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Australian scientists announce solar energy breakthrough
Post Date: 2014-12-08 08:36:57 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... In Australia, researchers were able to convert more than 40 percent of sunlight hitting solar panels into electricity, a world first . Australian scientists said Monday they had made a breakthrough in increasing the efficiency of solar panels, which they hope could eventually lead to cheaper sources of renewable energy. In what the University of New South Wales described as a world first, the researchers were able to convert more than 40 percent of sunlight hitting the panels into electricity. "This is the highest efficiency ever reported for sunlight conversion into electricity," UNSW Professor Martin Green said in a statement. "We used commercial solar cells, ...
Bigger than Apophis: Dangerous 300+ meter asteroid to cross Earth orbit every 3 years
Post Date: 2014-12-08 05:06:01 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Scientists have calculated that 2014 UR116 asteroid will fly in dangerous proximity to Earth every three years. If it collides with the planet the energy of the explosion could be a thousand times greater than the impact of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. Vladimir Lipunov, a leading scientist on the team which discovered the asteroid this October, says the scientists now know its orbit and its period which is 3 years, but they cannot say precisely when the asteroid will approach the Earth. “We should track it constantly. Because if we have a single mistake, there will be a catastrophe. The consequences can be very serious,” he said in the documentary “Asteroids ...
Electric companies should be terrified of Elon Musk’s revolutionary batteries
Post Date: 2014-12-06 01:32:20 by Tatarewicz
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BGR News Although oil prices have been plummeting recently, the future of energy is likely still from renewable sources such as solar power, if only because they make generating electricity insanely cheap. With this in mind, Bloomberg’s Mark Chediak writes that Elon Musk’s new gigafactory should scare electric companies to death because of it will have the ability to mass produce “stationary battery packs that can be paired with rooftop solar panels to store power.” RELATED: Rooftop solar power is making coal obsolete in Australia Amory Lovins, the co-founder of energy consultancy firm Rocky Mountain Institute, tells Chediak that energy storage packs such as the ...
Physicists achieve superconductivity at room temperature
Post Date: 2014-12-06 00:40:41 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Physicists from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter have kept a piece of ceramic in a superconducting state, disproving the widely-held assumption that materials need to be cooled to temperatures of at least -140 degrees Celsius to achieve superconductivity. Superconducting materials have the potential to change everything that relies on electrical power, such as power grids, transportation, and renewable energy sources. This is because they’re able to transport electric currents without any resistance, which means they’re incredibly efficient and cost-effective to run. Except right now, they’re not, because in order to get a ...
Machines capable of thought could end human race: Stephen Hawking
Post Date: 2014-12-03 06:36:09 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... The eminent British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking has said that attempts to create machines capable of thought could lead to the end of the human race. "The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race," Hawking told the state-run BBC. The physicist, who has the motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), made the remarks in response to a question about upgrading the communication technology he uses to speak with a basic form of artificial intelligence (AI) designed by Intel. Hawking says the simple forms of AI, which have developed so far, have proven to very useful, but he is scared of the consequences of ...
World's deepest lab in Sichuan aims to capture dark matter
Post Date: 2014-12-03 06:22:23 by Tatarewicz
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China's Jinping underground laboratory, located in Sichuan's Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, is going to be expanded, according to a Nov. 28 report in US-based journal Science. The lab is 2,400m deep in the rock, making it the deepest lab in the world. Matter makes up 4% of the universe, while dark matter makes up 23% and dark energy makes up 73%, but currently the prevailing standard model can only account for matter, according to Astronomy in the Space Era: from Space Astronomical Observations to Nobel Prizes in Physics, a paper penned by Zhang Shuangnan, a physicist with the Institute of High Energy Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dark ...
