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Invisibility cloak makes solar panels work more efficiently

7 July 2017

A new material that hides the metal grid on top of solar panels make them 9 per cent more efficient in lab tests
Sea of Ligeia Mare

Titan's conditions could be just right to power US-sized colony

7 July 2017

Saturn’s largest moon may be able to provide enough wind, solar or tidal power to make human life there a possibility – if we can build the tech to exploit it

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