Researchers to test long-term viability of solar panels
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According to the International Energy Agency, the rapid growth of solar energy generation puts renewables on track to meet almost half of global electricity demand by 2030.
Researchers at Binghamton University’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science want to ensure that solar panels are not causing a pollution problem like the fossil fuels they are replacing.
Song Fang, a researcher with the University of Oklahoma, has been awarded funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to create training-free detection methods and novel countermeasures to protect sensitive information from emerging wireless eavesdropping techniques.
A new study has uncovered alarming evidence that bisphenols (BPs) —plastic-related chemicals known to disrupt hormones—are accumulating and magnifying through Arctic food webs.