Green Options

One of the biggest problems with solar cells currently on the market is that they are extremely easy to break. Companies intent on manufacturing any sort of solar powered products have to find solutions, and few have yet been perfect. Hoping to change this trend, Dupont recently announced the launch of two new lines of encapsulants specifically designed to contend with the trials inherent in manufacturing photovoltaic products.

A new collaboration between NASA and the DOE called the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) will hopefully clarify the properties of properties of dark energy, fundamentally advancing physics and astronomy.