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Radiative cooling. Solar heat. All from one system, no electricity needed.

The study describes passive cooling system that aims to help impoverished communities, reduce coo...

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New solar absorber could improve efficiency of solar thermal technology

A team of researchers discovered a low-cost way to significantly increase the amount of solar ene...

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A new way to store solar heat

A new material could harvest sunlight by day, release heat on demand hours or days later. Th...

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System can sterilize medical tools using solar heat

A device used to sterilize medical tools in hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ and dentists&r...

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A new way to store thermal energy

A new chemical composite developed by researchers at MIT could be used to store heat from the sun...

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Hybrid system designed to harvest 'full spectrum' of solar energy

A new concept could bring highly efficient solar power by combining three types of technologies t...

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Saving heat until you need it

A new concept for thermal energy storage involves a material that absorbs heat as it melts and re...

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