Topic: News

A University of Delaware-led consortium has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell efficiency of 42.8 percent from sunlight at standard terrestrial conditions, and will team with DuPont in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project to transition the lab-scale work to an engineering and manufacturing prototype model.

Using a novel technology that adds multiple innovations to a very high-performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform, a consortium led by the University of Delaware has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell efficiency of 42.8 percent from sunlight at standard terrestrial conditions.

Inpatient care provides hope to many addicts but long-term success rates are relatively low. New treatment options allow less expensive in-home care, providing a multi-faceted approach to address brain chemistry, nutrition and behavioral issues. This therapy may be better suited to younger alcoholics who make up the majority of drinkers, as identified by recent studies.

Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and other high profile stars are known to drop $48,000 a month for posh treatment at alcohol recovery centers like Malibu's Promises. They're provided all the trappings of a luxury resort: masseuse, gourmet meals and 500-thread-count sheets. Is it effective? This week's headlines tell the story.

According to an announcement made by George Takei on a national radio show, a new "Star Trek" movie is in the works - scheduled for release next year.

Alternative Approaches has learned that George Takei, who played Sulu on the television show Star Trek, announced on Monday night that a "press conference" will be held on Thursday July 26 regarding the new Star Trek 11 movie. The announcement was made on the radio talk show Coast to Coast AM With George Noory. The movie is scheduled to be released in December 2008.

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Initial "teaser" poster for Star Trek XI.
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A team of researchers from the University of Alberta in Edmonton and the University of Quebec at Rimouski have gathered DNA evidence from adult foxes and their offspring that proves that some arctic foxes are mixing it up when it comes to mating.

Bees do it, chimps do it… Now it seems Arctic foxes do it, too. New research looking at the DNA fingerprints of canids in the Far North has revealed that foxes once thought to be monogamous are in fact quite frisky.

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Muggle-based free fitness website offers workout plans for all prospective and current Hogwarts students. Focusing on exercises which (in theory) improve wand flicking reflexes, boost broomstick speed, and build muscle to fend off (or flee from) many a magical foe, this free website now offers Wizardly Workouts.

Break out the spell books, grab your broomsticks, and go log a workout! Muggle-based fitness website FitResolution.com has released the first ever Wizardly Workouts, helping prepare prospective and current Hogwarts students for what is bound to be their most difficult year to date.

West Coast Green, America's largest residential green building conference, today announced plans for its 2007 event, which will include more speakers, exhibitors and interactive learning spaces for its expected 12,000+ attendees.

West Coast Green, America's largest residential green building conference, today announced plans for its 2007 event, which will include more speakers, exhibitors and interactive learning spaces for its expected 12,000+ attendees.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at West Coast Green 2006.

The suspect being sought by police for making threats against biology lab faculty at a Colorado university now appears to be on the run.

Menachem "Michael" Korn, a member of the Young Earth Creationist group suspected of sending death threats to various biology faculty and others at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is apparently missing. Although police said they will not identify their suspect until an arrest is made, previous reports and comments by University faculty and staff have indicated that Korn is the man in question.

The last installment in the Potter saga has hit the shelves. Fans around the world stand in line to discover who lives and who dies.

The final book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, went on sale today. The book was launched simultaneously across the world.

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The line at Whitcoulls bookstore in the Northlands Mall, Christchurch,
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Organizers announce the upcoming Opportunity Green Conference 2007 along with UCLA organizations; The GSA Sustainable Resource Center and the UCLA Anderson School of Management's Net Impact Chapter.

Opportunity Green announced today the launch of the Opportunity Green Conference 2007 to be held at UCLA on November 17, 2007.

Don’t expect "The Deathly Hallows," released on July 21, to be the last Harry Potter story ever written. According to Salisbury University professor Ernie Bond, children are creating stories of their own on the Web with popular "fan fiction."

For fans of the Harry Potter series - movies and books - this summer is bittersweet: The latest movie installment Order of the Phoenix, one of the darkest and most difficult in the series, has been getting glowing reviews by critics. Yet in less than two weeks the final book in the saga will make its debut and author J.K. Rowling sees no more in the immediate future.