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20-YEAR-OLD HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY THEORY VERIFIED. A French-German team of experimental scientists, led by Philippe Bourges of the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France, reports that it has verified the central prediction of a theory on high-temperature superconductivity developed by Chandra Varma, distinguished professor of physics at UC Riverside. The verification ultimately could assist in the fabrication of materials that are superconducting at room temperature and help settle a contentious, international debate on the fundamental physics of superconductivity and emergent states of matter.

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TEAM REVAMPS ENERGY SYSTEM FOR FUEL-EFFICIENCY, May 16
MIT researchers in the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems are applying new materials, new technologies and new ideas to radically improve an old concept -- thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion of light into electricity.
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USE CHEMISTRY TO TAP SOLAR POWER, PROFESSOR SAYS, May 16
Only the sun, which pours more energy onto the Earth's surface in an hour than the entire planet uses in a year, has the capacity to meet future global energy needs -- but people will have to act fast to make use of it, according to MIT Professor Daniel G. Nocera.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news67007120.html

RISING PRICE OF OIL HIGHLIGHTS AFFORDABLE ENERGY ALTERNATIVES, May 15
With oil prices reaching near near-record highs in recent weeks, calls have grown louder for the U.S. to develop new sources of affordable, domestic energy. Work by experts from The Earth Institute at Columbia University suggests that relatively low-cost alternatives already exist to meet the country's' growing energy demand that would at the same time reduce the need to rely on oil supplies from the Middle East and Latin America.
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