Openfaced Silicon Sandwich

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Several years ago, SunPower, a unit of Cypress Semiconductor, (CY) realized the top metal plate was reflecting the sun’s rays, cutting efficiency by reducing the percentage of sunlight converted to electricity. So the company decided to put both plates beneath the silicon. It now has an industry-high efficiency of 22% vs. an average of 16%, … Read more

Self-Serving Service Providers

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All the chatter on the message boards during the outage slowly got around to the subject of switching to Linux; there is no way such a thing could ever happen to Linux users. This is not what Microsoft wants to read, especially on its own forums. The Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) plan became a genuine … Read more

Foldable, Bendable Battery Made from Paper

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It is a battery that looks like a piece of paper and can be bent or twisted, trimmed with scissors or molded into any shape needed. While the battery is only a prototype a few inches (centimeters) square right now, U.S. researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who developed it have high hopes for it in … Read more

Researchers: Cellulosic Biofuels Already Cost-competitive

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So-called ‘second generation’ biofuels – made from lignocellulosic feedstocks like straw, grasses and wood – have long been touted as the successor to today’s grain ethanol, but until now the technology has been considered too expensive to compete. However, recent increases in grain prices mean that production costs are now similar for grain ethanol and … Read more

‘Western’ Diet Tied to Colon Cancer

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The typical Western diet may be more than just hazardous to the health of patients treated for colon cancer. New research suggests it may be deadly. Former patients in the study who ate the most red and processed meats, refined grains, fats, and sugars were about three times as likely to die or have their … Read more

Refining Evangelism as Fisher’s of Men

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“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” — Matthew 4:19 & Mark 1:17 The Washington Career Fellowship is being organized to serve as a comprehensive net. Ours is a program of attraction; conducted as an objective lure for the broadest possible yield. Accordingly, and for purposes of Spiritual instruction, … Read more

Beltway Gambits – A Strategy Blog

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??? . . . .What is a Gambit? Calculated Move: A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage. Any scheme by which one seeks to gain an advantage. Gambit is well established in the general sense of “maneuver” and in the related sense of “a remark intended to open a conversation,” … Read more