparticles can be successfully incorporated into scintillation devices capable of detecting and measuring a wide energy range of X-rays and gamma rays, new research ... > full story -
Using Fluctuating Wind Power
March 25, 2013 — Incorporating wind power into existing power grids is challenging because fluctuating wind speed and direction means turbines generate power inconsistently. Coupled with customers' varying power ... > full story -
Ash from Refuse Could Become Hydrogen Gas
March 25, 2013 — Every year, millions of tons of environmentally harmful ash is produced worldwide, and is mostly dumped in landfill sites or, in some countries, used as construction material. The ash is what is left ... > full story -
Multi-Purpose Wonder Can Generate Hydrogen, Produce Clean Water and Even Provide Energy
March 20, 2013 — A new wonder material can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even provide energy. Science fiction? Hardly, and there's more -- It can also desalinate water, be used as flexible water ... > full story -
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Transportation Study Reveals Potential for Deep Cuts to Petroleum Use and Carbon Emissions
March 19, 2013 — Scientists have completed an assessment of avenues to reach deep cuts in petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation ... > full story -
Fantastic Flash Memory Combines Graphene and Molybdenite
March 19, 2013 — Scientists have combined two materials with advantageous electronic properties -- graphene and molybdenite -- into a flash memory prototype that is very promising in terms of performance, size, ... > full story
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