New European Record Efficiency For Solar Cells Achieved: 39.7%

Perfecting A Solar Cell By Adding Imperfections
Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the...

'Avalanche Effect' In Solar Cells Demonstrated
Researchers have found irrefutable proof that the so-called avalanche effect by electrons occurs in specific, very small semiconducting crystals....

New efficiency record for solar cells
(Eindhoven University of Technology) Physicist Bram Hoex and colleagues at Eindhoven University of Technology, together with the Fraunhofer Institute...

Inexpensive Solar Cells Made More Efficient With New Sensitizers
Scientists have developed new sensitizers that should help an inexpensive type of solar cell to be more efficient. The sensitizers are based on the...

Stargazing With a Telescope
Revised and updated. Buying a telescope is crucial for enhancing interest in astronomy. With so many choices, how does the beginner choose? Robin...

Complete Bladesmith: Forging Your Way To Perfection
Looking for instructions in bladesmithing that'll put you on the cutting edge of the custom blade market? Then this definitive guide to forging...

Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction...
This is the book to tell the intermediate-level amateur astronomer what he needs to know about observatories. It draws on the author’s practical...