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A team of scientists studying solar cells made from cadmium telluride, a promising alternative to silicon, has discovered that microscopic "fault lines" within and between crystals of the material act as conductive pathways that ease the flow of electric current.

Now available for Apple and Android phones, the app is an initiative of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) programme, a science and education effort that for over two decades has enabled schools and students in over 110 countries to investigate their local environment and put their observations in a global context hand holding cell phone and clouds.

Showcasing its latest product ranges, Harwin will be on Stand J34 at the Electronic Design Show next month. The Hi-Rel Gecko, Datamate and M300 families will be on display, together with the company’s new introductions to its industry standard connectors and innovative EMC Shielding products.

Harwin, the leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, is showcasing its latest product ranges on Stand J34 at the Electronic Design Show next month. Harwin’s award-winning Hi-Rel Gecko, Datamate and M300 families will be on display, together with the company’s new introductions to its industry standard connectors and innovative EMC Shielding products.

The miniature satellites known as CubeSats already play a variety of roles in space. In future they could also serve as the building blocks of other, larger missions by being docked together in orbit.CubeSats are nanosatellites of standardised dimensions based on multiple 10cm sided cubes, which ESA is employing for both educational and technology-demonstration purposes.

Researchers from Astrophysics and Planetary Science at the Niels Bohr Institute have just been granted 91 million CPU hours on European supercomputers for three major research projects.

A small asteroid designated 2016 RB1 safely flew past Earth September 8th at 10:20am PDT (1:20pm EDT/17:20 UTC) at a distance of about 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers, or just less than 1/10th the distance of Earth to the moon). Because the asteroid's orbit carried it below (or over) Earth's south pole, it did not pass within the orbits of communication or weather satellites.

All over the world, lakes, rivers, and coastal waters are threatened by high nutrient inputs. Nitrate or phosphates from waste-waters or fertilisers causes eutrophication. The consequence: Algae, in particular cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), grow uncontrollably and may release toxic substances.

Microsemi Corporation has announced the company was chosen to supply its master reference oscillator for the US Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite programme for which Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor.

There has been a massive boom in wind power capacity both in Europe and worldwide. In 2015 global installed capacity was around 350 GW, with 135 GW installed in Europe, distributed across some 87,000 wind turbines. Wind power now provides a bigger share (13%) of electricity than nuclear power stations.