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Sanyo announces world's most efficient solar module

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sanyo has announced its development of the world's most energy efficient solar module, the HIT-N230. The module was unveiled at a press conference run by Sanyo Electric's Solar Division.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (35) | comments 27 | with audio podcast report

Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (33) | comments 0

Graphene optical modulators could lead to ultrafast communications

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated a new technology for graphene that could break the current speed limits in digital communications.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Fiber Optical Transmission In Demand Of Higher Capacity

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the increasing high volume content over the internet, such as multimedia and high definition images, new transmission methods need to be found to handle the increasing data demand. Nippon ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Time Lens Speeds Up Optical Data Transmission

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Cornell University have developed a device called a "time lens" which is a silicon device for speeding up optical data. The basic components of this device are an optical-fiber ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 7 weblog

New Australian footage of Neil Armstrong's moon walk

Long-lost footage of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module will be screened in public for the first time in Sydney next week, a prominent astronomer told AFP.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 8

New laser technology prepares to revolutionize communications

As fiber optic technology continues to advance, it faces challenges from both its physical properties and its use of infrastructure. One emerging high-speed solution being developed at Stevens Institute of Technology uses ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

High efficiency concentrator solar cells and modules

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar energy will play a crucial role in the energy mix of tomorrow as solar energy is available in unlimited quantities. With the aid of concentrator solar cells, even more sunlight can be ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

The fancier the cortex, the smarter the brain?

Why are some people smarter than others? In a new article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Eduardo Mercado III from the University at Buffalo, The St ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 11

Toshiba Launches Highest Density Embedded NAND Flash Memory Modules

Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a 64 gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity yet achieved in the industry.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Scientists break light modulation speed record -- twice

Researchers have constructed a light-emitting transistor that has set a new record with a signal-processing modulation speed of 4.3 gigahertz, breaking the previous record of 1.7 gigahertz held by a light-emitting diode.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Creating light sources for nanochips

(PhysOrg.com) -- "One of the most important goals in the optics community is to create and manipulate light on chip," Yinan Zhang tells PhysOrg.com. "This is especially important when it comes to improving the performance of sem ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

To DDR3: Thanks for the memory but time for DDR4

(Phys.org) -- Micron Technology is polishing up its DDR4 memory modules, “sampling” the modules and getting feedback from major customers. The company plans to reach volume production later this year ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 43 | with audio podcast report

Record efficiency of 18.7 percent for flexible CIGS solar cells on plastics

Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have further boosted the energy conversion efficiency of flexible solar cells made of copper indium gallium (di)selenide ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Oerlikon Solar works to pull down PV costs in 2014

(PhysOrg.com) -- Switzerland-based Oerlikon Solar, kingpins in thin film silicon solar module equipment, has announced that it has reached a milestone in reducing the cost of production for its thin-film silicon ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 25 | with audio podcast report