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Scientists make spray-on solar cells efficiencies close to silicon

To date the most efficient way of making solar cells is using silicon. Now a team of scientists at the University of Sheffield in...

Eole’s double-duty turbines wick water from wind

Pull free, safe drinking water straight from the sky! The earth's atmosphere is a huge freshwater reserve, packed with 13,000 cubic kilometers of moisture, yet...

Jordan’s 52.2 MW Shams solar energy PV plant built with First Solar

Two years after passing its Renewable Energy and Efficiency Law (REEL) Jordan is moving forward with what will be the largest  largest solar photovoltaic...

Israel’s 420 MW leads the Middle East in solar installations by a landslide

While solar power plant installations jump to a new annual record this year, according to the Worldwatch Institute, global trends show that despite all the...

2014 brings Earth its hottest quarter-year ever!

Two credible scientific datasets are suggesting that Earth, like George Clooney or Elle MacPherson, is getting hotter with age. Buckle your seat-belts and let the Climate Change debate begin! The past three...

A DIY hack to make your air conditioner cooler

Allergic to home improvement? Here's an easy DIY chore you shouldn't sneeze at.  It will clean your air,  increase its "coolness", and save you...

Luxor’s 160 kW solar energy plants would make sun god Ra proud

Luxor home to some of Egypt's greatest temples has something to solute over: the city has started its first 80kW solar energy plant, worth...

Solar panels and saving money at home

How would you like to save money by no longer paying electric bills? There are several ways in which this can be accomplished. The...

After America’s fossil water goes dry, will the Middle East follow?

Ample fresh water supplies for agriculture and drinking by the world's burgeoning population are becoming more and more scarace these days due to over-consumption and...

Bahrain generates oil and brains using 5 MW solar power

In a move to diversify its energy package Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) launched its first pilot solar power project this past June in Awali, in the...

Elon Musk’s SolarCity inks huge solar deal in NYC

Tesla's Elon Musk has made serious inroads to implement widespread use of electric vehicles, but he's also got a hand in one of the most important solar energy...

Massive solar panel factory opens in Qatar, long overdue

Qatar Solar Energy has unveiled a massive factory that will produce high quality solar panels that make the most of the desert sun, a...

Renewable energy and traditional baking cooperation in Palestine

Erella Dunayevsky bats a red balloon at a little girl, who chases it giggling. It could be any grandmother and grandchild playing together. But...

Studio Cheha’s awesome optical illusion makes flat LED lamps look 3D

Studio Cheha's Nir Chehanowski has designed an extraordinary flat LED lamp that looks three dimensional. Called Bulbing, the lamp is made of high quality materials and...

Egypt’s environmental suicide by coal

Egypt's ongoing energy issues, compounded by its current political and economic problems, appear to be going from bad to worse. This is especially so...

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Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

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Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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