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In this TED talk, Kirk Sorenson discusses the possibility that using Thorium in nuclear reactions, we could very well have an abundunt, viable source of energy that could end our energy crisis or at least give our species enough time to invent an ultimate safe and renewable energy source. Related articles Thorium: Holy Grail Of [...]

Thorium Reactors may very well be the future of Nuclear Power. Thorium is readily available and can be turned into energy with all the nasty by-products of traditional reactions. This stuff was first discovered in World War II but it was ignored because it was too unstable for use in munitions. I believe Thorium reactors [...]

(PhysOrg.com) — Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have reported the first solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has an external quantum efficiency greater than 100 percent when photoexcited with photons from the high energy region of the solar spectrum. The external quantum efficiency for photocurrent, usually expressed as a percentage, is the number [...]

    The folks over at MIT have created something special. Sheila Kennedy is my new hero scientist. Her hard work is going to revolutionize the Solar Industry. Here’s the story. Sheila Kennedy, an expert in the integration of solar cell technology in architecture who is now at MIT, creates designs for flexible photovoltaic materials that may [...]