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Solar panels convert sunlight into energy to power electrical loads. This technology is widely used in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. Solar panels are made up of many solar cells, comprised of layers of silicon, phosphorus, and boron.
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JUL 08, 2018Earth & The Environment
One of the principal arguments that solar energy comes up against is its obvious dependence on sunlight - and for places ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
If you weren’t already aware, NASA’s solar-powered Opportunity rover is in a bit of a pickle right now. A co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2018Space & Astronomy
There’s a massive dust storm enveloping certain parts of Mars right now, and it just so happens that NASA’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2018Videos
The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar, which was developed in 2010, is the world's largest solar-powered boat. It operates entirely ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
We’re used to seeing airplanes and helicopters in the sky on Earth, but scientists still aren’t entirely sur ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
On a recent trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, I visited the Mesoamerican Reef, which stretches 600 miles from the Yucatan t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 15, 2018Technology
Out of every 113 people around the globe, one is now a refugee.Written By: Julia TraversFEB 06, 2018Technology
In February 2018, South Australia announced plans to team up with Tesla to create the Earth's largest solar "virtual" po ...Written By: Julia TraversFEB 01, 2018Earth & The Environment
Do you consider yourself an eco-friendly person? You recycle, you compost, hey, you even have solar panels on your roof! ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 26, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Solar cells are the basic power-generating units within a typical solar panel. It converts the energy of sunlight direct ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 02, 2018Technology
CSP plants can get a 20 percent efficiency boost from an innovative 3D printed design based on fractals.Written By: Julia TraversNOV 10, 2017Technology
"We have demonstrated that smart greenhouses can capture solar energy for electricity without reducing plant growth, whi ...Written By: Julia TraversAUG 07, 2017Earth & The Environment
As a result of the imminent closing of the Navajo Generating Station coal power plant, which will see its last days at t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 28, 2017Videos
Solar power is undoubtedly the future of renewable energy, but the problem with current solar panel technology is that i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
This past winter Former President Jimmy Carter leased 10 acres of land near his home in Plains, Georgia to build a solar ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 07, 2017Technology
While everyone went about their daily lives as usual, China secretly flew a massive solar-powered drone high in the skie ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced it would be expediting its mission to visit Psyche, a metallic asteroid floating around in the S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Videos
Solar power is a seemingly limitless form of renewable energy that produces zero emissions and is good for our environme ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 07, 2017Technology
Germany has built what they are calling “the world’s largest artificial Sun,” which takes 149 powerful ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 30, 2017Videos
The world has a ton of salt water, but humans can really only drink fresh water. Obviously, something has to give; we ha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 13, 2017Infographics
When you consider global temperatures, extreme weather patterns, or de-habitation, it’s clear that climate change ...APR 12, 2017Earth & The Environment
Deep-sea mining. Sounds like an extreme sport, doesn’t it? And it just might be the next extreme mineral extractio ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
A team of all-female engineer high school students from San Fernando High School have banded together their brain power ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 08, 2018
Earth & The Environment
One of the principal arguments that solar energy comes up against is its obvious dependence on sunlight - and for places
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you weren’t already aware, NASA’s solar-powered Opportunity rover is in a bit of a pickle right now. A co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
There’s a massive dust storm enveloping certain parts of Mars right now, and it just so happens that NASA’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2018
Videos
The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar, which was developed in 2010, is the world's largest solar-powered boat. It operates entirely
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
We’re used to seeing airplanes and helicopters in the sky on Earth, but scientists still aren’t entirely sur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
On a recent trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, I visited the Mesoamerican Reef, which stretches 600 miles from the Yucatan t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 15, 2018
Technology
Out of every 113 people around the globe, one is now a refugee.
Written By:
Julia Travers
FEB 06, 2018
Technology
In February 2018, South Australia announced plans to team up with Tesla to create the Earth's largest solar "virtual" po
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
FEB 01, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Do you consider yourself an eco-friendly person? You recycle, you compost, hey, you even have solar panels on your roof!
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 26, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Solar cells are the basic power-generating units within a typical solar panel. It converts the energy of sunlight direct
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 02, 2018
Technology
CSP plants can get a 20 percent efficiency boost from an innovative 3D printed design based on fractals.
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 10, 2017
Technology
"We have demonstrated that smart greenhouses can capture solar energy for electricity without reducing plant growth, whi
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
AUG 07, 2017
Earth & The Environment
As a result of the imminent closing of the Navajo Generating Station coal power plant, which will see its last days at t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 28, 2017
Videos
Solar power is undoubtedly the future of renewable energy, but the problem with current solar panel technology is that i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
This past winter Former President Jimmy Carter leased 10 acres of land near his home in Plains, Georgia to build a solar
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 07, 2017
Technology
While everyone went about their daily lives as usual, China secretly flew a massive solar-powered drone high in the skie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced it would be expediting its mission to visit Psyche, a metallic asteroid floating around in the S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Videos
Solar power is a seemingly limitless form of renewable energy that produces zero emissions and is good for our environme
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 07, 2017
Technology
Germany has built what they are calling “the world’s largest artificial Sun,” which takes 149 powerful
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 30, 2017
Videos
The world has a ton of salt water, but humans can really only drink fresh water. Obviously, something has to give; we ha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 13, 2017
Infographics
When you consider global temperatures, extreme weather patterns, or de-habitation, it’s clear that climate change
...
APR 12, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Deep-sea mining. Sounds like an extreme sport, doesn’t it? And it just might be the next extreme mineral extractio
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A team of all-female engineer high school students from San Fernando High School have banded together their brain power
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan