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Sol Chip Creates The Everlasting Solar Battery By Johnathan Leow, NoCamels · July 22, 2013 · 3 Comments Environment News · Tagged: batteries, Environment News, infinite, sol-chip, solar power Environment News: Sol Chip Creates The Everlasting Solar Battery A battery with infinite power. Has the Israeli company Sol Chip found the way to do it? The Haifa-based company has developed the world’s first solar battery that is able to recharge itself to power wireless sensors and mobile electronics devices. Operable in sunlight and low-light environments, the batteries are a result of the cross pollination of solar cell and microchip technologies....

Federal officials at the General Services Administration are set to hawk an extraordinary item this week: a plane that once served as Air Force One. The plane flew every president from Ford to George W., VPs and VIPs -- and it can be yours for as little as $50,000.

The world’s seemingly relentless march toward overpopulation achieved a notable milestone in 2012: Somewhere on the planet, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the 7 billionth living person came into existence. Lucky No. 7,000,000,000 probably celebrated his or her birthday sometime in March and added to a population that’s already stressing the planet’s limited supplies of food, energy, and clean water. Should this trend continue, as the Los Angeles Times noted in a five-part series marking the occasion, by midcentury, “living conditions are likely to be bleak for much of humanity.” A somewhat more arcane milestone, meanwhile, generated no media...

Navy Secretary James H. Webb Jr. resigned today, sharply criticizing Defense Secretary Frank C. Carlucci's plan to cut the Navy's fleet and his approach to managing the Pentagon. His abrupt departure, which took Pentagon officials by surprise, was the most visible sign to date of turmoil within the military hierarchy over next year's budget, which keeps military spending virtually flat, at $299.5 billion, and reduces the size of the armed forces. Administration officials said President Reagan planned to appoint William L. Ball 3d, his assistant for legislative affairs, to succeed Mr. Webb. Mr. Webb's resignation is effective upon the President's...

I just got back from the Supreme Court. It was an interesting experience sitting in the Courtroom as the opinion in the Obamacare case was read. And, by now, if you’re like me, you’ve gotten37 million pre-written press releases from every elected official in Virginia and most nationally either celebrating the individual mandate’s survival, or decrying this as the darkest day in the union’s history. The truth lies, as it usually does with Supreme Court decisions, somewhere in the middle. In my opinion, however, the bulk of the victory lays with those of us on the right. While we may...

The Lebanese army has admitted to one rocket attack on Israel overnight but said it does not know who fired it. Hizbullah has not commented. "We know that a rocket was fired from the region of Rmaish and we are investigating," an army spokesman told AFP. The village is in southern Lebanon, thoroughly under Hizbullah control. The IDF said “a number of rockets” exploded in the western Galilee, causing damage but no injuries. One missile hit a gas canister and caused a fire. Most reports said that four missiles were fired.

Two Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon at western Galilee overnight located. IDF's Northern Command placed on high alert; UNIFIL to investigate incident The IDF confirmed Tuesday that two Katyusha rockets were fired at the western Galilee from Lebanon on Monday night. No injuries were reported, but several structures sustained damage. The IDF's Northern Command has been placed on high alert following the fire. The military stressed that Israel holds the Lebanese government responsible for the indicent.

Mars-500” project is being conducted by the State scientific center of the Russian Federation – Institute for Bio-Medical Problems of RAS under the aegis of Roscosmos and Russian Academy of Sciences. It includes a series of experiments simulating these or those aspects of an interplanetary manned flight. The main part is a series of experiments on long-term isolation of the crew in conditions of the specially built ground-based experiment facility.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - It's Election Day and polling places across Hampton Roads and all over Virginia are busy with the hustle and bustle of people checking in to vote. This morning, some voters in Suffolk hit a registration snag when they appeared in the electronic poll log as absentee voters. Voting officials said a few voters had to visit the registrar's office to confirm they were not registered as absentee voters. Voting officials then started cross-checking the electronic log against the paper poll log, which had correct voter information according to voting officials. It seems if voters registered to...

A shipwreck apparently containing toxic waste is being investigated by authorities in Italy amid claims that it was deliberately sunk by the mafia.An informant from the Calabrian mafia said the ship was one of a number he blew up as part of an illegal operation to bypass laws on toxic waste disposal.

NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities. The discovery will be published Friday in the journal Science.

