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Red onion waste becomes powerful solar cell shield that blocks 99.9% of UV rays
Researchers found that nanocellulose films treated with red onion dye blocked 99.9% of UV radiation, outperforming commercial PET-based filters.
Here’s What the Rise of Clean Energy Looks Like From Space
Researchers trained a machine-learning model to detect onshore wind turbines and utility-scale solar farms in quarterly, high ...
The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
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Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...
Portal Space Systems opens its doors for a sneak preview of solar propulsion system
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.
New Horizons needs a new flyby target—Vera Rubin can help
Exploration of the outer solar system may be getting a boost from the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO). When this gigantic ...
NASA's EZIE launches on mission to study Earth's electrojets
Under the nighttime California sky, NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon ...