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Glitch delays solar plane's historic night flightPayerne, Switzerland (AFP) July 1, 2010 A technical glitch grounded a pioneering bid to fly a solar-powered plane through the night Thursday, leaving the Solar Impulse crew with just weeks to find perfect weather for the flight. "We are under stress and we hope everything will work," said Bertrand Piccard, the venture's founder and previously the first balloonist to circumnavigate the globe. Solar Impulse aborted plans for the historic 25-hour flight just an hour before pilot Andre Borschberg was due to take off from a military airbas ... read more |
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Major Hurdle Cleared In Road To High-Efficiency Solar CellsMinneapolis/St. Paul MN (SPX) Jun 25, 2010 A team of University of Minnesota-led researchers has cleared a major hurdle in the drive to build solar cells with potential efficiencies up to twice as high as current levels, which rarely exceed 30 percent. By showing how energy that is now being lost from semiconductors in solar cells can be captured and transferred to electric circuits, the team has opened a new avenue for solar cell researchers seeking to build cheaper, more efficient solar energy devices. The work is published in this week' ... read more |
 Finnish parliament approves two new nuclear reactors Greenpeace activists fined for Sweden nuclear protest | .. |
 Obama 'confident' as Democrats offer climate 'compromise' Obama 'confident' of a climate bill this year: White House | .. |
 Institutions snap up China AgBank subscriptions China's AgBank launches world-record IPO | .. |
 Climate Change Complicates Plant Diseases Of The Future Ecological Change In The Abyss - The Amperima Event | .. |
 Aerojet Propellant-Saving Xenon Ion Thruster Exceeds 30,000 Hours India To Relaunch GLSV Within One Year |
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