Word: solarization
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...purchaser of organic essential oils, and to make its new fragrance, Rose Attar, it imports 100% organic rose oil from a 100-year-old family-run distillery in Bulgaria that had previously been shut down for political reasons but now employs a number of local residents. And an experimental solar-powered system at its corporate headquarters lights windowless buildings with rays from...
Astronomers have measured the infrared spectrum of a planet outside our solar system for the first time ever, though they failed to find what they were looking for: signs of water or other molecules necessary for life...
...whole lot, and learn where the gotchas are. He admits that he would like to go to the moon someday, but he doesn't waste his time dreaming. "It's pointless and a distraction. You get people with stars in their eyes looking at ways to conquer the solar system," he says. "I spend more time worrying about which part I have to make next...
...turning green, Burnes says it can be a tough sell. "Offering people something for free is the major attraction," he says. "But it's still hard convincing older people, who can be stuck in their ways." On the home front, some electricians wonder how renewable energy sources such as solar will be priced in future abatement schemes. Or whether local governments will take action to limit the use of domestic air conditioning or impose solar passive elements (such as eaves) in home design...
Surprisingly, the report suggests that by reflecting solar energy, visible airborne particles like sulfates from coal-burning power plants could actually have a cooling effect. But while better filters are reducing pollution's protective haze, invisible--and harmful--carbon emissions are still on the rise...