First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) total area module efficiency from 14.4% (set in January 2012) to 16.1%, as confirmed in tests by the US Department of Energy's ...
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The Hennessey Venom GT is the world’s fastest production car available for public purchase, after registering a top speed over 427km/h. The US-built Lotus Elise/Exige-based Hennessey Venom GT, powered by a twin-turbocharged General ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that the record for energy conversion efficiency of a commercial-ready production solar cell reported in October by Solar Junction was ...
The Nike She Runs event series, now in its fourth year, delivers a positive sports experience to female runners in countries where women’s sports participation is continuing to gain momentum. The global race series inspires women to ...
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An Audi RS6 has set a new world record to become the fastest car on ice, reaching speeds of nearly 340km/h. Completed on a 12km ice track in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden, driver Janne Laitinen pushed the ...
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A gigantic sweater, approximately 151 feet long and 52.5 feet wide, has grabbed the title of world’s largest sweater in the Guinness Book of World Records. The world record setting garment was recently unveiled at Istanbul’s ...
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Germany-based global sportlifestyle brand PUMA has introduced the Usain Bolt line of men's athletic apparel featuring Santa Monica, Calif.-based Hologenix LLC's Celliant technology. The line is named for Usain Bolt, the ...
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The talented American artist Inez Harwood has set a Guinness World record by creating the world’s longest tie-and-dye piece of cloth under her Liberty project, which strives to spread awareness about America’s dying textile ...
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Solar Junction of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes III-V multi-junction solar cells for concentrated photovoltaics (CPV), has signed a co-development agreement with Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale CPV solar power ...
EPFL’s Institute of Microengineering(IMT) has achieved a 10.7% efficiency single-junction microcrystalline silicon solar cell, surpassing the previous world record of 10.1% held by the Japanese company Kaneka Corporation since 1998, ...
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Aurora World is producing a new Garfield plush range. The Garfield cartoon was first introduced in 1978 and is now featured in over 2,100 newspapers across the globe, holding the Guinness World Record for the most syndicated cartoon ...
The Netherlands - ISE 2013 saw record numbers of exhibitors and visitors. The show's final total of 44,151 registered attendees represents an 8% increase on 2012's world record of 40,869. Just under 900 exhibitors - also a record for ISE - ...
Sealed Air Corporation, the makers of Bubble Wrap brand cushioning, and 366 students from Hawthorne High School joined forces to set an official Guinness World Records title to celebrate the 13th Annual Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. Held on ...
The Hennessey Venom GT has set a new world record to become the quickest street-legal production car ever to make the dash from 0-300km/h. With Guinness World Records officials and VBox timing specialists on hand, the Venom GT set an ...
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At this year’s Summernats 26 car festival in Canberra, the Guinness World Record was broken for the most number of cars in a simultaneous burnout. A total of 69 cars took part in the tyre-frying, record-breaking event, creating a ...