Figure 6 One-sun illuminated cell parameters of Si-NCs/sc-Si heterojunction solar cells.
Problem: finding LEDs with longer wavelengths is difficult, and they're not very efficient ( → very expensive) … The IEC is willing to let us use their new full-sun test cell… if we're willing to wait until december, which, um, we're not.
Over-the-counter products that contain Retinol A can help to normalize sun damaged cells.
CaSki, HeLa, ME-180, and SUN-17 cells were cultured in vitro in RPMI 1640 while C-33A and SiHa cells were cultured in DMEM (Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium).
Moreover, since fermentation leads to the production of metabolites being able to neutralize (quenching) radicals (e.g. pyruvate, lactic acid), fermentation is also used in cells exposed to a high level of radical production by sun light (retinal cells) or high oxygen concentration (endothelial cells).
"I would be in trouble without it," said Dr. Sun, whose stem cell work focuses on an autism disorder called Rett syndrome.
"MacGyver would be in, say, a Turkish prison, and he'd go through his pockets and find a piece of gum and some lint, then use the rays of the sun through his cell window to make a bomb," he said.
Sun, surfing, and cell biology in California?
Reporting in this issue of Developmental Cell, Sun et al.
What Bierman and the others on his team did was to add a step between the sun and the cell: a carefully engineered structure of carbon nanotubes.
