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"Offensively cheap": Solar power is looking up
Chinese-made panels on rooftops across the world are changing the facts of life for big utilities.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Ars Technica
A new solar cell could generate electricity underwater
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The trick isn't using perovskites—the trick is making them last.
Key facts
- Reported by Ars Technica and published Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:03:16 UTC.
Why it matters
Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.
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A new solar cell could generate electricity underwater
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After ‘tense negotiations’ with OpenAI, California enacts law named for teen who consulted ChatGPT before suicide. It could become a national standard
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Striving for perfection could impact well-being of gifted youth
The pressure to be perfect may intensify for kids once they get into high school—especially for those labeled as "gifted," according to a new University of Georgia study published in Gifted Child Quarterly.
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Novel solvent recipe boosts efficiency of organic solar cells
In a study recently published in the Chemical Engineering Journal, a research team from National Taiwan University and international collaborators have developed a straightforward solvent-mixing strategy to significantly boost the performance of next…
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How the 2024 solar superstorm drained Earth's radiation belt
In May 2024, Earth experienced its most intense geomagnetic storm since the Halloween storms of 2003.
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