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Massive Solar Tower to Become the World’s Second-Tallest Building

EnviroMission’s Arizona Solar Tower Project is a breakthrough in the renewable energy field. With the capacity to generate 200MW power, enough to power 150,000 US homes, it will capture worldwide attention. The best part about…

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Kite Surfing Inspires Renewable Wave Power Invention

The concept of Renewable Wave Power is up for this year’s James Dyson award, which recognizes excellence in engineering and design in young students and innovators. The unique generator, which is in the UK category,…

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Colored Solar Glass Pretty, Yet Powerful Enough to Generate Electricity for an Entire Building

Oxford Photovoltaics, a commercial offshoot of the University of Oxford, has developed colorful and transparent glass that can generate electricity from the sun’s energy. This semi-transparent dyed glass that acts as a solar panel enables…

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Solid-State Laser Could Be the End of Guided Missiles and Artillery

The US Navy’s first trial with the solid-state LaWS (laser weapon system) from aboard the USS Ponce points towards revolutionizing global warfare. The at-sea demonstration in April this year brought down a test drone and…

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Sodium Gives Rechargeable Batteries a Boost

Lithium ion batteries can be recharged hundreds of times and work well, but lithium is expensive. Researchers at Michigan Technological University have found an effective and virtually inexhaustible substitute for lithium. They believe sodium could…

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Cobalt the Answer to Cheaper, More Sustainable Solar Cells

A copper-based dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is relatively inexpensive compared to its silicon cousin but it does not have the same level of energy conversion efficiency as a silicon solar cell. However, a new breakthrough…

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China’s Synthetic Gas Plants Would Choke Out 21 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide

Synthetic Gas Plants being planned in China present a host of ecological worries. China’s government has permitted construction of nine such plants in northern and western China. These plants are able to generate more than…

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Carbon Combines Web’s Spider-Man Stretch with Man of Steel Strength

Scientists at Florida State University’s MagLab facility have successfully turned spider silk into microscopic wires that can conduct electricity. This nanotubes-coated spider silk is tough and can stretch and shrink with humidity. Almost all modern…

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Cultivation Key to Saving the Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is one of the most-studied, most-unique and most-threatened seas in the world. Marine biologists have been exploring new ways of utilizing the Baltic Sea’s resources to protect its ecosystem. Their findings can…

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Amazing Images of Vegetation from Space

How green is Earth? The view from space turns the blue marble into a green and white wonder to show plant life. In a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),…

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Energy

Massive Solar Tower to Become the World’s Second-Tallest Building

Kite Surfing Inspires Renewable Wave Power Invention

Colored Solar Glass Pretty, Yet Powerful Enough to Generate Electricity for an Entire Building

Solid-State Laser Could Be the End of Guided Missiles and Artillery

Sodium Gives Rechargeable Batteries a Boost

Cobalt the Answer to Cheaper, More Sustainable Solar Cells

China’s Synthetic Gas Plants Would Choke Out 21 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide

Carbon Combines Web’s Spider-Man Stretch with Man of Steel Strength

Cultivation Key to Saving the Baltic Sea

Amazing Images of Vegetation from Space

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