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Boosting the Power of Solar Cells

Friday, November 28th, 2008 - 14:21:02 - Anuradha Menon

New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team...

IBEX to Go to the Outer Solar System
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner
NASA has recently accomplished the successful launch of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) probe into orbit. The...

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Carbon Discovered on Distant Planet

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 - 10:00:27 - Ehud Rattner

Carbon dioxide, one of the telltale signs that a planet may be able to support life, has been spotted in the atmosphere of a gas giant orbiting a...

Mysterious High-Energy Cosmic Rays Detected

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 - 18:10:27 - Anuradha Menon

Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a previously unidentified nearby source of high-energy cosmic rays. The finding was made with a...

Using Solar Power to Derive Hydrogen

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 - 12:34:44 - Anuradha Menon

The acidic gas hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an environmental pollutant because of its toxic, malodorous, and corrosive nature. Every year, millions of...

Indian Spacecraft Hits the Moon

Saturday, November 15th, 2008 - 12:04:05 - Anuradha Menon

In a historic event, the Indian space programme achieved a unique feat today with the placing of Indian tricolour on the Moon’s surface on Pandit...

New Jupiter - Type Planet Found

Friday, November 14th, 2008 - 10:32:12 - Anuradha Menon

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. Estimated to be no more than three times...

Cassini Finds Mysterious Aurora on Saturn

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 - 12:05:09 - Anuradha Menon

Saturn has its own unique brand of aurora that lights up the polar cap, unlike any other planetary aurora known in our solar system. This odd aurora...

Twill – A Personal Two-Wheel Car
Monday, November 10th, 2008 - Noa Rotkop
Chris Tacklind, president of California based company Twill Tech is one of the competitors in this year's "Create the...