News tagged with solar flux
Magnetic 'ropes' tie down solar eruptions (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data from the Hinode spacecraft, a team of researchers from University College London (UCL) have revealed an immense magnetic structure that erupted to produce a dramatic solar eruption ...
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Solar power generation around the clock
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Californian company, SolarReserve, is developing a solar power system that can store seven hours' worth of solar energy by focusing mirrors onto millions of gallons of molten salt, allowing ...
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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Turning sunlight into liquid fuels (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an artificial ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Extended solar minimum linked to changes in sun's conveyor belt
A new analysis of the unusually long solar cycle that ended in 2008 suggests that one reason for the long cycle could be a stretching of the Sun's conveyor belt, a current of plasma that circulates between ...
Aug 12, 2010 |
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SNS, HFIR experiments help refine thin-film solar cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar cells that convert sunlight into electricity could be a widely used renewable energy source. Getting to that point, though, requires breakthroughs in their cost and their efficiency at turning sunbeams ...
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Plasmoids and sheaths mean success or failure for solar eruptions
Our Sun experiences regular eruptions of material into space, but solar physicists still have difficulty in explaining why these dramatic events take place. Now a group of scientists from the University of ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Heat-resistant ceramic coatings studied
AFOSR-supported research at the University of Arizona is investigating high temperature resistant ceramic coatings that will provide thermal protection for Air Force hypersonic flight vehicles.
Dec 22, 2010 |
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