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Solar Energy Conversion Offers A Solution To Help Mitigate Global Warming (March 7, 2007) -- Solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and provide increased energy efficiency, says a scientist at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Last month, The ... > full story

New Hydrogen Fuel System Promises A New Generation Of Renewable Energy (February 26, 2007) -- With energy costs soaring, Nevada professor has the answer to a cleaner, more environmentally friendly and completely renewable form of energy through a million grant -- work to make hydrogen ... > full story

Probing NASA's Plans For A Lunar Colony (February 5, 2007) -- The success of NASA's plans for a permanent human outpost on the moon may depend on the availability of technology that exploits the moon's environment and natural resources to obtain essentials like ... > full story

Liquid Crystals Stabilized (January 31, 2007) -- Dutch-sponsored researcher Ioan Paraschiv has stabilised new columnar discotic liquid crystals by making use of hydrogen bonds. This stabilisation approach yielded well-ordered, column-shaped ... > full story

Marine Bacteria Can Create Environmentally Friendly Energy Source (January 15, 2007) -- Bacteria in the world's oceans can efficiently exploit solar energy to grow, thanks to a unique light-capturing pigment. This discovery was made by researchers at University of Kalmar in Sweden, in ... > full story

Solar Physicist Says Weak Sun Produces Record Solar Outburst (December 16, 2006) -- A solar outburst, which can play havoc with global positioning systems and cell phone reception, bombarded Earth, Dec. 6, 2006, with a record amount of radio noise, said solar physicist Dale ... > full story

How Plastic Solar Cells Turn Sunlight Into Electricity (December 13, 2006) -- A new analytical technique, featured on the cover of this week's issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, could lead to the development of cheaper, more efficient solar cells. The information ... > full story

New World Record Achieved In Solar Cell Technology (December 7, 2006) -- A concentrator solar cell funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and produced by Boeing-Spectrolab has recently achieved a world-record conversion efficiency of 40.7 percent, establishing a new ... > full story

Unprecedented Efficiency In Producing Hydrogen From Water (December 6, 2006) -- Scientists are reporting a major advance in technology for water photooxidation --using sunlight to produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel from ordinary water. Michael Gratzel and colleagues in ... > full story

A Boost For Solar Cells With Photon Fusion (October 13, 2006) -- Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz have developed a process with which longwave light from a normal light source can be converted to shortwave ... > full story

Alternative Energy: New Way To Take A Bite Of Sunlight (October 5, 2006) -- Flash those pearly whites in a dazzling smile and you showcase a natural light collector mechanism hidden inside the internal structure of dentin - the hard, bone-like material that forms the main ... > full story

Solar Flares Could Seriously Disrupt GPS Receivers (September 27, 2006) -- A minor solar flare in September 2005 produced a noticeable degradation of all GPS signals on the day side of the Earth. When scaled up to the larger solar flares expected in 2011-12, Cornell ... > full story

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Photovoltaics : Design and Installation Manual
Producing electricity from the sun using photovoltaic (PV) systems has become a major industry worldwide. But designing, installing and maintaining such systems requires knowledge and training, and ... > read more

The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling
Passive solar heating and passive cooling—approaches known as natural conditioning—provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat ... > read more

Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe, Fourth Edition
Astronomy Today 4/e (ISBN 0-13-091542-4) is the more comprehensive text by this: proven team of authors. This twenty-eight chapter text begins with the foundations of the history of science and ... > read more

Universe
Continuing in the bestselling tradition of Animal and Earth, DK brings you Universe - a truly definitive guide that takes you on a tour from the Solar System to the farthest limits of ... > read more

Elemental Geosystems, Fourth Edition
This book gives readers an accessible, systematic, non-mathematical, and visually appealing start in physical geography. It features a distinctive, holistic integration of human-Earth relationships, ... > read more

The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Sometime this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors. Over the past decade, the world has seen the most powerful El Niño ... > read more

The Cosmic Perspective, Third Edition
The enhanced pedagogy, streamlined presentation, and integrated media of The Cosmic Perspective, Third Edition makes it easier than ever for readers to successfully navigate their way through ... > read more

The End of Oil : On the Edge of a Perilous New World
The End of Oil is a "geologic cautionary tale for a complacent world accustomed to reliable infusions of cheap energy." The book centers around one irrefutable fact: the global supply of oil is being ... > read more

Fundamentals of Power Electronics (Second Edition)
Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Second Edition, is an up-to-date and authoritative text and reference book on power electronics. This new edition retains the original objective and philosophy ... > read more

The Core Performance : The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body & Your Life
Core Performance, the breakthrough fitness program that has already shipped more than 50,000 copies in hardcover, is the first program that delivers strength and muscle mass, endurance and a lean ... > read more