- Russian scientists have invented a battery
that can capture energy not only from the sun, but also from the stars,
the head of a research center at the Dubna Nuclear Institute near Moscow,
said.
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- "Scientists have successfully created
a new substance," Valentin Samoilov announced, "thanks to which
this battery can work on earth, independently of meteorological conditions,
using solar and stellar energy.
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- "This is a battery like no other,"
Samoilov, who heads the Institute's center for applied research, told the
ITAR-TASS news agency, explaining that it could function 24 hours a day
and was twice as effective as an ordinary solar panel at converting light
into electricity.
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- Moreover, Samoilov declared, the new
battery was cheaper than a solar panel.
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- http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/05/29/discovery.shtml
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