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Bright Future for Solar Power from Space
May 16, 2012 — Solar power gathered in space could be set to provide the renewable energy of the future thanks to innovative ... > full story -
Tiny Solar-Panel-Like Cells Help Restore Sight to the Blind
May 13, 2012 — Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people who have lost vision because of certain types of ... > full story -
Solar Power to Dye For: Flexible Lightweight Inexpensive Dyes Could Harvest Energy from Sun
May 10, 2012 — Flexible, lightweight and inexpensive dyes could be used to harvest the power of the sun rather than our relying on costly and fragile semiconductor solar panel that use crystalline silicon, new ... > full story -
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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 -
Climatic Effects of a Solar Minimum: Grand Solar Minimum and Climate Response Recorded for First Time in Same Climate Archive
May 6, 2012 — Maar lake sediments reveal a grand solar minimum and the climate response recorded for the first time in the same climate archive highlights the need for a more differentiated approach to solar ... > full story -
Lightning Signature Could Help Reveal the Solar System's Origins
May 3, 2012 — Every second, lightning flashes some 50 times on Earth. Together these discharges coalesce and get stronger, creating electromagnetic waves circling around Earth, to create a beating pulse between ... > full story -
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Use of Public and Private Dollars for Scaling Up Clean Energy Needs a Reality Check, Say Scholars
May 1, 2012 — In a post-Solyndra, budget-constrained world, the transition to a decarbonized energy system faces great hurdles. Overcoming these hurdles will require smarter and more focused policies. Two writers ... > full story -
Faster-Ticking Clock Indicates Early Solar System May Have Evolved Faster Than We Thought
May 1, 2012 — Our solar system is four and a half billion years old, but its formation may have occurred over a shorter period of time than we previously thought, say ... > full story -
Liquid Solar Cells Can Be Painted Onto Surfaces
April 25, 2012 — Scientists have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanocrystals so small they can exist as a liquid ink and be painted or printed onto clear ... > full story -
Graphene Boosts Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells
April 24, 2012 — Scientists found that incorporating graphene increased the cell's conductivity, bringing 52.4 percent more current into the ... > full story
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