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Submission + - Start-Up With Solar Energy Cheaper Than Coal? (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Sergeant Pepper
Sergeant Pepper writes: Nanosolar, a heavily financed Silicon Valley start-up whose backers include Google's co-founders, plans to announce Tuesday that it has begun selling its innovative solar panels which are made using a device very much like an ink-jet printer. It lays down the components of a photovoltaic cell onto a thin sheet of aluminum that is thinner, lighter, and much less fragile than older silicon cells and will cost about $2 per watt while, according to the Department of Energy, building a new coal plant costs about $2.1 a watt, plus the cost of fuel and emissions.
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - New Treatment Brings Patients Back From The Dead (wcco.com)

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Sergeant Pepper
Sergeant Pepper writes: "
Doctors in Philadelphia are testing a revolutionary new treatment that is restoring life and bringing people back from the dead. During cardiac arrest, the heart stops beating. It's a trauma alert and people are often declared dead within minutes. But now doctors at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital are bringing people back from the dead. Dr. Lance Becker and his team are challenging fate with breakthrough new treatments that could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
And no, it does not cause you to turn into a zombie and start craving human flesh."
Science

Nano Light-Emitting Fibers In the Lab 67

Posted by kdawson from the just-apply-an-electric-field dept.
moscowde writes "Researchers at Cornell University have created a so-called Nano-Lamp — a microscopic collection of light-emitting fibers with dimensions of only a few hundred nanometers. The fibers are made of a polymer spiked with ruthenium molecules in a process dubbed 'electrospinning.' The bright spots on the fibers are smaller than the wavelength of the light they emit. The nanofiber glows bright orange when exposed to an electric field and can be seen in the dark with the naked eye. A professor at Princeton University called this 'a breakthrough in the way nanosize light sources are made.' Since the nanofibers are flexible, they could potentially be used in clothing or bendable computer displays."

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