Solar

Clean tech 2.0: Silicon Valley’s new bet on start-ups fighting climate change

Financial Times: Martin Roscheisen was once at the vanguard of the solar industry, leading a start-up backed by Google’s founders that was set to usher in a green revolution by…

How Space Lasers Could Soon Beam Clean Power Down To Earth

Forbes: The idea of space-based laser weapons orbiting the earth has been a part of popular culture and real life government projects for decades, from James Bond’s Goldeneye to Ronald Reagan’s ambitious “Star Wars” program. Recently, the Pentagon began developing…

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2021

Technology Review: This list marks 20 years since we began compiling an annual selection of the year’s most important technologies. Some, such as mRNA vaccines, are already changing our lives, while others are still a few years off. Below, you’ll find a brief description along with a link to a…

Chilli peppers add spice to perovskite solar cells

Materials Today: Scientists in China and Sweden have determined that a pinch of capsaicin, the chemical compound that gives chili peppers their spicy sting, may be a secret ingredient for creating more stable and efficient perovskite solar cells. Their research, reported…