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- Report Warns New York’s Indian Point Nuclear Plant is Vulnerable to Terrorist Attacks Thu, 22 Aug 13, 3:39amA new report by the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project warns that the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant located just 38 miles north of New York City is practically defenseless against terrorist attacks...
- Introducing the Quantum Refrigerator – the coolest cool tech Tue, 12 Mar 13, 10:00pmSince Willis just published an essay on refrigeration systems and how the Earth has its own version, I thought this story might be fun and educational...
- New Total Solar Irradiation (TSI) baseline value – solar min measured lower in 2008 Sat, 15 Jan 11, 10:15amFrom a new paper by Dr. Greg Kopp and Dr. Judith Lean, new finding on the solar minimum TSI in 2008: The most probable value of total solar irradiance representative of solar minimum is 1360.8 ± 0.5 W m−2, lower …...
- Spray-On Solar Cells Come One Step Closer to Reality Sat, 3 Apr 10, 1:01amEver think about how amazing it would be if tech as complex as solar cells could be simply sprayed onto a surface? A group of researchers found that a common organic semiconductor may make that situation a reality...