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Giant Super-Earths Made of Diamond Are Possible, Study Suggests
December 5, 2011 — A planet made of diamonds may sound lovely, but you wouldn't want to live there. A new study suggests that some stars in the Milky Way could harbor "carbon super-Earths" – giant terrestrial ... > full story -
'Fool's Gold' Aids Discovery of New Options for Cheap, Benign Solar Energy
November 28, 2011 — Pyrite, better known as "fool's gold," was familiar to the ancient Romans and has fooled prospectors for centuries -- but has now helped researchers discover related compounds that offer new, cheap ... > full story -
Nanoparticle Electrode for Batteries Could Make Grid-Scale Power Storage Feasible
November 23, 2011 — Researchers have used nanoparticles of a copper compound to develop a high-power battery electrode that is so inexpensive to make, so efficient and so durable that it could be used to build batteries ... > full story -
New Material Can Enhance Energy, Computer, Lighting Technologies
November 16, 2011 — Researchers have created a new compound crystal material that promises to help produce advances in a range of scientific and technological pursuits. The material, called erbium chloride silicate, can ... > full story -
Why Solar Wind Is Rhombic-Shaped: Temperature and Energy Equipartition in Cosmic Plasmas Explained
November 15, 2011 — Why the temperatures in the solar wind are almost the same in certain directions, and why different energy densities are practically identical, was until now not clear. With a new approach to ... > full story -
A Light Wave of Innovation to Advance Solar Energy: Researchers Adapt Classic Antennas to Harness More Power from the Sun
November 10, 2011 — Engineers are developing a solar panel composed of nano-antennas instead of silicon semiconductors. They say that through the use of these antennas, a much higher conversion rate from light into ... > full story -
Engineers Solve Energy Puzzle: How Energy Levels Align in a Critical Group of Advanced Materials
November 6, 2011 — Materials science and engineering researchers have demonstrated for the first time the key mechanism behind how energy levels align in a critical group of advanced materials. This discovery is a ... > full story -
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Hybrid Power Plants Can Help Industry Go Green: Affordable Solar Option for Power Plants
November 3, 2011 — Researchers have developed a technology that combines the conventional fuel used in today's power plants with the lower pressures and temperatures of steam produced by solar power. His new "hybrid" ... > full story -
Astrobiologists Discover 'Sweet Spots' for the Formation of Complex Organic Molecules in the Galaxy
November 2, 2011 — Scientists have compiled years of research to help locate areas in outer space that have extreme potential for complex organic molecule formation. The scientists searched for methanol, a key ... > full story -
Solar Power Could Get Boost from New Light Absorption Design
November 2, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new material that absorbs a wide range of wavelengths and could lead to more efficient and less expensive solar ... > full story -
Solar Energy: Solar Concentrator Increases Collection With Less Loss
November 2, 2011 — Converting sunlight into electricity is not economically attractive because of the high cost of solar cells, but a recent, purely optical approach to improving luminescent solar concentrators may ... > full story -
Taking the Pulse of Charge-Separation Processes: Self-Organization Gives Rise to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells
October 24, 2011 — Organic solar cells have the potential to convert sunlight into electrical energy in an economical and environmentally friendly fashion. The challenge is that they still work less efficiently than ... > full story
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