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Taking a leaf from the beauty industry, scientists have devised a way to make solar panels cheaper and more efficient - by spraying them on. The new method developed by Braggone Oy uses a spray-on hydrogen film and spray-on anti-reflective film.img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/science/popular/~4/3J_8UiNEk_E” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Before they brought destruction, a series of huge asteroids orbiting Mars four billion years ago may have sparked its magnetic field, giving the planet its greatest chance for harboring life.img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/science/popular/~4/CU07lyvgB2Q” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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A faulty rocket command sequence aboard the international space station caused the 300-ton structure to shake back and forth vigorously for two minutes last month, during what was supposed to be a routine, gentle orbital adjustment.img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/science/popular/~4/w_8EW1vzjj8″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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The Global Wind Energy Council, an industry group, has totaled the past year’s growth in generating capacity, and found that wind had a very good year, with US wind power having its highest annual growth ever, and China doubling its installed capacity.img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/science/popular/~4/0ZKwr4nggIg” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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While a higher level of education may help lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new research shows that once educated people start to become forgetful, a higher level of education does not appear to protect against how fast they will lose their memory. The research is published in the February 3, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical jimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/science/popular/~4/5AaQVFTHydI” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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While a higher level of education may help lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new research shows that once educated people start to become forgetful, a higher level of education does not appear to protect against how fast they will lose their memory. The research is published in the February 3, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical jimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/science/popular/~4/5AaQVFTHydI” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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The CoRoT satellite has found the smallest terrestrial planet ever detected outside the Solar System. The amazing planet is less than twice the size of Earth and orbits a Sun-like star. Its temperature is so high that it is possibly covered in lava or water vapour.img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/science/popular/~4/VayJJFRsZIQ” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Are those UFOs near that mountain? No — they are multilayered lenticular clouds. Moist air forced to flow upward around mountain tops can create lenticular clouds. Water droplets condense from moist air cooled below the dew point, and clouds are opaque groups of water droplets. Waves in the air that would normally be seen horizontally …..img src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/science/popular/~4/iyhnbNAPBZc” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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“A rare, mother ship cloud formation hovers over Childress, Texas. Tornado-chasers there covered seven hours and 150 miles (241 kilometers) tracking the supercell thunderstorm that produced this cloud formation. Supercell thunderstorms are known to spawn tornadoes with winds exceeding 200 mph (322 kph).” Photographer: Carsten Peterimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/digg/container/science/popular/~4/x1ieiqLkShg” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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