James Watson selling Nobel prize 'because no-one wants to admit I exist'
Post Date: 2014-11-30 15:07:06 by Dakmar
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World-famous biologist James Watson said he is selling the Nobel Prize medal he won in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA because he has been ostracised and needs the money. James Watson, the world-famous biologist who was shunned by the scientific community after linking intelligence to race, said he is selling his Nobel Prize because he is short of money after being made a pariah. Mr Watson said he is auctioning the Nobel Prize medal he won in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA, because "no-one really wants to admit I exist". Auctioneer Christie’s said the gold medal, the first Nobel Prize to be sold by a living recipient, could fetch as much as $3.5m ...
German-made ‘miracle’ machine turns water into gasoline
Post Date: 2014-11-30 07:01:16 by Tatarewicz
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RT... There is as yet no method to mimic Jesus Christ and turn water into wine, but German chemical engineers have proved they can perform miracles of alchemy. They are now finalizing the assembly of a rig that changes water into gasoline. The German company says it has developed an engineering installation capable of synthesizing petroleum-based fuels from water and carbon dioxide. The ‘power-to-liquid’ rig converts gases extracted from water into liquid hydrocarbon fuels. “I would call it a miracle because it completely changes the way we are producing fuels for cars, planes and also the chemical industry,” Nils Aldag, Chief Financial Officer and co-founder of ...
Scientist Confesses: "Global Warming a $22 Billion Scam"
Post Date: 2014-11-28 15:58:01 by BTP Holdings
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Date: 11/12/2014 Imagine, for a moment, sitting at a prestigious steakhouse in Palm Beach, Florida, a hot spot for some of the most wealthy and famous — Donald Trump, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, James Patterson, Rush Limbaugh, and hundreds more. And, imagine dining with a handful of men you’ve only read about. Some of them are worth millions, others published best-selling books, and some have held prominent positions at the White House. In essence, you’re sitting at a five-person table of VIPs. You’re about to take a bite of your New York strip when one of the men, a top U.S. intelligence agent, slams a 164-page document in the middle of the table. This document, ...
Invisible shield found thousands of miles above Earth blocks 'killer electrons'
Post Date: 2014-11-27 14:50:50 by Ada
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Summary: An invisible shield has been discovered some 7,200 miles above Earth that blocks so-called 'killer electrons,' which whip around the planet at near-light speed and have been known to threaten astronauts, fry satellites and degrade space systems during intense solar storms. Scientists have discovered an invisible shield roughly 7,200 miles above Earth. Credit: Andy Kale, University of Alberta [Click to enlarge image] A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered an invisible shield some 7,200 miles above Earth that blocks so-called "killer electrons," which whip around the planet at near-light speed and have been known to ...
New graphene discoveries can lead to green energy revolution
Post Date: 2014-11-27 04:17:03 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... An unexpected property of a form of carbon graphite -- the material in pencil lead -- could revolutionize green energy development. Positively charged hydrogen atoms or protons are allowed to pass through graphene although it remains totally impermeable to all other gases, including hydrogen itself, said a report by The Independent on Wednesday. The new finding could significantly increase the efficiency of fuel cells that generate electricity directly from hydrogen. The discovery means hydrogen fuel could probably be extracted from air and burned as a carbon-free source of energy in a fuel cell so as to produce electricity and water with no harmful waste products. “In ...
Ancient Martian civilisation was wiped out by nuclear bomb-wielding aliens - and they could attack Earth next, claims physicist
Post Date: 2014-11-27 00:43:47 by Tatarewicz
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MailOnline... If you're planning to go to the 2014 Annual Fall Meeting of the American Physical Society in Illinois this Saturday, you might be in for a bit of a surprise with the final talk of the day. Because that's when plasma physicist Dr John Brandenburg will present his theory that an ancient civilisation on Mars was wiped out by a nuclear attack from another alien race. In his bizarre theory, Dr Brandenburg says ancient Martians known as Cydonians and Utopians were massacred in the attack - and evidence of the genocide can still be seen today. Scroll down for video A scientist is to present his theory that ancient life on Mars was massacred. Dr Brandenburg is giving a ...
Dutch seek to harness energy from salt water mix
Post Date: 2014-11-26 21:33:17 by Tatarewicz
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch researchers are seeking to add a new, largely untapped renewable energy source to the world's energy mix with the opening of a "Blue Energy" test facility on Wednesday. Blue energy takes advantage of the difference in salt concentration between sea water and fresh water to produce electricity. Rik Siebers of REDstack BV, the company overseeing the project, said the goal is to improve the technology to the point where it will be profitable to build blue energy plants commercially in the 2020s. Siebers said blue energy will one day have its own niche. "For wind turbines you need wind, and solar panels work in the day, but water is always ...
Credit Card Thieves Fear This...
Post Date: 2014-11-26 16:55:04 by BTP Holdings
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What Your RFID Blocker Wallet Can Do: Stop Thieves From Stealing Your Credit & Identification Information Stored In A RFID Chip – Sometimes credit card companies sneak these chips inside your card to “help”. This wallet will automatically clamp down on that information so nothing can be transmitted in or out. Based Off The Space-Age Faraday Cage.This completely disperses electrical signals. It’s the electronic equivalent to burying your sensitive information in concrete. Great For Men And Women - Fits Easily In A Pocket Or Purse. This unisex design is crafted from stylish aluminum. It’s only 4.2 x 2.8 x 0.8 inches so fits easily inside your pocket or purse. ...
Australian engineers have boosted solar cell efficiency by five times more than ever before
Post Date: 2014-11-26 04:29:53 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... We could soon be able to convert more of the Sun’s energy into power using fewer solar panels, thanks to a new breakthrough by Swinburne University of Technology researchers in Australia. Working with researchers from Nankai University in China, the team has managed to enhance the efficiency of silicon solar cells by 3.8 percent - almost five times more than the current record. “One of the critical challenges the solar cell faces is low energy conversion efficiency due to insufficient absorption from the thin silicon layer,” said micro-photonics expert Min Gu at Swinburne University of Technology, who worked on the project. To achieve the impressive ...
Patronstart Field Marshall Fowler (shotgun cartridge start)
Post Date: 2014-11-23 21:36:03 by X-15
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Norway to grow food crops in space
Post Date: 2014-11-23 01:21:45 by Tatarewicz
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A team of scientists in Norway are set to research the possibility of growing plants and food crops in outer space, it was revealed on Friday. A new EU-funded research project is set to 'take-off' researching how food plants grow in space and how the horticulture could supply space travellers with oxygen and food. The 10-year project called TIME SCALE will be led by Ann-Iren Kittang Jost, research chief at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Space (CIRiS) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. The research team has not yet decided what plants they will try and grow, but are looking at tomatoes, lettuce and soybeans. The Trondheim ...
Meet the new mailboxes - Australian Skynet delivery drones
Post Date: 2014-11-22 23:36:20 by Tatarewicz
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Australian engineers have built some super-slick delivery drones that drop your packages into a purpose-built, automatically locking net - away from children and pets. If you’re like me and you’re sick of having packages hurled onto your balcony to be rained on for days, or dropped back at the post office because it’s all too hard, the prospect of drone delivery is pretty exciting. There are problems with it though. Where does the drone know where to dump your goods? How do you prevent them from being stolen before you bring them inside, and what if the drone comes into contact with your kid or pets as it’s making a delivery? A pair of Australian engineers say ...
Dump ‘n’ ride: Poo-powered, eco-friendly bus hits UK streets
Post Date: 2014-11-22 22:02:15 by Tatarewicz
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RT...Britain’s first poo-powered bus has done the business - making its maiden journey through the west of England. The bus service, which will run between Bristol and Bath, is completely powered by treated sewage and food waste. The eco-friendly “bio-bus” runs on biomethene gas, which is produced when human waste products are treated through a process called anaerobic digestion. The vehicle has the capacity to travel up to 300 kilometers on a single tank of gas; or the equivalent of five people’s annual waste products. The gas is being produced by energy firm GENeco at a Wessex water sewage plant. The director of GENeco, Mohammed Saddiq, said gas powered vehicles ...
