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		<title>Cheaper solar cells on the way</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emanuel Sachs, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, has found a way to improve the efficiency of a type of silicon solar cells while keeping manufacturing costs about the same. 1366 Technologies, founded in part by Sachs, claims that it has improved the efficiency of its new multicrystalline silicon solar cells by 27 percent, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graphene to replace silicon in computer chips?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physicists at the University of Maryland have shown that graphene, a sheet of graphite a single atom thick, can conduct electricity at room temperature better than any other known material, including silicon. Electrons can travel up to 100 times faster through graphene than silicon, making it perfect for the next generation of computer chips and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power outlet glows red when it&#8217;s dishing out power</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Designers Shane Ellis and Terry Brown have come up with an interesting way to remind us when we&#8217;re not being green &#8211; a power outlet that glows red when plugged-in appliances are consuming power. Many appliances and electronics continue to use power even when they are off, and this power outlet would be a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharp&#8217;s new solar battery allows you to use solar power all day long</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharp, partnering with battery specialist Eliiy Power, will soon start selling the world&#8217;s first storage battery for household electricity systems. These new batteries will allow houses with solar panels to store the power generated by the sun overnight (a full day and a half if necessary), allowing them to operate independently of a power grid. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists discover way to make solar cells more efficient, last longer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polymer solar cells that are used today to convert sunlight to electricity degrade over time because of ultraviolet light. Scientists at UCLA have found a solution to that problem. They suggested coating solar cells with a material that converts photons of ultraviolet light into ones of visible light. Such a material would increase the efficiency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T-shirts from nanowire fabric can generate electricity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A team of US researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a material that generates electricity as it moves around. This nanowire fabric can be used in t-shirts and other clothes in the future to serve as a power-plant for our gadgets. The fabric is created by coating kevlar strands with zinc oxide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knee brace generates electricity to power gadgets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists recently demonstrated a knee brace that generates enough electricity to power a cell phone conversation for 30 minutes from one minute of walking. The system works similar to the regenerative breaking found in some hybrid cars such as the Toyota Prius. At the end of a stride, the brace takes over the task of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tesla Roadster to enter production on March 17 &#8211; this is one cool car</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you see this car, you probably think to yourself, &#8220;Man, I want one of those.&#8221; And then you find out that it&#8217;s electric. No, not hybrid. This baby uses no gas whatsoever. It can&#8217;t get much better than that, right? Wrong! This beautiful car is promised to deliver 248 horsepower, a four second 0-60mph, [...]]]></description>
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