Los Angeles is paving the way to be the world’s best when it comes to using solar power for it’s city energy consumption. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced yesterday the city’s plan to use solar power for ten percent of all it’s energy needs by 2020. Currently the city only uses solar for a mere one [...]

Researchers at the University of South Florida have developed solar cells that a quarter the size of a grain of rice. When 20 of them are grouped together in an array, they can generate about 7.8 volts of electricity. While 7.8 volts doesn’t sound like much, the potential applications for these tiny cells are pretty [...]

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