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- Bio-inspired design may lead to more energy efficient windows
- Sounding rocket to study active regions on the sun
- 'Soft robotic' devices using water-based gels
- Astronomers discovery a graveyard for comets
- Largest neuronal network simulation to date achieved using Japanese supercomputer
- Cobalt replacements make solar cells more sustainable
| Bio-inspired design may lead to more energy efficient windows Posted: 02 Aug 2013 10:22 AM PDT Scientists are turning to nature to find a way to make windows more energy efficient. In a recent article, researchers describe a novel process to cut down on heat loss during the winter and keep buildings cool during the summer. Their "bio-inspired approach to thermal control for cooling (or heating) building window surfaces" calls for attaching optically clear, flexible elastomer sheets, bonded to regular glass window panes.  |
| Sounding rocket to study active regions on the sun Posted: 02 Aug 2013 06:51 AM PDT At NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M., a sounding rocket is being readied for flight. Due to launch on Aug. 8, 2013, the VERIS rocket, short for Very high Resolution Imaging Spectrometer, will launch for a 15-minute trip carrying an instrument that can measure properties of the structures in the sun's upper atmosphere down to 145 miles across, some eight times clearer than any similar telescope currently in space.  |
| 'Soft robotic' devices using water-based gels Posted: 02 Aug 2013 05:03 AM PDT Researchers have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterned, folded and used to manipulate objects. The technique holds promise for use in "soft robotics" and biomedical applications.  |
| Astronomers discovery a graveyard for comets Posted: 02 Aug 2013 05:02 AM PDT Astronomers have discovered a graveyard of comets. The researchers describe how some of these objects, inactive for millions of years, have returned to life leading them to name the group the 'Lazarus comets'.  |
| Largest neuronal network simulation to date achieved using Japanese supercomputer Posted: 02 Aug 2013 05:02 AM PDT Scientists have carried out the largest general neuronal network simulation to date.  |
| Cobalt replacements make solar cells more sustainable Posted: 02 Aug 2013 05:02 AM PDT Researchers have successfully replaced the rare element iodine in copper-based dye-sensitized solar cells by the more abundant element cobalt, taking a step forward in the development of environmentally friendly energy production. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) transform light to electricity. They consist of a semiconductor on which a dye is anchored. This colored complex absorbs light and through an electron transfer process produces electrical current. Electrolytes act as electron transport agents inside the DSCs.  |
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