New “Star Trek” Global Warming Solution Beams Heat Into Outer Space
Shades of Captain Kirk, Stanford researchers have developed a new rooftop coating that sucks heat out of buildings and beams it into outer space.
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First Self-Assembling Quantum-Dot-in-Nanowire System: A “Game-Changer” For Solar PV?
An international team of researchers has demonstrated the first “quantom-dot-in-nanowire” system, a breakthrough that holds enormous potential for solar photovoltaics, energy-efficient lighting, and quantum computing.
Solar Panel Film Increases Efficiency 300%, Cuts Costs in Half
California-based HyperSolar has developed a solar panel film that, using “cutting edge photonics techniques,” can move specific light spectra to the places they are needed most in order to increase solar panel efficiency. Using this film instead of traditional solar panel film, efficiency can reportedly be increased 300%!
Etch-A-Sketch Inspires Photonics Breakthrough
It’s just a wisp of a childhood memory to millions, but to one scientist at the University of Pittsburgh the venerable Etch A Sketch has provided the inspiration for a major breakthrough in next-generation phontonics design. Jeremy Levy, a professor of physics and astronomy, drew on the basic principles behind … [continued]
