Scaling Up Solar Power
Applied Materials makes the equipment needed to produce the biggest solar panels in the world.
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Nervy Repair Job
Douglas Smith mechanically stretches living nerves to grow resilient transplants.
Making Solar Cells with Pure Pyrite
Cyrus Wadia is using abundant materials to grow nanocrystals for cheaper photovoltaics.
Mining Fool's Gold for Solar
Cyrus Wadia is using abundant materials to grow nanocrystals for cheaper photovoltaics.
A Touch of Ingenuity
An inexpensive pressure-sensitive pad could make surfaces smarter.
Construction of the Ares I-X Rocket
The U.S. space agency readies the first test flight of the vehicle destined for the moon.
Building NASA's Future
The U.S. space agency readies the first test flight of the vehicle destined for the moon.
Electronic Textiles Being Made
Textiles coated with carbon nanotubes form electronic sensors that look and feel like ordinary cotton.
Nanotubes Come into Fashion
Textiles coated with carbon nanotubes form electronic sensors that look and feel like ordinary cotton.
How Lasers Can Heal Surgeons' Incisions
Lasers and a century-old dye could supplant needles and thread.
