Solid state solar panels are more affordable, say researchers, don't leak

Source: Engadget

Researchers at Northwestern University have found one way to stop a leak: get rid of the liquid. A new variation on the Grätzel solar cell replaces a short-lived organic dye with a solid alternative. The molecular dye the solid substance ...
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Motley Fool: The significance of one-time charges

Source: TheNewsTribune.com

What are these one-time charges against earnings that I see in company earnings reports? R.P., Madison, Ind. Theyre meant to reflect unusual costs a company bears (for example, due to closing a plant, experiencing an extraordinary crop loss, wri ...
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Hike To Bring Geology Alive

Source: Albuquerque Journal

In one direction, you can see land that the dinosaurs once trod. In another, peaks stand where super-volcanoes spewed lava sky-high. And under your feet? Basalt and ash from those volcanoes, along with sediment and boulders laid down by ancient rive ...
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ABQ Solar: Transit of Venus Presentation

Source: itsatrip.org - Albuquerque

Enjoy a short presentation about the Transit of Venus as well as activities and telescope viewing at the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center. For more solar events taking place in Albuquerque please visit: ...
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ABQ Solar: Solar Sunday

Source: itsatrip.org - Albuquerque

Solar Sunday is the place to be! This great family event is becoming more popular every month. Enjoy sun viewing with telescopes ...
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PM's maiden Myanmar visit to focus on energy

Source: Rediff

Pallab Bhattacharya in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Image: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh being welcomed on his arrival at Nay Pyi Taw International Airport, Myanmar Photographs: Photo Courtesy: PIB Seeking to ele ...
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Spaceprobe reveals details about charged 'nanograins' near Saturn moon Enceladus

Source: Nanowerk Nanotechnology Spotlight

(Nanowerk News) It was a call that Rice University physicist Tom Hill '67 had waited more than 20 years to receive. It traveled almost a billion miles to reach him. And the message  once it arrived from NASA's ...
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Awareness camp for Venus' transit across Sun

Source: The Hindu

The next transit will be visible only in 2117, followed by another opportunity in 2125. The Breakthrough Society, a national organisation working towards popularising science, conducted an educational awareness progra ...
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Obama Silent On Climate Change In Big Iowa Energy Speech

Source: Think Progress

Of course, it would be hard for climate to be a campaign issue if the president doesn’t actually talk about it in public. After all, his challenger Mitt Romney seems unlikely to bring it up, having Etch-a-Sketched his position on that subject man ...
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