New Solar Energy Material Captures Every Color Of The Rainbow

Yet another solar breakthrough- the article goes into detail, but this pretty much sums it up:"Researchers have created a new material that overcomes two of the major obstacles to solar power: it absorbs all the energy contained in sunlight, and generates electrons in a way...

Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record At 40.8 Percent

It's an "inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell". Advances in solar are going the way of computer processor speed and storage and many other information technologies; increasing power, speed and efficiency, decreasing cost, space, waste.Solar Power to Rule in 20...

Growing Up Amid War Affects Children's Moral Development

Proving once again that war is not good.  I can't believe this must be happening, but I agree with this research.  Minus a solid social foundation, which is usually prevalent during wars, the morale is low. To quote the article - Colombian children living in war...

Passive Learning Imprints On The Brain Just Like Active Learning

It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers. They determined that people can acquire motor skills through the "seeing"...

89 Percent Of Children's Food Products Provide Poor Nutritional Quality, Stud...

Parents beware! Food products that we give to our children may not be healthy and can only give them poor healthy, study finds.  "Most kids' foods provide poor nutritional quality, but packaging claims and healthy images could be misleading parents, according to a...

Obese Men Have Less Semen, More Sperm Abnormalities

Obese men should consider losing weight if they want to have children. Why? Read on -"Dr. A Ghiyath Shayeb, from the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, said that his research had shown that men with a higher body mass index (BMI) had lower volumes of seminal fluid and a...

Surrogacy Still Stigmatized, Though Attitudes Changing Among Younger Women

" ScienceDaily (July 7, 2008) — Although younger people are becoming more positive towards surrogate mothers, current day attitudes to surrogacy are still broadly negative, a scientist will tell the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human...

ScienceDaily.com: The Perils Of Overconfidence

Did you know that being overconfident may bring regretfully hazardous consequences?  Yes, as this ScienceDaily.com article reveal:  Overestimating one's abilities can have hazardous consequences. The overconfident investment banker may lose millions on a...