Robotics to Enter Russian School Curriculum in 2015
Post Date: 2014-11-22 20:35:03 by Tatarewicz
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MOSCOW, November 22 (Sputnik) — Russian Deputy Minister of Education Veniamin Kaganov told reporters on Friday that robotics courses will begin being taught in Russian schools starting September 2015, Russian news service RIA Novosti reported. Speaking at the Days of Robotechnics Olympiad in Sochi on Friday, Russian Minister of Education Dmitri Livanov told press that the courses will be introduced in grades 5 to 9, as part of the ‘Technology’ syllabus. “The construction of robots is expected to put into practice knowledge acquired about several subjects at once,” Livanov said, adding that the subject “will make school more interesting.” The Minister ...
New standards set for air purifiers in China
Post Date: 2014-11-22 01:19:22 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A new national standard for air purifiers was unveiled by authorities on Friday to bring order to the country's chaotic purifier market. The draft national standard, which is also made available for public comment on Friday, will include more specific metrics for measuring the performance of air purifiers, including their "clean air delivery rate" and endurance, China daily reported on Saturday. The country's widespread air pollution problem has given rise to a booming market in air purifiers, with total sales volume reaching 2.4 million units in 2013, the report said. However, the market is chaotic with many producers and sellers of air ...
Black hole structure in the universe
Post Date: 2014-11-21 23:22:28 by Tatarewicz
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Spooky Alignment of Quasars Across Billions of Light-years VLT reveals alignments between supermassive black hole axes and large-scale structure 19 November 2014 New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have revealed alignments over the largest structures ever discovered in the Universe. A European research team has found that the rotation axes of the central supermassive black holes in a sample of quasars are parallel to each other over distances of billions of light-years. The team has also found that the rotation axes of these quasars tend to be aligned with the vast structures in the cosmic web in which they reside. Quasars are galaxies with very active ...
New Malware Tool Aims to Detect Government Surveillance
Post Date: 2014-11-21 08:13:08 by Ada
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EFF, Amnesty International Back Effort to Stop Surveillance Amnesty International, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and other groups are throwing their weight behind a new open-source software malware detection project called Detekt. Unlike the more all-purpose antivirus and anti-malware programs, Detekt centers around detecting and warning end users of surveillance malware of the sort known to be used by government. The revelations of NSA surveillance last year by Edward Snowden has brought new attention to the problem of government surveillance, and nations across the planet are using malware utilities to spy on civilians. The Detekt program was developed by Claudio Guarnieri, who ...
New molecular storage devices to bridge flash memory gap: study
Post Date: 2014-11-21 03:30:46 by Tatarewicz
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LONDON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- New molecules could be the key to solving a looming problem with flash memory storage, researchers said in a new report published in the latest issue of Nature. Flash memory is a popular form of electronic data storage. However, there is a physical limit to the minimum size of the current design of data cells, which currently use metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) components. Because MOS is difficult to manufacture at a scale below 10 nanometres. Scientists have previously suggested that using individual molecules to replace conventional data-storage components in flash memory could help solve the problem. However, attempts to design these molecules have faced ...
Soalr will save us all, except Utility Bond Holders
Post Date: 2014-11-19 17:36:39 by BTP Holdings
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Earlier this year, I traveled to Abu Dhabi for the World Future Energy Summit. The crown prince of Abu Dhabi holds the summit every year, and many industry insiders consider it the world's foremost event dedicated to renewable energies, energy efficiency and clean technologies. While there, I asked a smart, Oxford-educated oil sheik what he thought was going to happen to the oil industry. He responded by pointing out the many solar arrays the United Arab Emirates is building in the desert. He told me the rest of the world will never allow his country to use most of the oil it’s floating on. He fears that when people begin to see climate chaos ruining their everyday lives, they ...
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