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New Technology For Cheaper More Efficient Solar CellsStanford CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2011 The sun provides more than enough energy for all our needs, if only we could harness it cheaply and efficiently. Solar energy could provide a clean alternative to fossil fuels, but the high cost of solar cells has been a major barrier to their widespread use. Stanford researchers have found that adding a single layer of organic molecules to a solar cell can increase its efficiency three-fold and could lead to cheaper, more efficient solar panels. Their results were published online in ACS Nano. ... read more |
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  Plants That Can Move Inspire New Adaptive Structures The Mimosa plant, which folds its leaves when they're touched, is inspiring a new class of adaptive structures designed to twist, bend, stiffen and even heal themselves. University of Michigan resea ... more | .. |
  Enhancing Nuclear Security: Training And International Collaboration While a world free of nuclear weapons remains a goal for governments around the world, nuclear security constitutes a major challenge for the 21st century, as recognised at the 2010 nuclear security ... more | .. |
  S.E. Asia urged to exploit abundant clean energy From surging rivers to volcanic steam, Southeast Asia is blessed with abundant sources of renewable energy but governments are not doing enough to exploit them, experts and activists say. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 SolarLease Arrives In Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York And Pennsylvania SolarCity has announced that it is acquiring the East Coast's largest residential solar installer and is expanding to serve Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The company will acq ... more | .. |
  Promise And Limits Of Biomass Energy In The Northeast Forest biomass could replace as much as one quarter of the liquid fossil fuel now being used for industrial and commercial heating in the Northeastern United States. That's according to a new report ... more | .. |
 World's Biggest CIS Module Plant Solar Frontier announced that it has started commercial production on schedule at its gigawatt-scale Kunitomi factory, the world's largest CIS thin-film solar module production plant, located in Miy ... more | .. |
 DuPont Delivers New Science-Powered Innovations For Solar Energy As part of its ongoing commitment to help the world reduce the dependency on fossil fuels, DuPont has introduced a suite of science-powered photovoltaic innovations - expanding the solar industry's ... more |
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Deadly Indian Himalayan flood likely caused by glacier collapse, experts say
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  Scientists Build World's First Anti-Laser More than 50 years after the invention of the laser, scientists at Yale University have built the world's first anti-laser, in which incoming beams of light interfere with one another in such a way ... more | .. |
 The Green Machine: Algae Clean Wastewater, Convert To Biodiesel Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing biodiesel from microalgae grown in wastewater. The project is doubly "green" because algae consume nitrates and phosphates and reduce ... more | .. |
 Mimicking Photosynthesis Path To Solar-Derived Hydrogen Fuel Inexpensive hydrogen for automotive or jet fuel may be possible by mimicking photosynthesis, according to a Penn State materials chemist, but a number of problems need to be solved first. "We ... more | .. |
 Chinese footprint in Argentina oil grows The Chinese footprint on the Argentine energy landscape will increase with the acquisition of an Exxon Mobil downstream unit by the company with a significant shareholding by China's third largest state-owned oil company. ... more |
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  No risk of a credit bubble: Brazil banker Brazil isn't at risk from a credit bubble and is well on track to record another year of rapid growth, Itau Unibanco President and Chief Executive Officer Roberto Setubal said in a rebuttal of media speculation about the state of the Latin American country's finances. ... more | .. |
Libya's chaos triggers Mideast oil fears The deepening crisis in Libya, North Africa's biggest oil power, threatens the Middle East's energy industry and could disrupt global supplies if the violence intensifies and spreads. ... more | .. |
Google-backed startup zaps electricity waste A Google-backed startup on Wednesday came out of "stealth mode" with a way to dramatically cut the amount of electricity wasted by data centers, solar panels, hybrid cars and more. ... more | .. |
  US issues cheaper boiler rules The US administration overhauled rules Wednesday to cut air pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators but at almost half the price of initial plans criticized by industrial groups. ... more |
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China advances crewed lunar mission with lander landing and takeoff trial
Hera spacecraft tests asteroid tracking with distant Otero and Kellyday observations
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Energy sector deals to increase, PwC says Consolidation in the global power and gas sector sped up last year thanks to an increase in deals in the United States and stabilization in Europe, a new study suggests. ... more | .. |
Vietnam to hike electricity prices Vietnam's electricity prices will increase by 15 percent beginning in March, Viet Nam News reports. ... more | .. |
Nigerian state energy firm wants to boost exports to China Nigeria's state energy firm wants to boost exports to China as the poorly performing company works to restructure as part of wide-ranging industry reforms, its head said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Decree fails to resolve Panama mining row Indigenous and environmental groups have vowed more protests against a controversial amendment to Panama's mining law despite an official decree prohibiting mining in certain areas. ... more |
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China becomes top Myanmar investor: business body Myanmar's close ally China has become the biggest foreign investor in the military-ruled country, an official from the business community said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Russia firm fined in S. Korea over car copying A South Korean court Wednesday fined a Russian carmaker almost $9,000 after one of its employees was jailed for stealing technology secrets from the local unit of General Motors. ... more | .. |
China's CNPC to develop gas field in Kazakhstan China National Petroleum Corp said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGas to jointly develop a gas field in the Central Asian country. ... more | .. |
China envoy in Taiwan to talk business A top Chinese negotiator arrived in Taiwan amid small-scale protests Wednesday as he prepared for his first visit to the south, the island's stronghold of anti-China sentiment. ... more |
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Hong Kong to boost land supply: financial chief Hong Kong's financial chief vowed Wednesday to further boost the city's land supply in response to rising public anger over soaring property prices and repeated warnings of a looming real estate bubble. ... more | .. |
Iraq oil exports highest since Saddam: ministry Iraq's oil exports and revenues from crude sales in January hit their highest levels since the 2003 US-led invasion which ousted Saddam Hussein, the oil ministry announced on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to boost land supply: financial chief Hong Kong's financial chief vowed Wednesday to further boost the city's land supply in response to rising public anger over soaring property prices and repeated warnings of a looming real estate bubble. ... more | .. |
China moves fast on Libya evacuation plans China on Thursday ramped up a massive air, sea and land operation to evacuate more than 30,000 citizens from unrest-hit Libya, with a first jet leaving Tripoli and ships with evacuees bound for Greece. ... more |
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 Dupont Introduces PV Metallization For Metal Wrap Through Solar Cell Designs DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) has introduced DuPont Solamet PV701 photovoltaic metallization paste as its newest generation of Metal Wrap Through (MWT) technology for back side interconnected ... more | .. |
 Agave Has Tremendous Potential As New Bioenergy Feedstock An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy reviews the suitability of Agave as a bioenergy feedstock that can sustain high productivity in spite of poor soil and stressful cl ... more | .. |
 Phillips-Van Heusen Selects Solis Partners To Install Solar PV System Solis Partners has been awarded a turnkey contract for a rooftop solar PV system at one of Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation's administrative offices. PVH, one of the world's largest apparel com ... more | .. |
China moves fast on Libya evacuation plans China on Thursday ramped up a massive air, sea and land operation to evacuate more than 30,000 citizens from unrest-hit Libya, with a first jet landing in Tripoli and ships with evacuees bound for Greece. ... more |
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