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Solar Power

A Place In The Sun: This New York County Is Working To Source 100 Percent Of Its Power From Renewables By 2021

Fred Guterl
May 21, 2018

Kurt Vonnegut, who spent several years working as a GE publicist in Schenectady, New York, once blamed reviewers unfamiliar with the town for getting him pigeonholed as a science fiction writer. “I and my associates were engineers, physicists, chemists, and mathematicians.

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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
January 12, 2018
"Scientists at Duke University flexed human muscles grown from stem cells for the first time, a thumbnail-sized sensor connected to a smartphone app can track your sun exposure, and another device can sniff out counterfeit homebrew in your expensive drink. Here’s a toast to science.
 

 

Bioengineering Is Flexing Muscles

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Solar

Solar Power Is Becoming Cheap Enough To Compete With Fossil Fuels In The Gulf

October 08, 2017
Dubai has so many sunny days—more than 300 on average every year—it seems like a no-brainer for the city to use some of those rays to power its many glittering skyscrapers, massive malls and luxurious hotels. But that hasn’t been the case. Until recently, it was still cheaper to generate a kilowatt from oil or natural gas here.
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
September 22, 2017
Researchers at DARPA flew a helicopter with a tablet, a team led by MIT used sound waves to analyze blood for cancer, and scientists in Texas developed artificial skin for robots that could give them a sense of touch. We can't stop the feeling that science is making progress.
 

Liquid Biopsy

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Efficient Steam Power For The Philippines

August 24, 2017
Over two billion people globally lack sufficient power to support social and economic development. Over one billion have no access to power at all. Changing that will require the effort of governments and business in partnership. Delivering the energy that is needed while minimising the environmental impact will require continuing drives for efficiency in power generation. That’s true right here in the Philippines.
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Solar

The California Duck Must Die (But It's Not What You Think)

Kristin Kloberdanz
December 13, 2016
Solar power might be a shining example of a great renewable-energy source. But combined with existing infrastructure, it’s wreaking havoc on California’s electric power grid. So much so the problem already has a popular name: The California Duck Curve.
Here’s why. When legislators in the Golden State passed a climate-change law mandating that California gets a third of its electricity from renewable energy by 2020, they were hoping to encourage residents to install solar photovoltaic cells.
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Solar

Like A Diamond In The Rough, This Abrasive Material Finds Its Place In The Sun

September 27, 2016
In 1891, Edward Acheson was working at Thomas Edison’s famed Menlo Park laboratory, trying to make artificial diamonds by heating clay and powdered coke in an iron bowl with a carbon arc light. The result wasn’t pretty. Instead of diamonds, he created silicon carbide—a hard and rough compound used for decades mostly as an abrasive in industrial sandpaper, grinding wheels and cutting tools, and later a grip tape for skateboard decks.
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Renewables

Solar Has Big Limitations, But This Wonder Material May Change That

Jeffrey Carbeck
September 14, 2016

Three years ago, Oxford University physicist Henry Snaith, one of the earliest researchers of perovskite, said that material would usher in a "new era for low-cost, high-efficiency" solar cells. This year, it's one of the World Economic Forum's top 10 emerging technologies. Jeffrey Carbeck, a specialist leader in advanced materials with Deloitte, discusses the strengths that perovskite may have over silicon photovoltaic cells for solar use.


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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
September 02, 2016
A Space X rocket suffered a setback on the launch pad this week, but the company’s founder, Elon Musk, is making progress on other fronts. News involving a neural lace—a digital layer for the brain that could one day link humans and machines—may be coming "in a few months." Elsewhere, Stanford engineers developed a cooling fabric that can efficiently lower body temperature and possibly reduce the need for air conditioning, and researchers in San Diego grew a piece of mouse skull from stem cells. Read on a hopefully grow a synapse or two.
 
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
June 24, 2016
It’s been an exciting week for brains and biology. Scientists in Oregon have used a combination of software and brain imaging to read the human mind, their colleagues in England developed a “bio-ink” that can be used to 3-D print living tissue, and a neuroscientist in Canada found a way to evoke and erase memories. Welcome to a brave new world. Read on!
 

 

Scientists Build A Mind-Reading Machine
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