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:: 17 November, 2009
Batteries that harvest energy from the nuclear decay of isotopes can produce very low levels of current and last for decades without needing to be...
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:: 11 November, 2009
Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs.
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:: 09 November, 2009
Environmental mission investigates fundamentals of water cycle and climate change.
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:: 09 November, 2009
At the German Aerospace Center (DLR) facility in Lampoldshausen, a new solar water-cleaning system is using sunlight to remove organic and...
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:: 24 October, 2009
As Saturn's rings orbit the planet, a section is typically in the planet's shadow, experiencing a brief night lasting from 6 to 14 hours. However,...
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:: 21 October, 2009
The first commercial product to incorporate dye-sensitized thin-film solar cells will soon be on the market. Backpacks coated with the cheap,...
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:: 20 October, 2009
At last Friday's Energy Night at the MIT Museum, Dr. Keith Collins described his approach to fighting global warming with all the gusto of a really...
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:: 19 October, 2009
A collaboration of chemists, mathematicians and engineers at Michigan State University is driving to improve solar panel technology, backed by a...
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:: 10 October, 2009
MIT students develop concept for color-changing roof tiles that absorb heat in winter, reflect it in summer.
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:: 09 October, 2009
People, sun, mountains soaring over 4,000 metres high and the aluminium shell of the new Monte Rosa hut - everything was beaming. And now it's...
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:: 07 October, 2009
The windswept deserts of northern China might seem an odd destination for studying the heavy monsoon rains that routinely drench the more tropical...
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:: 22 September, 2009
By merging more than a decade of atmospheric data from European satellites, scientists have compiled a homogeneous long-term ozone record that...
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:: 13 September, 2009
Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a...
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:: 07 September, 2009
It is a well-known fact that organic solar cells can convert light into electricity. What has been puzzling scientists – at least from a...
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:: 06 September, 2009
Hook and loop fasteners have become commonplace features of both industry and households. However, they have one snag: they are too weak for many...
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:: 02 September, 2009
Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and...
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:: 01 September, 2009
The future of the Earth could rest on potentially dangerous and unproven geoengineering technologies unless emissions of carbon dioxide can be...
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:: 28 August, 2009
Subtle connections among the 11-year-solar cycle, the stratosphere and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather...
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:: 24 August, 2009
Solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle “inks” that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of...
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:: 23 August, 2009
Pedro Reis, an instructor in MIT's Department of Mathematics, did not have to go far to find a subject for his latest study. Strolling past the...
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