Spark of Genius

While the six-junction III-V technology underlying these new cells is likely too costly at this time to be put to use in everyday rooftop applications, the new cell has great potential for application in concentrated solar panel arrays.

In the next few weeks, the European Union’s Food Safety Authority is expected to classify several types of insects as safe for human consumption.

In 2019, nearly three-quarters of all new energy sources were renewable, the most ever since data collection began in 2001, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

“There’s never been a therapy for treatment-resistant depression that’s broken 55% remission rates in open-label testing,” the team says.

Two major coal plants have now officially closed in the U.K and there are formal plans to shutter all remaining plants by 2024.