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Feb 9, 2018

First 3D imaging of excited quantum dots

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, quantum physics, solar power, sustainability

Quantum dots are rapidly taking center stage in emerging applications and research developments, from enhanced LCD TVs and thin-film solar cells, to high-speed data transfer and fluorescent labeling in biomedical applications.

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Feb 9, 2018

Observatory Spots Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Zooming Through Space (Video)

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

The Tesla Roadster and its mannequin driver that launched into space aboard SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday (Feb. 6), has been spotted by a telescope on the ground.

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Feb 8, 2018

Tesla Plans to Triple Battery Deployments in 2018

Posted by in category: sustainability

Tesla said residential solar deployments were affected by the short supply of Powerwalls for customers who wanted solar plus Powerwall in their house.

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Feb 8, 2018

Forget curtains. One day, you could block out glare with smart windows that also charge your phone

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, solar power, sustainability

New material pulls double-duty as shade and perovskite solar cell

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Maria Temming

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Feb 8, 2018

SpaceX Successfully Launches The Falcon Heavy With A Tesla Roadster On Board

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

The Falcon Heavy is finally on its way to mars and this rocket has had its fair share of delays. Elon Musk gave us a first glimpse of the rocket a couple of months ago and then a little later announced the unique cargo that it would be carrying. At the start of this year, he announced that the rocket will be launched within the first month but there were more unexpected delays and things finally got back on track as it completed the static test last week.

The Falcon Heavy Rocket launched its test flight successfully from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Millions of fans from all around the globe watched the launch go off without a hitch. The Falcon Heavy has 27 engines which give a thrust equal to 18 Boeing (BA) 747 jetliners making it the biggest rocket ever made. “It’s the biggest rocket in the world by far,” SpaceX CEO Musk told CNN’s Rachel Crane on Monday.

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Feb 7, 2018

First look at Ionity ‘ultra-fast’ charging network map of planned stations

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Ionity, the new ‘ultra-fast’ joint electric car charging network by BMW, Mercedes, Ford and Volkswagen, is slowly starting to take shape in Europe and now we get to see the map of their planned stations for the first time. This new network is believed by many to be the most important electric vehicle charging infrastructure effort since Tesla’s Supercharger network. They are planning 400 stations with a capacity of up to 350 kW across Europe by 2020. They started work on the first 20 stations last year and they plan to hit a total of 100 stations this year. Now we get to see what that netwo…

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Feb 7, 2018

Elon Musk’s Tesla overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to the asteroid belt

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space, sustainability, transportation

Deeper space.

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Feb 4, 2018

Tesla is installing Powerwalls and solar power on 50,000 homes to create biggest virtual power plant in the world

Posted by in categories: energy, habitats, sustainability

Tesla has been making big moves on the energy storage market in Australia, but they are now all being dwarfed by this new project that will see them install solar arrays and Powerwalls on 50,000 homes to create the biggest virtual power plant in the world. The company’s main project has been the 100MW/ 129MWh Powerpack project in South Australia, the largest in the world for now. But now instead of being a large centralized battery system using Tesla’s Powerpacks, the new project announced today is using Tesla’s residential battery system, the Powerwall, to create decentralized energy stora…

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Feb 3, 2018

India’s farmed chickens dosed with world’s strongest antibiotics, study finds

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, health, sustainability

Warning over wider global health impacts after findings reveal hundreds of tonnes of colistin – the ‘antibiotic of last resort’ – are being shipped to India’s farms.

Thu 1 Feb 2018 05.50 EST Last modified on Thu 1 Feb 2018 11.20 EST.

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Feb 2, 2018

Caltech and Grumman partner on Space Based Solar Power Initiative

Posted by in categories: solar power, space travel, sustainability

Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) is a multi-year research in the field of Space Solar Power Initiative conducted by Caltech team in collaboration with Northrop Grumman (NG) Aerospace and Mission Systems division.

SSPI approach: • Enabling technologies developed at Caltech • Ultra-light deployable space structures • High efficiency ultra-light photovoltaic (PV) • Phased Array and Power Transmission • Integration of concentrating PV, radiators, MW power conversion and antennas in single cell unit • Localized electronics and control for system robustness, electronic beam steering • Identical spacecraft flying in formation • Target is specific power over 2000 Watts per kilogram. This would cost competitive with ground-based power.

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