clipped from www.sciencedaily.com A University of Southern California team has produced flexible transparent carbon atom films that the researchers say have great potential for a new breed of solar cells. Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells have been proposed as a means to achieve low cost energy due to their ease of manufacture, light weight, and compatibility with flexible substrates," wrote Chongwu Zhou, a professor of electrical engineering in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, in a paper recently published in the journal ACS Nano. |
Friday, July 23, 2010
Graphene Organic Photovoltaics: Flexible Material Only a Few Atoms Thick May Offer Cheap Solar Power
Graphene Organic Photovoltaics: Flexible Material Only a Few Atoms Thick May Offer Cheap Solar Power
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Workers on Doomed Rig Voiced Concern About Safety
clipped from www.nytimes.com A confidential survey of workers on the Deepwater Horizon in the weeks before the oil rig exploded showed that many of them were concerned about safety practices and feared reprisals if they reported mistakes or other problems.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
A Worried View of the Amazon From Within its Forest
clipped from dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Your Own Tropical Island Made Out of Plastic Bottles (Video)
This man has given up his job, family and possessions to build an island that floats on plastic bottles he’s found and used as buoys.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Natural Gas: The New King Of Electric Power
clipped from seekingalpha.com On March 24, 2008, Chesapeake Energy (CHK) announced a significant new natural gas discovery in the Haynesville Shale, setting off the ‘great shale land grab,’ natural gas production has grown nearly 14%, which is in sharp contrast to the flat performance of production in the decade before that. While gas production has enjoyed a significant uptick over the last few years, the same cannot be said for consumption. |
Steve Cook on Gold
clipped from allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com From Steve Cook at The price of gold (GLD) traded down last week, touched the lower boundary of an up trend dating from October 2008 and then bounced. It looks like it will open down modestly this morning. All our Portfolios will Add to their GLD position at the Market open. This will bring the size of this position to approximately 9% in each Portfolio. |
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Night flight for solar plane -- HB-SIA carbon-fiber aircraft
clipped from www.reuters.com |