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Solar glasses generate solar power
Organic solar cells are flexible, transparent, and light-weight - and can be manufactured in arbitrary shapes or colors.
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New method enhances broadband light absorption in solar cells
Design and nanomanufacturing have collided inside of a Northwestern University laboratory.
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New clue to solving the mystery of the sun’s hot atmosphere
The elemental composition of the Sun's hot atmosphere known as the 'corona' is strongly linked to the 11-year solar magnetic activity cycle, a…
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Lightweight catalyst for artificial photosynthesis
Nanochemistry meets macrostructures: Chinese scientists report the synthesis of a macroscopic aerogel from carbonitride nanomaterials which is an excellent catalyst for the water-splitting reaction under visible-light irradiation.
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Our solar system’s ‘shocking’ origin story
According to one longstanding theory, our Solar System's formation was triggered by a shock wave from an exploding supernova.
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Joint NASA-Brazil SPORT CubeSat mission will aid better space weather prediction
NASA and a team of Brazilian space researchers have announced a joint CubeSat mission to study phenomena in Earth's upper atmosphere - a region of charged…
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Gravity waves detected in Sun’s interior reveal rapidly rotating core
Scientists using the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory have found long-sought gravity modes of seismic vibration that imply the Sun's core is rotating four times faster than its surface.
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Chinese renewable energy capacity growing rapidly
China is on pace to see its solar power capacity more than double by 2020 as component costs move lower, but at perhaps a cost, a sector analysis finds.
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World Bank tries to make Pacific solar power decisions easier
The World Bank said it was rolling out new mapping tools to help countries in the Pacific determine where best to develop solar energy.
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Schneider Electric India commissions 720 kWp solar plant at its manufacturing facility in Vadodara
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has announced the commissioning of a 720 kWp capacity solar power project at its manufacturing facility in Vadodara, Gujarat.
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National Solar Observatory Predicts Shape Of Solar Corona For August Eclipse
August 21st will bring a history-making opportunity for the entire United States.
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NASA Selects Proposals to Study Sun, Space Environment
NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program that will return transformational science about the Sun and space environment and fill science…
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India facing renewable energy challenges
An effort in India, one of the world's strongest economies, to improve the renewable energy sector could face headwinds, Moody's Investors Service said.
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A new picture emerges on the origins of photosynthesis in a sun-loving bacteria
Every day, enough sunlight hits the Earth to power the planet many times over - if only we could more efficiently capture all the energy.
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UNIST hits new world efficiency record with perovskite solar cells
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST finds key to produce a new cost-efficient way to produce inorganic-organic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) which…
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Study shows India can integrate 175 GW of renewable energy into its electricity grid
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed the technical and economic viability of integrating 175…