Amazing Rotating Tower

Amazing Rotating Tower The Dynamic Architecture Building, which will be constantly in Motion changing its Shape, will be able to generate Electric Energy for itself as well as for other Buildings. ...

Ireland too grey for the burqa

"Women wearing burqas in cold countries risk broken bones from vitamin D deficiency Muslim Women wearing veil  by Colin Gleeson MUSLIM women who wear the burqa in Ireland are at increased risk of pelvic...

Solar Power and Photosynthesis: Breakthrough

US researchers have taken photosynthetic molecules from plants, attached them to gold sheets, and are harvesting solar power. Still in the intial stages of research." ...

Mars Lander Succumbs to Winter

"Mission managers said Monday that they had not heard from the NASA spacecraft for a week and that they thought it had probably fallen quiet for good.“At this time, we’re pretty convinced that the vehicle is...

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...

Even Seaweeds Get Sunburned

At this time of summer, it's important to remember to put on your sunscreen to protect your skin.However too much sun is also bad for our plant life, which is strange because plants depend on sunlight to absorb...

World's biggest solar plants to be built in California [Again; New Story!]

Amazingly, this is a different project than was reported at NowPublic a little over a year ago; this project is 2 installations and is 10 times the size of that one, and will produce as much electricity as a standard dirty coal plant, when they're operating at full capacity...

Making a Solar Cell Component without Using Fossil Fuels by David Biello

"Solar energy is touted by some as the solution to the world's energy woes. But the process of making the various components requires fossil fuels, both for power and for the components themselves, some of which...

Solar Power competes with high Oil Prices, Here comes the Sun

Here's a trivia question: What state has installed more solar panels than any other except California? If you said New Jersey, your solar energy IQ is brilliant. And if you know why several thousand huge mirrors...

Sailing to the Stars

NASA will attempt to implement solar-sail technlogy to future spacecraft, enabling faster and further flight between planets. By "future", they mean July 29th of this year, as the NanoSail-D blasts off aboard...

Portugal boasts world's biggest solar farm

With the world's largest solar photovoltaic farm in the works, Portugal is quickly becoming a leader in Europe's clean-tech revolution. As part of an ambitious energy plan, Portugal plans to generate 31 percent...

Flip-flops linked to skin cancer

If summer ever comes this season, then it will be important to remember that doctors in the UK have warned that wearing sandals and flip flops can put people at risk of developing skin cancer on their feet.Which...

When it's Grey, watch out for those Blues

When it's Grey, watch out for the Blues Most stories about Seasonal Affective Disorder (Winter Blues) arrive in the media around early November. Mostly because the majority the media in the world are based in...

Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds

Inevitably, on hearing that vitamin D has "anti-cancer benefits", our first inclination would be to stock up on the readily available tablet supplements of the vitamin. But that may not be the best thing to do, as...

Lunar eclipse may shed light on climate change

The lunar eclipse that darkened our skies last month revealed to scientists that the Earth's atmosphere contains little light blocking volcanic dust. "Some researchers say the low volcanic dust levels in the...

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