Wednesday, 13 August 2008 21:32
SpaceX doesn't mark the spot for NASA's NanoSail-D spacecraft
The NASA NanoSail-D solar-powered spacecraft will not get a chance to test its four solar sails because, on August 2, 2008, the first and second stages of its launch vehicle, Falcon 1, failed to separate, and the payload did not achieve Earth orbit.
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Space
Saturday, 02 August 2008 06:59
Goodbye oil! MIT discovers artificial photosynthesis!
The chief professor of energy at MIT and a fellow researcher have discovered a cheap way to mimic the way plants store energy from the sun and say that it will enable homes and electric cars to be run entirely on solar power and fuel cells. The energy nirvana has been found and could signal the era of centralised power distribution they say.
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Energy
Friday, 01 August 2008 18:47
MIT chemists report storing method of solar power
The two Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemists have discovered a better way to extract hydrogen from water, and to store hydrogen and oxygen in fuel cells when the Sun isn’t shining, using an improved technique called electrolysis.
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Energy
