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Report: Actions to protect fish in California Bay-Delta ’scientifically justified’ (PhysOrg)
Most of the actions proposed by two federal agencies to reduce water diversions in the California Bay-Delta in order to protect endangered and threatened fish species are “scientifically justified,” but the basis for the specific environmental triggers that would indicate when water diversions should be reduced is less well-supported by scientific analyses, says a... »
Superconductors on the nanoscale (PhysOrg)
Superconductors, materials in which current flows without resistance, have tantalizing applications. But even the highest-temperature superconductors require extreme cooling before the effect kicks in, so researchers want to know when and how superconductivity comes about in order to coax it into existence at room temperature. Now a team has shown that, in a copper-based... »
Scientists grow solar cell components in tobacco plants (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) — Over billions of years, plants have evolved very efficient sunlight-collecting systems. Now, scientists are trying to harness the finely tuned systems in tobacco plants in order to use them as the building blocks of solar cells. Scientists predict that the technique could lead to the production of inexpensive, biodegradable solar cells. (read here…) Related... »
Applied Nanotech Receives Purchase Order for Nanocomposites From U.S. Army (Marketwire)
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwire - December 7, 2009) - Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. ( OTCBB : APNT ) announced that it has received a purchase order in the amount of $25,000 from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) for test samples of its carbon nanotube (CNT) enhanced fiber reinforced... »
Leading Solar Cell Manufacturer Expands Production with SOLARIS (Finanzen.net)
A leading European crystalline solar cell manufacturer places for the first time a large order for multiple SOLARIS systems. The SOLARIS, which offers various advantages with its revolutionary coating technology was … (read here…) Related items Leading Solar Cell Manufacturer Expands Production with SOLARIS (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) Enhanced solar cells (the Engineer) Carbon nanotube sensor array detects... »
