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  • Spectacular Growth is Occurring Within The Thin-Film Solar Industry
    Article - 25 Jun 2008
    Thin-film solar cells are cheaper than traditional solar panels, such as those made of polycrystalline silicon, but the yield is lower. However, the combination of these properties is promising...
  • New Class of Ultra-Thin Polymer Films
    News - 15 Jul 2007
    They said it couldn't be done. And that's what really motivated UD polymer chemist Chris Snively and Jochen Lauterbach, professor of chemical engineering at UD. For years, polymer...
  • Sandia Develops New Type of Electrochemical Sensor
    News - 13 Jul 2007
    A Sandia National Laboratories research team is developing a new type of electrochemical sensor that uses a unique surface chemistry to reliably and accurately detects thousands of differing...
  • New Sodium Laser for Astronomers
    News - 13 Jul 2007
    A new sodium laser is giving 50 times more sky coverage to the atmospheric-correcting technology known as adaptive optics on the Keck II telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The laser lets scientists...
  • Converting Light into Electricity - How Does a Photovoltaic Cell Work
    Article - 17 Nov 2007
    Photovoltaic cells, more commonly known as solar cells, are found in applications such as calculator and satellites. First used almost exclusively in space, photovoltaic cells are used in more common...
  • New Feat of Optical Technology for Distortion-Free Wide-Angle Images
    News - 8 Jul 2007
    South Korean researchers have designed and built an inexpensive optical lens that collects light from a large area and produces a virtually distortion-free wide-angle image. Standing in contrast to...
  • New Optics Technology for Extremely Large Telescopes
    News - 8 Jul 2007
    On the evening of 25 March 2007, the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) achieved First Light at the Visitor Focus of Melipal, the third Unit Telescope of the Very Large Telescope...
  • Incandescent Light Bulbs - Structure, Applications & Power Consumption
    Article - 6 Oct 2007
    In this article we examine the structure, applications and power consumption of incandescent light bulbs.
  • Artificial Star
    News - 5 Jul 2007
    On 28 January 2006, at 23:07 local time, a laser beam of several watts was launched from Yepun, the fourth 8.2m Unit Telescope of the Very Large Telescope, producing an artificial star, 90 km up in...
  • Wave Optics Theory of Light
    Article - 30 Aug 2007
    The behavior of light is explained by a combination of Ray Theory and Wave Theory. Historically, light was studied as rays; progress in electromagnetic theory led to the understanding of light as an...

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