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The Sun’s 11-year cycle cannot explain global warming
The Earth's global climate system fluctuates in 11-year and 3, 5-year cycles find Yizhak Feliks, Justin Small and Michael Ghil.
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Rocket flight to sharpen NASA’s study of the Sun
It's best not to look directly at the Sun, unless you're one of NASA's Sun-observing instruments.
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Report: Inflation Reduction Act will boost solar energy growth by 40%
The U.S. solar energy market will get a 40% boost from the Inflation Reduction Act, according to a report released Thursday by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie.
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Fengyun 3E weather satellite captures first images of sun
Pictures will help forecasters predict interruption of communication on Earth
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High-efficiency perovskite tandem solar cells using cross-linked layers
The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of single-junction perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has increased remarkably from 3.8% to 25.2% in just a decade.
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Sandia uncovers hidden factors that affect solar farms during severe weather
Sandia National Laboratories researchers combined large sets of real-world solar data and advanced machine learning to study the impacts of severe weather on U.S.
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Beyond Earth Releases Space Solar Power Report
The Beyond Earth Institute (BEI) unveiled "Catching the Sun: A National Strategy for Space Solar Power," a new report on Space Solar Power (SSP) today.
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New grant for photovoltaics research center will support net zero push
Solar has undergone a transformation over the past 10 years. In 2011 in the U.S., photovoltaic devices, or solar cells, provided enough electricity to power about 170,000 homes.
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University of Surrey awarded new funding for perovskite solar cell research
A consortium led by the University of Surrey has been awarded close to Pounds 3 million to help design perovskite solar cells to power wearable technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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Perovskite solar cells: Interfacial loss mechanisms revealed
Losses occur in all solar cells. One cause is the recombination of charge carriers at the interfaces.
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The dream artificial photosynthesis technology ventures from the laboratory
Korean researchers are striving to turn artificial photosynthesis technology into reality to achieve carbon neutrality or accomplish a net carbon emission…
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Researchers from IRSOL and IAC solve twenty-year-old paradox in solar physics
In 1998, the journal Nature published a seminal letter concluding that a mysterious signal, which had been recently discovered analysing the polarization of…
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NASA spacewalk briefing to highlight new solar array installation
Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Tuesday, Aug.
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Common solar tech can power smart devices indoors, NIST study finds
Any time you turn on a light at home or in the office, you are expending energy.
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Minding the gaps to boost perovskite performance
A multifunctional molecule that plugs various atomic-scale defects in perovskite solar materials can significantly boost the longevity and electrical output of this promising solar technology, KAUST researchers have shown.
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Unique insight into the interior of the Arabidopsis photosynthesis machine
For the first time, Umea researchers have, with the help of cryogenic electron microscopy, succeeded in producing a high-resolution image of photosystem II - the central complex of photosynthesis - of the model plant Arabidopsis.