New tech promises to make colorful solar cells to jazz up your house

A new generation of 3D-printed solar cells could let buildings generate power through colorful, semi-transparent windows ...
IEEE

Toward Solar Activity Understanding: Multifaceted Insights from SOHO Solar Images and Spectral Analysis for Machine Learning Applications

Abstract: This study leverages machine learning approaches, specifically Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Support Vector Regression (SVR), to predict sunspot numbers using datasets derived from Solar ...
The Debrief

“To See It with This Clarity is Amazing”: Parker Solar Probe’s Closest-Ever Images Reshape Scientists’ Understanding of Solar Storms

Modern society depends on ground-based power and telecommunications systems to keep the world we’re connected to humming. Unfortunately, these systems are prone to fluctuations in solar activity. As ...
Eos

Sunspot Drawings Illuminate 400 Years of Solar Activity

Astronomer Johann Caspar Staudacher sketched these sunspot drawings of long-lasting extreme magnetic storm activity in 1770. Credit: Hayakawa et al., 2017, https ...