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Solar panels help shade and insulate buildings, study shows
Researchers at UC San Diego show how solar panels act like giant roof shades and insulators, keeping out sun in the summer and holding in heat in the winter.
July 20, 2011
Reduce cost of windpower with wind forecasting?
July 18 marked the launch of the Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP), which is intended to give a boost to the windpower industry, in the U.S.
July 19, 2011
Giant dust storm returns to Phoenix on July 18
Residents of Phoenix, Arizona saw the return of a giant dust storm on July 18, though not as large as the one that plagued the area on July 5.
July 19, 2011
Bruce Collette on the sad state of tuna stocks
Zoologist Bruce Collette told EarthSky why bluefin tuna is among the most important - and distressed - of fishes.
July 19, 2011
Asteroid Vesta seen in 1st Dawn image
NASA engineers estimate that Dawn orbit capture around Vesta took place around 5 UTC Saturday, July 16. This image is from 9,500 miles (15,000 kilometers) away.
July 19, 2011
Invisibility cloaks could someday be a reality
Researchers have achieved the first experimental demonstration that something can be made invisible through temporal cloaking. Read more about potential invisibility cloaks.
July 18, 2011
Mapping empathy in the brain in new research
Using fMRI, researchers show the intuitive and rational parts of the brain work in tandem to create empathy. Read more about empathy in the brain.
July 18, 2011
Gulf of Mexico report: Year 2, Day 35
Ocean Alliance research vessel Odyssey - offshore in the Gulf of Mexico in summer 2011 - reports on its work studying effects of the Gulf oil spill.
July 17, 2011
It’s dry across the US South and Southwest in summer 2011
Here in Texas and for 13 other states in the U.S. South and Southwest, severe drought conditions continue. Read more about dry weather.
July 17, 2011
River disappears in aftermath of 3 earthquakes on July 12, 2011
A river disappears: Villagers believe that the missing water is being held up by a debris dam that was created by landslides triggered in the earthquakes.
July 16, 2011
