Geoengineering techniques may fail to undo climate change

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 16:36

Researchers have showed that reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the planet`s surface by geoengineering may not undo climate change after all.

Scientists find way to boost crop yield

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 23:02

Scientists have found a way to improve yields of some crops by understanding their evolutionary process that made them significantly more productive than others over the years, a study said.

Hydrogen fuel could soon be harness directly from sunlight

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 15:42

Scientists have taken an important step towards meeting at least one of the challenges in their search for clean, green sustainable energy sources.

Sunlight to be beamed onto Norwegian town square

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 13:28

On Monday, workers and technicians were giving the five-million-kroner project a final touch.

Nanowire solar cells come closer to reality

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 20:21

Scientists have shown that a single nanowire can concentrate the sunlight up to 15 times of the normal sun light intensity.

Blocking sunlight could stop Arctic melting

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 19:29

Geoengineering can be applied to save the Arctic ice cap if targeted at specific regions of the planet, rather than cooling everywhere equally

Indian origin scientist unlocks some key secrets of photosynthesis

Last Updated: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 12:10

A new study led by an Indian origin scientist is trying to detail the individual steps of highly efficient reactions that convert sunlight into chemical energy within plants and bacteria.

How plants compete to get sunlight

Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 16:17

Scientists have determined precisely how leaves tell stems to grow when a plant is caught in a shady place.

Tweaking solar cell can double its efficiency

Last Updated: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 16:15

Doubling the amount of sunlight that a solar cell converts into electricity may be possible just by tweaking its tiny parts.

‘More durable and less expensive’ solar cell

Last Updated: Thursday, September 8, 2011, 19:36

Scientists have developed highly efficient electrolyte system for solar cells that can convert sunlight into electricity and retain it for longer period.