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Scientists find black gold amidst overlooked data
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- About half of the oil in the ocean bubbles up naturally from the seafloor, with Earth giving it up freely like it was of no value. Likewise, NASA satellites collect thousands of images and ...
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Earthshine reflects Earth's oceans and continents from the dark side of the moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Princeton University have shown for the first time that the difference in reflection of light from the Earth's land masses and oceans can be seen on the dark side of the moon, ...
Blushing dusty nebula
Dec 01, 2009 |
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On Earth, we tend to find dust nothing more than a nuisance that blankets our furniture and causes us to sneeze. Cosmic dust can also be a hindrance to astronomers because cameras using visible light cannot ...
A New Reflection in the Mirror
Jan 10, 2007 |
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A research group has devised a new type of mirror that reverses the magnetic field of a light wave upon reflection, rather than its electric field, as regular mirrors do. Seems like a minor difference? It's ...
Moth eyes may hold key to more efficient solar cells
Feb 22, 2008 |
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One of the difficulties with solar power is that solar cells are notoriously inefficient. Some of that inefficiency, says Peng Jiang, is due to the fact that silicon is reflective. Jiang, an assistant professor ...
Can a single molecule behave as a mirror?
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror,” Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. “Imagine that your mirror at home becomes a single molecule and that y ...
Point-contact spectroscopy deepens mystery of heavy-fermion superconductors
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Mar 24, 2005 |
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Theoretical understanding of heavy-fermion superconductors has just slipped a notch or two, says a team of experimentalists. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Los Alamos National Laboratory rec ...
Solving the mystery of the metallic sheen of fish
Jan 14, 2008 |
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The bright, metallic sheen of fish skin — source of endless fascination for fishermen and aquarium owners — is due to a sophisticated system of crystals that enhance light reflection and may help fish hide ...
SRNL to study applicability of solar cell coatings
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 25, 2009 |
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A project under way at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory will study how special coatings that mimic structures found in nature can increase the usefulness of solar energy as a vital part of ...
Visualising invisibility
Jul 31, 2006 |
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Invisibility has been an ingredient of myths, novels and films for millennia – from Perseus versus Medusa in Greek legend to James Bond’s latest car and Harry Potter’s cloak. A new study published today by the Institute of ...
Nano World: Black silicon for solar power
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Silicon surfaces rendered black by pits and bumps only nanometers or billionths of a meter large could in the future help make solar power cells more efficient.
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