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Powerful Ideas: Spray-On Solar Cells
By Jeanna Bryner published
Nano-inks could allow for spray-on solar cells.
Ancient Life Tapped for Solar Technology
By Live Science Staff published
An ancient life form has been tapped to create one of the newest technologies for solar energy.
Scheme to Curb Global Warming Could Backfire
By Andrea Thompson published
Proposed geoengineering scheme would reduce light available for solar power.
Cheaper Plastic Solar Cells In the Works
By Diane Hinkens published
A lab is developing a solar cell that can absorb more of the sun’s energy for electricity production.
New Spray-on Solar Cells Invented
By Andrea Thompson published
Scientists use tiny organic polymer solar cells to power microscopic chemical sensor.
Solar Cells Go Organic
By South Dakota State University published
Diane Hinkens was a clothing designer. Now she's designing solar cells.
Inventors: Solar Dish Could Revolutionize Energy Production
By Live Science Staff published
Solar energy collector concentrates the sun into a beam that could melt steel.
Solar Power's Greenhouse Emissions Measured
By Charles Q. Choi published
Making solar cells produces fewer air pollutants than coal and oil power plants.
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