Cars That Think
MAY 12, 2023
Adolf Goetzberger Photovoltaics pioneer Life Fellow, 94; died 24 February Goetzberger was an early proponent of solar energy technologies. Today solar is the third largest renewable-electricity sector behind hydropower and wind. The research paved the way for more effective solar power generation. Sauer served in the U.S.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 16, 2009
The atmospheric engineering scheme of using sunlight-scattering stratospheric aerosols to combat global warming could reduce the effectiveness of certain kinds of solar power generation systems using parabolic or other concentrating optics. Murphy, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Daniel Murphy. Technol. ,
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 1, 2023
Traditional orreries were mechanical models of the solar system. These often beautiful and intricate instruments were devised by skilled clockmakers to illustrate how the planets and their moons moved through the solar system. Two years later, the Philippines’ Atomic Energy Commission contributed a siderite, a nickel-iron meteorite.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Up there, 10 to 50 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, ozone molecules absorb the sun’s ultraviolet light, protecting life far below. The proposal calls for what’s known as “solar geoengineering”: cooling the planet by deflecting sunlight that would otherwise strike the planet.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2018
In Asia, in particular, high temperatures, humidity, solar radiation and the frequency of storms play a major role. For example, unmanned light aircraft are being used by the Research Center for Environmental Changes at Academia Sinica in Taipei, our partner institution in Taiwan.
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