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NASA's SORCE Satellite Marks a Decade in the Sun
April 2, 2013 — NASA's Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite has been providing data on the sun's irradiance for 10 years. SORCE measures electromagnetic radiation produced by the sun and the ... > full story -
Discovery Opens Door to Efficiently Storing and Reusing Renewable Energy
March 28, 2013 — Researchers have developed a ground-breaking way to make new affordable and efficient catalysts for converting electricity into chemical energy. Their technology opens the door to homeowners and ... > full story -
Manufacturing: Plasma Treatments on a Roll
March 27, 2013 — A revolutionary atmospheric-pressure plasma boosts adhesion of polymer films for roll-to-roll solar-cell production has been ... > full story -
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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 -
Magnetic Fingerprints of Interface Defects in Silicon Solar Cells Detected
March 27, 2013 — Using a highly sensitive method of measurement, physicists have managed to localize defects in amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells. Now, for the first time ever, using computer ... > full story -
Measuring Mars: The MAVEN Magnetometer
March 26, 2013 — When the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission begins its journey to the Red Planet in 2013, it will carry a sensitive magnetic-field instrument built and tested by a team at NASA's ... > 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 -
Nanowire Solar Cells Raise Efficiency Limit
March 24, 2013 — Scientists have shown that a single nanowire can concentrate the sunlight up to 15 times of the normal sun light intensity. The results are surprising and the potential for developing a new type of ... > full story -
Voyager 1 Has Entered a New Region of Space, Sudden Changes in Cosmic Rays Indicate
March 20, 2013 — Thirty-five years after its launch, Voyager 1 appears to have travelled beyond the influence of the Sun and exited the heliosphere, according to a new ... > full story -
Breakthrough in Electricity Storage: New Large and Powerful Redox Flow Battery
March 18, 2013 — More and more electricity is being generated from intermittent sources of power, such as solar and wind energy. Powerful electric energy storage devices are necessary to level out corresponding ... > full story
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