+ 13.08.2011 + Some of the world’s poorest countries have made impressive gains in the fight against poverty, but the least developed countries still lag in efforts to improve living standards, the United Nations said today in a report showing significant overall progress towards achieving the global targets against extreme poverty.

+ 11.08.2011 + Our team of radiation experts has found high levels of radiation in seafood caught by Japanese fishermen off the coast of Japan.

+ 09.08.2011 + The Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) increases the conversion efficiency of scre­en-prin­ted silicon solar cells from today’s 17.0 to 18.5% to a new record value of 19.4%.

+ 07.08.2011 + How can solar modules be made lighter in application, more flexible in form, more efficient in current yield, more attractive in design, and more cost-effective to produce?

+ 06.08.2011 + European study maps out developments of Europe's electricity and gas infrastructure until 2050.

+ 06.08.2011 + Solar Frontier announced that all production lines at its flagship 900MW Kunitomi Plant in Miyazaki, Japan, have reached commercial operations.

+ 05.08.2011 + Breeding crops with roots a metre deeper in the ground could lower atmospheric CO2 levels dramatically, with significant environmental benefits, according to research by a leading University of Manchester scientist.

+ 05.08.2011 + A new book compresses the major discoveries of the last 40 years of research on polar bears into a comprehensive book about the ecology and natural history of polar bears.

+ 04.08.2011 + First Solar, Inc. announced it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell efficiency, reaching 17.3 percent with a test cell constructed using commercial-scale manufacturing equipment and materials.

+ 02.08.2011 + Last week sees EuPD Research publish a new publication titled “PV Thin Film Guidebook 2011“.