DOSWELL, Va. - Was it a UFO or something else that hovered in the sky over Kings Dominion Amusement Park this weekend? That's the question many are asking after watching a video posted on You Tube. The video shows a large dark hollow circle formation in the middle of the sky, near one of the park's rides. WAVY.com contacted Kings Dominion, which is located 20 miles North of Richmond. A spokesperson said it is a smoke ring from the park's Volcano ride. Whatever it was, it has people talking. Let us know what you think by leaving your comments below...

Celebrated since 1985 the first Monday through Sunday in May, Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) is a time set aside to honor the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees and ensure that our government is the best in the world. Throughout the nation and around the world, public employees use the week to educate citizens about the work that they do and why they have chosen public service careers, as well as the many ways government services make life better for all of us. National Mall Celebration The capstone celebration is...

Meteorolgists are investigating and trying to explain widespread reports on the Eastern Seaboard of flashing lights and a noise that sounded like a loud explosion in the sky last night. A spokesman for Virginia Beach police said the city's emergency call center received dozens of calls shortly after 9:30 p.m. Sunday reporting "a loud explosion, like a 'boom,' that rattled their windows." He said several of the callers also described a bright flash of light accompanying the sound. The National Weather Service received similar reports along the East Coast along the Eastern Shore and into Maryland around the same time....

President Obama's stimulus bill discriminates against Christians and people of faith. The stimulus bans universities and colleges from using funds to renovate buildings where students engage in "religious worship." U.S. Senator Jim DeMint made the following statement after Democrats voted 43-54 against his amendment to strike from the economic stimulus bill language that discriminates against people of faith. Senator DeMint's amendment would have eliminated a provision that bans any university or college receiving restoration funds, from allowing "sectarian instruction" or "religious worship" within the facility. This would in effect bar use of campus buildings for groups like Fellowship of Christian...

DNC Made Error on Fundraising Letter The Democratic National Committee will refund donations collected through an email that then-incoming DNC Chairman Timothy M. Kaine sent on Jan. 16, two days after the start of Virginia's annual legislative session. DNC officials said they made a mistake by putting a standard "Please Donate" button at the bottom of the email in which Kaine wrote to supporters about the future of the Democratic party. Under Virginia law, Kaine is prohibited from raising money for himself or state political committees during the 45-day legislative session, which began Jan. 14. That does not necessarily apply...

India's moon mission may lift off Oct 19 Bangalore/New Delhi, Sep 18 : Weather permitting, India's maiden moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, may lift off Oct 19 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, scientists associated with the odyssey indicated Thursday. "The tentative date is Oct 19," they said in Bangalore after completing all the work on the cuboid-shaped 590 kg spacecraft that will carry 11 payloads. Meanwhile, the government Thursday approved a sequel to the mission few years down the line. "The union cabinet today gave its approval for undertaking lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 and upgrading the associated existing ground segment at a total...

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, which typically handles just one aircraft carrier at a time, will be home to three carriers at once this fall, said Navy Capt. Joseph Campbell, the yard's commanding officer. The three carriers make up one-quarter of the nation's flattop fleet and are scheduled to be in the yard simultaneously for several weeks. The USS Harry S. Truman arrived at the yard Jan. 9. It will be joined by the USS Theodore Roosevelt in September and the USS George Washington in October. The Truman is scheduled to depart in November.

"It was hot that day… hot as hell itself. The sweat poured from our skin rolling like water off a ducks back. Our routine patrol has been pushed back an hour to 15:00, it would be dark in a few hours and the cool night breeze would soon blow refreshingly upon us. But darkness and cold would come sooner than we expected. Our mission was simple, patrol a major highway to maintain an American presence and disrupt insurgent activity. For us that meant just another sweaty ride around the block, a handful of jokes to pass the time, and maybe...

TO: THOMAS. YOU ARE THE BEST LITTLE BROTHER! I -- On a sign posted in Thomas Tatem's hospital room. DURHAM, N.C. When a nurse finally delivered the bag of deep-red liquid to Lisa Tatem, she cradled it like the most fragile piece of glass. She stood motionless in the hospital hallway and stared. "My God," Tatem whispered. "That's really it." Inside the pouch decorated with a "Finding Nemo" sticker were cells from her daughter's bone marrow, the soft tissue that makes blood cells needed to fight disease. Those cells, invisible to the eye, could heal her two other children -...