Items tagged with solar

   Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 15

Wall Divides Cosmic Metropolis Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 - 12:09:22 - Anuradha Menon A new study unveils NGC 604, the largest region of star formation in the nearby galaxy M33, in its first deep, high-resolution view in X-rays. This... read more

Solar-Powered LED Light Made of Bottles Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 - 18:36:39 - Anuradha Menon The Solarbulb, a new lighting gadget from miniWIZ, doesn't exactly come with all parts included: you have to add your own water or soda bottle. The... read more

Better Thermal Photovoltaics Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 - 16:01:42 - Anuradha Menon A new approach to converting heat into electricity using solar cells could make a technology called thermal photovoltaics (TPVs) more practical... read more

Watch a Star Explode in 3D Friday, January 9th, 2009 - 18:14:20 - Anuradha Menon Using views captured by several orbiting and ground-based telescopes, an MIT researcher and her colleagues have produced the first fully... read more

NASA'S Telescope Unveils a Dozen New Pulsars Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 - 18:40:14 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and has detected gamma-ray pulses from 18 others. The finds are... read more

Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Monday, December 29th, 2008 - 16:21:14 - Ehud Rattner In recent years, the possible applications for double-walled carbon nanotubes have excited scientists and engineers, particularly those working on... read more

Spanish Solar Firms Accused of Fraud Monday, December 22nd, 2008 - 15:54:15 - Ehud Rattner In the past two years, Spain's solar industry has grown by a spectacular 900%. The country now has the third largest solar capacity in the world... read more

Leaks Found in Earth's Magnetic Shield Thursday, December 18th, 2008 - 14:37:46 - Anuradha Menon Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the Sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest... read more

Solar Flare Surprise Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 - 16:12:19 - Anuradha Menon Solar flares are the most powerful explosions in the solar system. Packing a punch equal to a hundred million hydrogen bombs, they obliterate... read more

   Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 15