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Spectrolab Terrestrial Solar Cell Hits 40% Efficiency St Louis MO (SPX) Dec 07, 2006 
Boeing says it's solarcell manufacturing subsidiary Spectrolab, has achieved a new world record in terrestrial concentrator solar cell efficiency. Using concentrated sunlight, Spectrolab demonstrated the ability of a photovoltaic cell to convert 40.7 percent of the sun's energy into electricity. The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., verified the milestone. "This solar cell performance is the highest efficiency level any photovoltaic device has ever achieved," said Dr. David Lillington, president of Spectrolab. "The terrestrial cell we have developed uses the same technology base as our space-based cells." |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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NASA Images Suggest Water Still Flows In Brief Spurts On Mars
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 07, 2006NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years. "These observations give the strongest evidence to date that water still flows occasionally on the surface of Mars," said Dr. Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, Washington. Moon Base Plan By NASA Holds Out Promise Of A New Frontier 
Washington (AFP) Dec 6, 2006NASA's plan to permanently colonize the moon holds out the promise of a dramatic advance in space exploration, but the ambitious project requires massive financing and a high level of global cooperation. Do Galaxies Follow Darwinian Evolution 
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 07, 2006Using VIMOS on ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of French and Italian astronomers have shown the strong influence the environment exerts on the way galaxies form and evolve. The scientists have for the first time charted remote parts of the Universe, showing that the distribution of galaxies has considerably evolved with time, depending on the galaxies' immediate surroundings. |
China Catching Up In Space Race
Moscow, Russia (DPA) Dec 07, 2006China's space capabilities, both civil and defence- oriented, are rapidly gaining ground on Russia and the United States, the world's most developed space programmes, Anatoly Perminov, head of Russia's Federal Space Agency, said Tuesday. "Today two countries - the US and Russia - maintain space programmes that cover all aspects from peaceful to defence purposes. China is approaching very close," Perminov said, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. ESA Launches New Initiative To Foster Research 
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 07, 2006A new initiative to increase interaction between ESA, European universities, research institutes and industry has just begun. Through its Networking/Partnering Initiative, ESA is offering to support research carried out by institutes and universities in advanced technologies with space applications. Prospects Cloudy For Thursday Shuttle Launch 
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Florida, Dec 6, 2006Weather conditions and potential technical glitches clouded prospects for a Thursday launch of the Discovery space shuttle, with NASA reporting just a 40 percent chance of favorable weather. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was also reviewing Wednesday two potential technical problems: a voltage increase and an anomaly in the solid rocket engine joint. |
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Europropulsion Plays Key Role In Vega Development Milestone
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 07, 2006Today at 12:30 pm local time in Kourou, French Guiana, French space agency CNES conducted the first ground firing test of the P80 solid rocket motor (SRM) that will power the first stage of the new Vega launcher being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). Carried out on the solid rocket motor test stand at the Guiana Space Center, the test was a success. NASA Astronaut Discusses Improvements In Shuttle Safety 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Dec 07, 2006NASA astronaut and engineer Charles Camarda visited a Cornell engineering class Nov. 21 to recount his experiences onboard Discovery, the first space shuttle mission following the 2003 loss of Columbia and its seven crew members. He also discussed his role in the Columbia accident investigation. Breakthrough In Magnetic Devices Could Make Computers More Powerful 
Bath, UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2006Scientists have created novel 'spintronic' devices that could point the way for the next generation of more powerful and permanent data storage chips in computers. Physicist at the Universities of Bath, Bristol and Leeds have discovered a way to precisely control the pattern of magnetic fields in thin magnetic films, which can be used to store information. |
Element 21 Golf Company Golf Shot In Space Generates Unprecedented Retailer Interest
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Dec 07, 2006Element 21 Golf Company and Frankfurt hasw announced its positive efforts to keep up with the heavy volume of retailer interest generated by its recent successful golf shot in space from the International Space Station (ISS). The extensive media coverage of the extraterrestrial golf shot made by Mikhail Tyurin this past Thanksgiving on television networks and the national press has generated a flurry of inquiries from retailers in the U.S. and Canada, as well as some international markets. Magnetic Whirlpools Feed Earth's Magnetosphere 
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 07, 2006Giant whirlpools of electrically charged gas, some 40 000 kilometres across, have been witnessed above the Earth by a team of European and American scientists. Using data from ESA's Cluster quartet of spacecraft, the researchers have shown that these whirlpools inject electrified gas into the magnetic environment of the Earth. Russian Scientists Expect Powerful Solar Flares 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 07, 2006Russia's geophysical forecast center said Wednesday it expects powerful solar flares, vast explosions in the sun's atmosphere around sunspots, to occur in the near future. Solar flares can expel billion-ton clouds of electrified gas or plasma into space at a speed of 1 million miles per hour. Eruptions from the sun can damage satellites and disrupt electrical and communications systems on Earth. |
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