Tuesday 3 July 2012

Solar energy turns over a new leaf with frontier science

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You couldn't ever power a jet aircraft with solar panels, but a 747 might one day be solar powered. It sounds like science fiction, but there is hard science and hard currency being spent to research "artificial photosynthesis" and emulate nature's conversion of photons into powerful chemical bonds that release large amounts of energy.

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