May 21, 2012
128 photos of the solar eclipse
Pictured: The solar eclipse from Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colo, on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post

128 photos of the solar eclipse

Pictured: The solar eclipse from Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colo, on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post

(Source: The Denver Post)

May 11, 2012

Boulder, Colorado, couple fulfill lifelong dream, living large in a 133-square-ft. home

Some homeowners prefer the sprawl of suburban McMansions. Others opt for cozy old bungalows near city centers.

Not too many opt for a 133-square-foot home — you read that correctly — that on first glance looks not much larger than a Great Dane’s doghouse.

But Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller did just that. The Boulder couple built a 7-by-19-foot wooden house whose foundation is a two-axle trailer bed. Last week, they towed it to a 5-acre patch of isolated hillside 20 minutes outside this town, which sits on South Park’s eastern edge.

Could you live in (or share) a space this small?

July 29, 2011
New Solar Cells Printed on Paper May Make Green Power More Portable
BLOOMBERG NEWS—The next generation of solar cells may be printed on ordinary paper.
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created  ultra-thin paper cells that gather enough juice to power an LCD clock and  can be glued to a briefcase, stapled to a hat or folded into a pocket.
The research is a first step toward a cheap  and lightweight source of renewable energy that, within two years, may  be used for everything from charging an iPad to warming up clothing,  researchers said.
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(Photo by Miles C. Barr, Bloomberg)

New Solar Cells Printed on Paper May Make Green Power More Portable

BLOOMBERG NEWS—The next generation of solar cells may be printed on ordinary paper.

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created ultra-thin paper cells that gather enough juice to power an LCD clock and can be glued to a briefcase, stapled to a hat or folded into a pocket.

The research is a first step toward a cheap and lightweight source of renewable energy that, within two years, may be used for everything from charging an iPad to warming up clothing, researchers said.

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(Photo by Miles C. Barr, Bloomberg)

June 8, 2011
AP: A solar flare erupted from the sun in an impressive display captured by NASA cameras, but scientists say the medium-sized event will have a minimal impact, if any, on Earth. (Photo by NASA via The Associated Press)

AP: A solar flare erupted from the sun in an impressive display captured by NASA cameras, but scientists say the medium-sized event will have a minimal impact, if any, on Earth. (Photo by NASA via The Associated Press)

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