Scientists generate heat over 1,000°C with solar power instead of fossil fuel - Tech Xplore
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Instead of burning fossil fuels to smelt steel and cook cement, researchers in Switzerland want to use heat from the sun. The proof-of-concept study, published May 15 in the journal Device, uses synthetic quartz to trap solar energy at temperatures over 1,000…