Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 05, 2012 - The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) is Earth's vanguard. Orbiting around a point 900,000 miles away between the Earth and our sun, this satellite is ever vigilant, recording the combination of r
Los Alamos, NM (SPX) Sep 03, 2012 - New Mexico, August 30, 2012-Los Alamos National Laboratory expertise in radiation detection and shielding is poised to help a national team of scientists better understand a mysterious region that c
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 03, 2012 - NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes are flying in Earth orbit after a successful liftoff and ascent this morning. The probes launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 4:05 a.m. EDT a
Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2012 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday a dispute between Chinese and European solar panel makers should be solved via dialogue, not trade limits, as she started a visit to strengthen economic ties.
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 30, 2012 - Solar panels, like those commonly perched atop house roofs or in sun-drenched fields, quietly harvesting the sun's radiant energy, are one of the standard-bearers of the green energy movement. But c
Corvallis OR (SPX) Aug 29, 2012 - The same type of microwave oven technology that most people use to heat up leftover food has found an important application in the solar energy industry, providing a new way to make thin-film photov
Beijing, China (XNA) Aug 29, 2012 - Chinese scientists are looking for a site for a giant solar telescope, which will be the world's largest in the next two decades with data helping to understand solar activities. The Chinese G
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 24, 2012 - One reason that solar energy has not been widely adopted is because light absorbing materials are not durable. Materials that harvest solar radiation for energy often overheat or degrade over time;
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2012 - In orbit around Earth is a wide range of satellites that we rely on for everything from television and radio feeds to GPS navigation. Although these spacecraft soar high above storms on Earth, they
Iowa City IA (SPX) Aug 23, 2012 - On Aug. 24, NASA will launch two identical satellites from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to begin its Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission to study the extremes of space weather and help scientists im
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 22, 2012 - The University of Colorado Boulder will play a key role in a NASA mission launching this week to study how space weather affects Earth's two giant radiation belts known to be hazardous to satellites
Warwick UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2012 - New research led by University of Warwick physicist Dr Kareem Osman has provided significant insight into how the solar wind heats up when it should not. The solar wind rushes outwards from the ragi
Victoria, Canada (SPX) Aug 21, 2012 - First Light Technologies announces the successful installation of its new PLB Series Solar LED Bollards by the City of St. Pete Beach in Southern Florida. First Light's bollard design fit our needs
Richardson TX (SPX) Aug 21, 2012 - Eltek, the world leader in high efficiency power systems for telecommunications, industrial applications and renewable energy projects, announced that its award-winning THEIA HE-t grid tie solar inv
Carbondale CO (SPX) Aug 21, 2012 - Clean Energy Collective (CEC) has been awarded six community-owned solar gardens as part of Xcel's Solar*Rewards Community program, totaling 2.5 MW of distributed power generation. Through the new p
Sydney (UPI) Aug 21, 2012 - Australia has more rooftop solar installations than any country in the world, new data indicate.
