Word: crystal
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InnovaLight Inc. wants to help. The company's process for reducing silicon to nanosize, light-sensitive crystal dots could revolutionize solar energy and lighting. The start-up, which just moved to Santa Clara from St. Paul, Minn., claims it will be the first to market with a silicon nanoparticle solvent--silicon "ink"--that would mean lower-cost printing of silicon nanoparticles on polymer sheets. That, in turn, would mean lower-cost solar energy because nanosize silicon is a more efficient converter of solar energy to electricity than previously used materials. It could also mean a nanoparticle light "bulb" that would...
...will never end. The most artistically developed sequence involves Charlie and Vic dragging a trunk, which is filled with an overweight hit man, across a dilapidated bridge in the dead of night. The scene is oddly picturesque: a large gray hill in the foreground is overwhelmed by a crystal blue sky, with the actors visible by their shadowed outlines. With an unoriginal plot, dull setting, and lack of humor, all “The Ice Harvest” has to offer is its over-the-top violence. However, the unadulterated gore and violence does more to repulse the viewer than...
SPEND SOME TIME talking with designer Kara Ross about her jewelry collection, and it's hard to miss her repeated use of the words light and movement. Just one glance at a table filled with her golf-ball-size rock-crystal-quartz rings and Maltese crosses, and it's clear that this 40-year-old mother of four likes the kind of jewelry that starts conversations. But don't be fooled. ?They might seem big, but they move,? she says, standing in her sunny, cramped home office that serves as a make-shift showroom...
...that is slightly unraveled now looks chic. The Canadian luxury label Ports 1961 takes its inspiration from the worn-in look of a global traveler?albeit one who stops in exotic locales. Costume-jewelry designer Roxanne Assoulin is selling out of her slightly rough-around-the-edges ribbon-and-crystal necklaces for Lee Angel...
...JEANS Casual meets luxe in a 7 For All Mankind/The Great China Wall collection of embellished clothing, including three ?levels? of crystal-adorned denim in classic washes and fits. Level A retains a signature sunburst on the front panel and back pockets; Level B adds paisley-shaped swirls; and in Level C, above, the entire front and both legs are studded with Swarovski...