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‘Photosynthetic’ algae can survive the dark
More than 66 million years ago, an asteroid impact led to the extinction of almost three-quarters of life on Earth.
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Human cost of China’s green energy rush ahead of Winter Olympics
Beaten, forced off their land, cheated out of money, and even falsely imprisoned -- farmers in China say they are paying a heavy price as authorities rush to deliver on ambitious pledges to ramp up national green energy output.
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Solar energy storage using sulphur
Together with European research partners, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has developed a process that can generate electricity in a climate-neutral way using sulphur and solar energy.
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Perovskite solar cell with ultra-long stability
Perovskites are the great hope for further increasing the efficiency of solar modules in the future.
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New device advances commercial viability of solar fuels
A research team has developed a new artificial photosynthesis device with remarkable stability and longevity as it converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into two promising sources of renewable fuels - ethylene and hydrogen.
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Solar-powered solutions on the farm
A newly completed solar microgrid system near Greensburg, Indiana, in Decatur County, is expected to generate enough emissions-free clean energy to offset…
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Solar parks could boost bumble bee numbers in a win-win for nature
New research shows that simple changes to how UK solar parks are managed could boost ground nesting bumble bee populations in the parks and surrounding areas, providing an additional benefit on top of renewable energy.
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Rocket Lab to acquire SolAero Holdings for its space solar power products
Rocket Lab USA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SolAero Holdings, Inc.
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Parker Solar Probe data bolsters theories in long-running solar riddle
Data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe bolsters theories previously put by University of Michigan researchers about one of the sun's greatest mysteries-why its outer atmosphere is hotter than its fiery surface.
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Towards environmentally friendly solar cells
Tin sulfide (SnS) is an abundant, safe, and environmentally friendly solar cell material.
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NASA’s Parker Space Probe becomes 1st spacecraft to ‘touch’ the sun
Three years after it was launched, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has become the first spacecraft in history to "touch" the sun, officials said.
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NASA enters the Solar atmosphere for the first time
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun's upper atmosphere - the corona - and sampled particles and magnetic fields there.
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Rehabilitation of complex and degraded areas for solar power plants: project implementation experience in Ukraine
The development of solar energy in countries with a limited resource of free land increasingly relies on bringing degraded and technogenically disturbed areas into use.
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You can help scientists study the Sun
If you ever wanted to be an astronomer, now is your chance. A new citizen science project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota with support from…
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Rapid rise of decarbonization potentials of rooftop PV plus EVs in residential houses
Rooftop photovoltaics (PVs) integrated with electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to deeply decarbonize urban energy systems in a cost-effective way.
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A tool to speed development of new solar cells
In the ongoing race to develop ever-better materials and configurations for solar cells, there are many variables that can be adjusted to try to improve performance, including material type, thickness, and geometric arrangement.