New Solar Product Captures Up to 95 Percent of Light Energy

Efficiency is a problem with today's solar panels; they only collect about 20 percent of available light. Now, a University of Missouri engineer has developed a flexible solar sheet that captures more than 90 percent of available light, and he plans to make prototypes available to consumers within the next five years.

Atmosphere Above Japan Heated Rapidly Before M9 Earthquake

Infrared emissions above the epicenter increased dramatically in the days before the devastating earthquake in Japan, say scientists.

Japanese researchers develop EV motor not reliant on rare earth metals

Japanese researchers working out of Tokyo University of Science, have built what they describe as a motor for electric cars that does not require so-called rare earth metals; a move that could drive down the costs for such vehicles.

Scientists report first solar cell producing more electrons in photocurrent than solar photons entering cell

Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have reported the first solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has an external quantum efficiency greater than 100 percent when photoexcited with photons from the high energy region of the solar spectrum.

Ionized Plasmas as Cheap Sterilizers for Developing World

University of California, Berkeley, scientists have shown that ionized plasmas like those in neon lights and plasma TVs not only can sterilize water, but make it antimicrobial -- able to kill bacteria -- for as long as a week after treatment.

Plastic-eating fungus could help deal with landfill

A team from Yale University has discovered a fungus deep in the South American rainforest that can live entirely on plastic - offering hope for new methods of waste disposal.

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Satellit entdeckt Antimaterie über Gewitterwolken

In den Tiefen des Universums suchen Astronomen nach Antimaterie. Nun ist das Weltraumteleskop "Fermi" fündig geworden - in der Atmosphäre unseres Planeten. Bei Gewittern werden Positronen massenhaft aus Gewitterwolken nach oben ins All geschleudert. Die Forscher sind verblüfft.

Forscher finden bisher kleinsten Felsplaneten

Neuer Rekord im All: Forscher haben den kleinsten bisher bekannten Exoplaneten entdeckt. Er ist nur knapp anderthalb Mal so groß wie die Erde - und damit definitiv ein Felsplanet. Leben dürfte auf der glühend heißen Welt allerdings nicht existieren.

Survey Says
Zeit ein tolles Bild der Nutzergemeinde und was so der "Trend" im Netz ist.

In December we launched the Stack Overflow Annual User Survey in order to measure the user demographics that Google Analytics can’t provide us with. Finding out the user demographics became necessary due to the growth that Stack Overflow had in 2010.

Of the 2,813 surveys started, 2,532 were completed, for a completion rate of 90%! Thank you to everyone who participated.

- Chrome ist Gewinner des Jahres

- Geologen erklären größte Katastrophe des Mittelalters

Berichte aus dem Jahr 536 zeugen von dramatischen Geschehnissen: Der Himmel verdunkelte sich für lange Zeit. Roter Blutregen ging nieder. Selbst am Mittelmeer kühlte es dramatisch ab. Frostige Winde und Dunkelheit ließen weltweit die Ernte verderben. Es war die stärkste Abkühlung der letzten zwei Jahrtausende.

- Die Jagd nach Neutrinos

Das in der Antarktis installierte ein Kubikkilometer große Neutrino-Teleskop ist fertig. Rund 5.000 optische Sensoren wurden im Eis versenk

- This is Your Brain on Vim

I was watching a violinist bow intensely and I had this thought: I probably have as many brain cells devoted to my text editor as he does to playing his chosen instrument. Is it outlandish to imagine that an MRI of his brain during a difficult solo wouldn’t look much different than mine while manipulating code in vim?

- Ubahnaufzug.at: Defekte online melden

Auf einer neuen Internet-Plattform können Bürger kaputte Rolltreppen, Aufzüge und U-Bahnen bei den Wiener Linien vermerken. Hinter der Webseite steckt die österreichische Initiative Open3, die die Stadt Wien unterstützen möchte, ihr Serviceangebot zu erweitern.

- Die Parkgebühren zahlt der Steuerzahler

Seit mehr als einem Jahr steht der aufwändig von der Bundesregierung umgerüstete Wissenschaftszug auf einem Abstellgleis und verschlingt Parkgebühren.

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Boom! Samsung Sells 1 Million Galaxy Tabs

Samsung’s 7-inch tablet isn’t “dead on arrival” after all. In fact, Samsung has sold more than a million of them in less than two months.

TWITTER 2010: YEAR IN REVIEW

MIT stellt Fingersteuerung im "Minority Report"-Stil vor

Eingaben auf einer virtuellen Tastatur wären mit Kinect bislang nicht möglich - schließlich kann das System nicht einzelne Finger erfassen. Das zu ändern, ist jetzt Studenten am Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) mit Hilfe offener Treiber gelungen.

Laser weapon lasts for 6 hours

A 100-kilowatt solid-state laser that Northrop Grumman demonstrated for potential weapon applications 18 months ago has now fired at full power for more than 6 hours. How much that impresses you will depend on how much you know about laser weapons and how they would be used on the battlefield.

Apple's Steve Wozniak: 'We've lost a lot of control'

Leading a tour through an exhibit of computer artifacts -- including giant supercomputers and Atari game systems -- that opens next month at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Wozniak paused to criticize the stranglehold technology has on our lives.

Tunguska-Ereignis: Feuerraketen aus dem Boden ließen Taiga explodieren

1908 mähte eine Explosion in Sibirien Tausende Bäume um. Wilde Spekulationen folgten: War es ein Meteorit, Antimaterie oder gar ein Ufo? Jetzt vermuten Forscher eine vulkanische Ursache. Demnach schossen Feuerraketen aus der Erde - das könnte auch in Europa passieren.

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