Pushing the limits of solar cells
Scientists have introduced a new strategy for generating more efficient solar cells.
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- biojet fuel
- January 15, 2016
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Air Canada backs project to build biofuels supply chain for airports
An earlier version was originally published in the Toronto Star. Canada’s aviation sector made history in 2012 after a number of test flights showed that renewable jet fuel could be blended with regular fuel without affecting airplane performance. It started in April, when Porter Airlines used a blend of 50 per cent “biojet” fuel on a Bombardier turboprop, which successfully flew from the Toronto island airport to Ottawa. Two months later, Air Canada flight AC991 carried passengers from Toronto to Mexico City using a similar 50/50 mix. It was the first of two commercial test flights Air Canada conducted that year. “We took 43 per cent of the carbon out of that flight,” said Teresa Ehman, the airline’s director of environmental affairs. “It was phenomenal. But it raised the next…
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- asian
- January 15, 2016
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The Lateral Axis Wind Turbine
Energy Inventions | Wind Power | Wind TurbinesSri Lankan inventor Leelananda Jayasuriya just sent us this concept for a Lateral Axis Wind Turbine. The turbine functions just like a Ferris Wheel, with the blades orbiting in an epicyclical path around the central shaft. Leelananda believes there are many advantages to his design: it can rotate with the direction of the wind, it […]
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- after-months
- January 15, 2016
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Dot Earth Blog: U.S. to Block Fungal Peril to Salamanders With Ban on Pet Imports
After months of urging by conservation biologists and environmental groups, the Obama administration moves to stave off a devastating threat to American salamanders.
New research may enhance display, LED lighting technology
A new method to extract more efficient and polarized light from quantum dots (QDs) over a large-scale area has been developed by researchers. Their method, which combines QD and photonic crystal technology, could lead to brighter and more efficient mobile phone, tablet, and computer displays, as well as enhanced LED lighting.
Visualizing atoms of perovskite crystals
Researchers conduct the first atomic resolution study of perovskites used in next generation solar cells.
- January 15, 2016
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Watching electrons cool in 30 quadrillionths of a second
Scientists have developed a new way of seeing electrons cool off in an extremely short time period.
