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'Gusty Winds' in Space Turbulence: First Direct Measurement of Its Kind in the Lab
December 17, 2012 — Imagine riding in an airplane as the plane is jolted back and forth by gusts of wind that you can't prove exist but are there nonetheless. Similar turbulence exists in space, and a research team has ... > full story -
Exploding Star Missing from Formation of Solar System
December 17, 2012 — A new study challenges the notion that the force of an exploding star forced the formation of the solar ... > full story -
Solar Power Prices to Continue Falling Through 2025, Experts Say
December 12, 2012 — Prices for photovoltaic modules -- the part of solar panels that turn sunlight into electricity -- are expected to continue falling, in line with the long-term trend that has persisted since 1980, ... > full story -
Alternative to Fullerenes in Organic Solar Cells Is Just as Exciting
December 11, 2012 — An insight into the properties of fullerene is set to open the door to a new class of electronic acceptors which can be used to build better and cheaper organic solar ... > full story -
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Wind and Solar Power Paired With Storage Could Power Grid 99.9 Percent of the Time
December 10, 2012 — Renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs comparable to today's electricity expenses, according to new research. A well-designed combination ... > full story -
Tiny Structure Gives Big Boost to Solar Power
December 6, 2012 — Researchers have found a simple and economic way to nearly triple the efficiency of organic solar cells, the cheap and flexible plastic devices that many scientists believe could be the future of ... > full story -
Sungrazing Comets as Solar Probes
December 6, 2012 — To observe how winds move high in Earth's atmosphere, scientists sometimes release clouds of barium as tracers to track how the material corkscrews, blows around, and changes composition in response ... > full story -
Flexible Silicon Solar-Cell Fabrics May Soon Become Possible
December 6, 2012 — For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that is capable of being scaled up to many meters in length. The research opens the door to the ... > full story -
Astronomers Discover and 'Weigh' Infant Solar System: Young Star With Rotating Dust Disk Is Youngest Still-Forming Planetary System Yet Found
December 5, 2012 — A young star no more than 300,000 years old is surrounded by a disk of dust and gas rotating in the same manner as planets in our Solar System, making it the youngest such infant system yet ... > full story -
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Greener Storage for Green Energy
November 29, 2012 — Renewable energy solutions like wind and solar operate on nature’s timetable. When the sun blazes or when the breeze blows, power is plentiful—but not necessarily at the moments when ... > full story
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