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  Why Does Hot Weather Cause Power Outages?

  July 19, 2013 — Why is the power grid so sensitive to high temperatures? It's quite simple really. First, we certainly love our air conditioners, and air conditioners demand a lot of power. Second, power is ... > full story
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  Snow in an Infant Solar System: A Frosty Landmark for Planet and Comet Formation

  July 18, 2013 — A snow line has been imaged in a far-off infant solar system for the very first time. The snow line, located in the disc around the Sun-like star TW Hydrae, promises to tell us more about the ... > full story
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  Scientists Break Record for Thinnest Light-Absorber: May Lead to More Efficient, Cheaper Solar Cells

  July 18, 2013 — Scientists have built the thinnest, most efficient absorber of visible light on record, a nanosize structure that could lead to less-costly, more efficient, solar ... > full story
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  Solar Tsunami Used to Measure Sun's Magnetic Field

  July 11, 2013 — A solar tsunami observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun's magnetic ... > full story
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  IBEX Spacecraft Images the Heliotail, Revealing an Unexpected Structure

  July 10, 2013 — NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft recently provided the first complete pictures of the solar system's downwind region, revealing a unique and unexpected ... > full story
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  Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Rival Conventional Cell Efficiency

  July 10, 2013 — Dye-sensitized solar cells rival conventional photovoltaic devices by getting an efficiency boost up to 15 percent thanks to a new solid-state version of the perovskite light harvester device and a ... > full story
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  Researchers Patent New Electrolytes Based on Ionic Liquids That Prolong the Life of Solar Cells and Batteries

  July 9, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a new family of ionic liquids that produce electrolytes that improve the performance, stability and durability of electrochemical and electronic ... > full story
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  Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry: Using the Sun to Illuminate a Basic Mystery of Matter

  July 8, 2013 — Antimatter has been detected in solar flares via microwave and magnetic-field data, according to researchers. The finding sheds light on the puzzling strong asymmetry between matter and antimatter by ... > full story
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  Champion Nano-Rust for Producing Solar Hydrogen

  July 7, 2013 — Researchers have figured out the "champion" nanostructures able to produce hydrogen in the most environmentally friendly and cheap manner, by simply using ... > full story
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  Solar Prominences Put on Strange and Beautiful Show in the Sun's Sky

  July 5, 2013 — Cloud spotting seems to be growing in popularity as a hobby here on Earth. Now scientists studying the solar atmosphere are building their own collection of fascinating moving features that ... > full story

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