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added 2008 Tue Feb 19 7:00:00 by unknown user
Can you imagine a world in which the US was 100% solar powered? The folks at Scientific American can Saved By: Jason Calacanis | View Details | Give Thanks
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 13:37:04 by jcolman
Al Gore's home, which has been undergoing renovations for months, now boasts a solar roof. When his neighborhood in Tennessee changed zoning laws earlier this year, Gore was able to go ahead with the solar panel installation.
added 2007 Wed Jun 6 15:48:14 by Buddhabar
So, you thought Nano Technology would have no application in your life? Well what would you say, if every computer, every tv and every home appliance would be powered by a solar panel, build from a nano scale, placed on your very building.
added 2007 Tue May 29 2:35:43 by zaph22
The world's leading team of planet-hunters has announced the discovery of 28 new planets outside our solar system. They are among 37 objects outside our solar system found to orbit distant stars.
added 2007 Thu May 24 22:14:09 by capn_caveman
Plasma astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that key information about the Sun's 'storm season' is being broadcast across the solar system in a fractal snapshot imprinted in the solar wind.
added 2007 Wed May 2 18:59:51 by _kam0_
Life for an estimated 100,000 people in poverty-stricken rural India has been improved dramatically by several hours of reliable solar-powered lighting every night, made available by a UN-led pilot project to facilitate household financing for solar home systems.
added 2007 Wed Apr 18 15:11:16 by GregD
An Anglo-American team of astronomers have used the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to obtain the first direct optical images of the aftermath of a recent titanic explosion that took place in a star system 5,000 light years from Earth.
added 2007 Sat Mar 31 0:56:29 by Georgeboy
If your a little bit inventive you can chose to use this tips to set up your own solar oven.
added 2007 Fri Mar 30 20:02:15 by populist
Getting electricity from the sun has clear environmental benefits and can make sense economically. But to install solar panels, customers and installers face big up-front costs and a maze of government incentive programs.

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added 2007 Fri Mar 30 15:50:34 by Aidenag
The solar power market should continue to see robust growth, largely due to government incentives, declining production costs and the rising price of fossil fuels, according to a Monday report by Banc of America Securities.
added 2007 Fri Mar 30 12:00:34 by charbarred
Google gives details on its 1.6MW solar panel installation: 9,212 modules and 10 inverters generate 30 percent of the company's power.
added 2007 Thu Mar 8 3:10:24 by pagey
Sunlight can cause asteroids to spin more quickly, scientists said on Wednesday, showing anew just how dynamic a place our solar system can be. International teams of scientists studying two asteroids, one about a mile wide and the other about 375 feet wide, confirmed a previously unproven theory that sunlight can affect the rotation of aster
added 2007 Thu Mar 1 22:20:06 by capn_caveman
The first solar observatory in the Americas may have been uncovered in coastal Peru. The ceremonial site provides evidence of sophisticated 'cults of the Sun' operating in South America as early as 2300 years ago.
added 2007 Wed Feb 28 4:55:24 by Ousama
The shortest month of the year seems to have gone by in a flash. Why does February have only 28 days?
added 2007 Sun Feb 18 2:49:03 by jeremytoday
Five satellites were launched into space from Florida on Saturday aboard an unmanned Delta rocket to investigate electromagnetic storms, the dark side of the phenomenon that causes Earth's dazzling aurorae.
added 2007 Fri Feb 9 21:20:07 by Neophile
A Swiss-made catamaran has become the first solar-powered boat to cross the Atlantic after reaching the French Caribbean island of Martinique.
added 2007 Fri Feb 9 5:29:39 by unknown user
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added 2007 Sat Jan 27 14:57:54 by TimALoftis
State Sen. Frank Wagner is staying warm at his temporary address, even in below-freezing weather and without a traditional power supply or fireplace.
added 2007 Thu Jan 18 20:39:40 by Wil
A conventional-looking family home in the pinewoods of western New Jersey is the first in the United States to show that a combination of solar and hydrogen power can generate all the electricity needed for a home.
added 2007 Mon Jan 15 15:12:46 by TimALoftis
Amateur astronomer William Bianco doesn't huddle over a backyard telescope to hunt for undiscovered planets. He logs onto his computer.
added 2007 Sun Jan 14 12:30:09 by anissimov
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added 2007 Fri Jan 12 7:27:45 by capn_caveman
A new moon-rock study suggests the satellite has an iron core. The findings add weight to the theory that the moon formed from debris thrown off when a Mars-size object collided with a young Earth.
added 2006 Sat Dec 30 22:20:45 by unknown user
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added 2006 Sun Dec 3 7:30:07 by chenin1998
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added 2006 Tue Nov 21 7:00:00 by Tau
A solar-powered LED lighted cookie jar reminiscent of the Sun Jar designed by Tobias Wong.
added 2006 Tue Oct 31 22:03:10 by phuff
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added 2006 Tue Aug 15 15:06:47 by Fabienne
When you need some stylish back-lit address numbers for your home or to display your favorite number indoors, look no further than these solar powered LED ones from ThinkGeek.
added 2006 Mon Aug 14 8:04:27 by masc2279
I made a more portable version of the solar cell in a flat panel form. I used the clear plastic top from a plastic CD jewel case as the window, and lots of silicone rubber glue to both attach the pieces together and to insulate them from each other.
added 2006 Fri Aug 4 13:55:29 by cwmktg5
What has 153 washers, 148 dryers, 15 flat-screen TVs, and 36 10X4 solar panels? The World's Largest Laundromat of course! Aside from savings on energy bills, maintenance costs, and other direct expenses, the interest his solar powered laundromat generated is enough for business to be sustainable.
added 2006 Thu Aug 3 17:17:13 by msaleem
Down under, they're all over alternative energy - starting with a 1,600-foot tall "solar tower" that can power a small city.