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  Earth's Energy Budget Remained out of Balance Despite Unusually Low Solar Activity, Study Finds

  January 30, 2012 — A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity -- not changes in solar activity -- are the primary force driving global warming. The study offers an updated ... > full story
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  Sun Unleashes an X1.8 Class Flare on Jan. 27, 2012

  January 30, 2012 — The sun unleashed an X1.8 class flare that began at 1:12 PM ET on January 27, 2012 and peaked at 1:37. The flare immediately caused a strong radio blackout at low-latitudes, which was rated an R3 on ... > full story
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  Engineer Wants to 'Sculpt' More Powerful Electric Motors and Generators

  January 26, 2012 — A researcher is developing several technologies that could improve the performance of electric motors and generators. And that could make a real difference in building sustainable energy ... > full story
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  Classifying Solar Eruptions

  January 25, 2012 — Solar flares are giant explosions on the sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space. These flares are often associated with solar magnetic storms known as coronal mass ejections ... > full story
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  Space Weather Arrives: Relatively Minor Impacts Expected from Solar Storm

  January 24, 2012 — A significant blast of energy from the sun arrived at Earth on Jan. 24, 2012 at 10 a.m. EST, triggering a moderate geomagnetic storm here that's unlikely to cause major problems. But skywatchers take ... > full story
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  Strongest Solar Radiation Storm Since 2005

  January 23, 2012 — NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center -- the nation's official source of warnings and alerts about space weather and its impacts on Earth -- has issued a watch for a geomagnetic storm associated ... > full story
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  In Solar Cells, Tweaking the Tiniest of Parts Yields Big Jump in Efficiency

  January 20, 2012 — By tweaking the smallest of parts, engineers are hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar cells convert into ... > full story
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  Researchers' Refinement Increases Solar Concentrator Efficiency

  January 19, 2012 — Researchers have discovered that changing the shape of a solar concentrator significantly increases its efficiency, bringing its use closer to ... > full story
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  Solar Dynamics Observatory Helps Measure Magnetic Fields on the Sun's Surface

  January 18, 2012 — A subset of data that helps map out the sun's magnetic fields was recently released from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Observations that measure the strength and direction of magnetic fields ... > full story
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  Climate Balancing: Sea-Level Rise Vs. Surface Temperature Change Rates

  January 18, 2012 — Engineering our way out of global climate warming may not be as easy as simply reducing the incoming solar energy, according to a climate scientists. Designing the approach to control both sea level ... > full story

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