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A team of researchers with Johannes Kepler University Linz in Austria has developed an ultrathin solar cell for use in lightweight and flexible applications. In their paper published in the journal Nature Materials, the group describes how they created their solar cells and then tested them with miniature aircraft.

For engineers working with solar cells, two major goals are increasing the amount of electricity that can be harvested from a single cell, and making cells thinner and lighter while still producing the same amount or even more electricity as thicker cells. In this new effort, the research team has found a way to produce a solar cell that is just three micrometers thick, yet is still 12 percent efficient.

To create thinner cells, scientists have turned to new materials, one of which is organolead halide perovskites. They are direct band semiconductors and thus absorb light more efficiently than…

The following video playlist was submitted to CopBlock.org via the submission tab. The person chose not to have his name shared but wanted to let the readers here know about a scary yet educational playlist on YouTube. It seems corebass420 – on YouTube – created a 700+ video playlist of police brutality since 2000. From cops using excessive force, breaking the law, or committing cold-blooded murder, it appears this playlist has the worst of the worst

It didn’t come in a bag, though. 😉

So Mooch is collecting data on our kids. Why should we be surprised? A little loss of our privacy here, a little less freedom there, and pretty soon we have lost it all. Question, will all of this data of our kids be stored in the great new data center in Utah? Here we go:

NEW ALBANY, Ind. – The grumbling in New Albany cafeterias isn’t coming from students’ stomachs. It’s from parents.

How To Make Soap:

Cold Process Method

Ingredients:
*Soap making pot (stainless steal pot is the best)
*Measuring beakers or cups;
*Kitchen scales;
*Thermometer (long ones used to check milk heat for coffee frothing  is perfect);
*Essential or Fragrant oils ;
*Olive Oil (use canola or rice bran as substitute);
*Coconut Oil (use palm or cocoa butter as substitute)
*Lye Solution (Sodium Hydroxide mixed with distilled water);
*Flowers, Resins, Herbs;
*Colors: henna, sandalwood, saffron, clay, juice, coffee, cornmeal, cocoa powder can produce natural colors.
*Goggles and long gloves for safety.

1. Measure out all the soft oils (olive/canola or rice bran oil) and measure all your hard oils (coconut/palm and or cocoa butter) separately. 3/3 ratio is best = 1/3 Olive, 1/3 coconut oil and 1/3 palm.

2. Place solid oils into pot and slowly melt whilst stirring continuously – reach 40-45 degrees using thermometer.

3. Place olive oil (kept at room temperature) in…