Ray of hope for solar mission
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NASA scientists said yesterday they had recovered some intact materials from the wreckage of the Genesis space capsule that fell to Earth this week and were hopeful the mission to gather solar atoms could be salvaged.
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PARIS -- Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe, and limitless energy. A multinational pact signed yesterday may bring that dream a step closer to reality.
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Solar rays can help protect against some cancers and heart disease, say scientists
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Scientists have struggled for years to make electricity from the sunâs light at a cost competitive with power from coal or natural gas. The challenges are formidable.
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Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe and limitless energy.Comment
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In an advance that could lead to lighter spacecraft and smarter cars, researchers have developed a new technique for producing a high-quality semiconductor that&#39;s much more resistant to extreme conditions than the silicon found in most of today&#39;s
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A spacecraft in solar orbit reached almost directly above   the south pole of the Sun last week, giving   scientists a rare glimpse of this unfamiliar territory.
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A NASA-led team is studying the construction of a railway in space for a pair of telescopes that will provide views of planet, star, and galaxy formation in unprecedented detail. The proposed Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) mission will also examine the atmospheric chemistry of giant planets around other stars.
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The United States space agency Nasa has salvaged precious solar dust from the $260-million Genesis capsule that crashed to Earth three weeks ago.
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Also: Space station spreads its solar wings. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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NASA scientists said Friday they had recovered some intact materials from the wreckage of the Genesis space capsule that crashed this week and were hopeful that the mission to gather solar atoms could be salvaged.
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A push into the solar sector could benefit the company.
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The first solar-wind samples recovered from the crashed Genesis space capsule will be examined by researchers in California. The Genesis crashed earlier this month into Utah&#39;s west desert.
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A space capsule set to plunge into Earth&#39;s atmosphere with a piece of the Sun this Wednesday has spawned additional projects ranging from spacecraft design to the detection of dangerous asteroids.
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A University of Idaho professor is devising a new form of solar cell she says could lead to a breakthrough that would make solar energy commercially feasible.
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The five-decade quest for cheap solar power has produced an alternative energy that's still about four times more expensive than conventional electricity. But a group of local physicists, engineers and astronomers hope to be the first to break the cost barrier of solar energy.
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In a few weeks, scientists from across the world will gather in the New Mexico desert to compete for one of the strangest and most ambitious technological competitions ever devised. Some researchers will unveil robots, powered by solar panels, which will climb long lengths of cable.