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Liftoff! India's First Mars Probe Launches Toward the Red Planet

13/11/2013 09:11

India's first mission to Mars, the Mars Orbiter Mission, launches the Mangalyaan orbiter toward the Red Planet atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Nov. 5, 2013 from the Indian Space Research Organisation's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in...

Kyocera launches 70-megawatt solar plant, largest in Japan

13/11/2013 09:07

Nearly 300,000 offshore solar panels will provide enough power for 22,000 homes as post-Fukushima Japan struggles with energy sources. The Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant sits in the shadow of Sakurajima, an active volcano. (Credit: Kyocera) Kagoshima in southern Japan is...

Strong Encryption, Natural Language Search Make Potent Cocktail

22/10/2013 19:27

Encrypted data may be relatively safe from prying eyes, but it's often inaccessible to authorized users as well. "Encryption can break an application," said CipherCloud CEO Pravin Kothari. "It can make an application useless." Through a gateway between an organization and its...

An Optical Switch Based On a Single Nano-Diamond

19/10/2013 19:13

Artist's illustration showing the nanomanipulation of an artificial atom. (Credit: ICFO) A recent study led by researchers of the ICFO (Institute of Photonic Sciences) demonstrates that a single nano-diamond can be operated as an ultrafast single-emitter optical switch operating at...

Nano-Sandwich Technique Slims Down Solar Cells, Improves Efficiency

19/10/2013 19:10

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a way to create much slimmer thin-film solar cells without sacrificing the cells' ability to absorb solar energy. Making the cells thinner should significantly decrease manufacturing costs for the technology. The active layer (blue...

Tiny 'LEGO Brick' -Style Studs Make Solar Panels a Quarter More Efficient

19/10/2013 19:05

Rows of aluminium studs help solar panels extract more energy from sunlight than those with flat surfaces. Most solar cells used in homes and industry are made using thick layers of material to absorb sunlight, but have been limited in the past by relatively high costs. Many new, lower cost designs...

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