A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals a noticeable change in how Earth reflects sunlight. Over the past two decades, the planet has shown a decline in ...

The purpose of optical coatings is to change the reflectivity of optical surfaces. According to the materials and physical phenomena which are used one can in principle distinguish metallic and ...

The Earth became darker from 2001 to 2024, meaning it reflects less sunlight, a research team reports in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The development is more pronounced ...

A research team has analyzed the effects of different substrates on PV module performance and has found that ground soil achieves the highest efficiency at 21.1%, followed by grass (19.6%), wood ...