Trina Solar Duo-Max Module Receives UL and TUV Rheinland Certs
Changzhou, China (SPX) Aug 25, 2014 -
Trina Solar has announced the company's new Duo-Max module, a 72-cell frameless dual glass module (the PEG14 and PDG14 series), has received quality certifications, including the IEC61215, IEC 61730 and UL1703 standards, from world-leading independent testing and certification organizations, UL and TUV Rheinland.
The Duo-Max module comprises two layers of 2.5mm thin heat-strengthened glass ...
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Unlikely Bedfellows: Mines That Run On Solar Or Wind Power
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 25, 2014 -
Mining companies are often seen as dinosaurs when it comes to making changes that will benefit the environment, but that perception may be shifting as some companies turn to renewable energy to cut costs and lighten their carbon footprint.
At first blush, mining and renewable energy seem incongruous. Mining's reputation as a voracious consumer of fossil fuels is well deserved, especially s ...
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Laser makes microscopes way cooler
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 -
Laser physicists have found a way to make atomic-force microscope probes 20 times more sensitive and capable of detecting forces as small as the weight of an individual virus.
The technique, developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU), hinges on using laser beams to cool a nanowire probe to minus 265 degrees Celsius.
"The level of sensitivity achieved after c ...
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Massachusetts Welcomes Community-Owned Solar Project
Rehoboth MA (SPX) Aug 25, 2014 -
With the aim of bringing accessibility and affordability to the state's renewable energy initiatives, key players in Massachusetts renewable energy arena joined Clean Energy Collective (CEC) to celebrate the grand opening of Massachusetts newest utility-scale community-shared solar facility.
The 1 MW Southeastern Massachusetts Community Solar Array in Rehoboth, Mass. is now open to all rat ...
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Artificial Cells Act Like the Real Thing
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 -
Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery, but mimicking the intricate networks and dynamic interactions that are inherent to living cells is difficult to achieve outside the cell. Now, as published in Science, Weizmann Institute scientists have created an artificial, network-like cell system that is capable of reproducing the dynamic behavior of protein synthesis.
This achiev ...
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Pitt engineer turns metal into glass
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 -
Materials scientists have long sought to form glass from pure, monoatomic metals. Scott X. Mao and colleagues did it. Their paper, "Formation of Monoatomic Metallic Glasses Through Ultrafast Liquid Quenching," was recently published online in Nature, a leading science journal.
Mao, William, Kepler Whiteford Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Pitt ...
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On the edge of graphene
Teddington, UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 -
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have discovered that the conductivity at the edges of graphene devices is different to that of the central material.
Local scanning electrical techniques were used to examine the local nanoscale electronic properties of epitaxial graphene, in particular the differences between the edges and central parts of graphene Hall bar devices. Th ...
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