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Catalysts That Produce 'Green' Fuel
March 12, 2013 The energy produced by solar panels, be it heat or electricity, has to be used right away. It is hard to store and preserve and also its transportation can be rather complicated. Creating solar cells ... > full story -
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Researchers Map out an Alternative Energy Future for New York
March 12, 2013 A new study outlines a path to statewide renewable energy conversion, and away from natural gas and imported ... > full story -
Engineering Breakthrough Promises Significantly More Efficient Solar Cells
March 7, 2013 A new technique could lead to significantly more efficient solar cells. Quantum dot photovoltaics offers the potential for low-cost, large-area solar power -- however these devices are not yet highly ... > full story -
New Material Using Doped Carbon Allows Fuels to Be Produced While Reducing CO2 Emissions
March 7, 2013 After more than 10 years' work, scientists in Spain have a developed a carbon gel that enables carbon dioxide to be turned into hydrocarbons by electro-catalytic ... > full story -
Artificial Leaf: Solar-to-Fuel Roadmap Developed for Crystalline Silicon
March 4, 2013 A new analysis points the way to optimizing efficiency of an integrated system for harvesting sunlight to make storable ... > full story -
Non-Glaring Photovoltaic Installations for Airports, Highways
March 4, 2013 Before a photovoltaic installation may be constructed, engineers calculate, for some selected days in the year, when and where the interfering light reflections occur, especially if airports, ... > full story -
Improved Synchronicity: Preventive Care for the Power Grid
March 2, 2013 As the U.S. national power-grid network becomes larger and more complex, achieving reliability across the network is increasingly difficult. Now scientists have identified conditions and properties ... > full story -
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Near-Earth Object Impacts
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Solar System
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Renewable Energy
Antarctic Scientists Discover 18-Kilogram Meteorite
February 28, 2013 An international team of scientists have discovered a meteorite with a mass of 18 kilograms embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet, the largest such meteorite found in the region since ... > full story -
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Energy Technology
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Environmental Science
New Fabrication Technique Could Provide Breakthrough for Solar Energy Systems
February 27, 2013 Scientists are using a novel fabrication process to create ultra-efficient solar energy rectennas capable of harvesting more than 70 percent of the sun's electromagnetic radiation and simultaneously ... > full story -
Research to Probe Deep Within a Solar Cell
February 25, 2013 Engineers and scientists have pioneered a new technique to analyze PCBM, a material used in polymer photovoltaic cells, obtaining details of the structure of the material which will be vital to ... > full story
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