Cost Competitive Electricity from Photovoltaic Concentrators Called 'Imminent'
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Solar concentrators using highly efficient photovoltaic solar cells will reduce the cost of electricity from sunlight to competitive levels soon, attendees were told at a recent international conference on the subject. Herb ...
Green Power from Chicken Litter
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Gas Technology Institute (GTI) has successfully demonstrated that chicken litter can be gasified to produce hydrogen and generate electricity using a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). Under a project funded by the U.S. Department ...
A Giant Leap Towards The Moon
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It was on July 20, 1969 that "Eagle", the lunar module landed on moon and American Astronaut Neil Armstrong took "that one small step" paving way for "a giant leap for mankind".
Shark skin saves naval industry money
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Covering ship hulls with artificial shark skin could help ships sailing smoothly. The growth of marine organisms such as barnacles on ship hulls is a major cause of increased energy costs in the naval industry. Shark skin ...
Expert says universe hard to understand
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London delegates to a global conference on the future have been warned that our universe may be just "too queer" to understand.
Caution urged in human-ape brain stem test
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Researchers were cautioned Friday about brain disease experiments that would involve putting human brain stem cells into monkeys or apes.
The Devils of Mars
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When humans visit Mars, they'll have to watch out for towering electrified dust devils Ah, Martian summer! Finally, the days are long, just like on dear old Earth. And daytime highs rocket all the way up ...
Tokyo quake fault line is re-evaluated
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A new survey suggests the fault line beneath Tokyo is miles closer to the surface than seismologists realized, Nature.com reported Thursday.
Watching the birth and death of exotic molecules
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Researchers from Korea, Italy, France and the ESRF have just observed how a molecule changes structure after being hit with a short flash of laser light. Thanks to very intense pulses of X-rays from the synchrotron and novel ...
NEC Develops Mobile Router Enabling Broadband Communication from High-Speed Mobile Objects
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Realizes wide-range ubiquitous network through wireless LAN & 3G tie-up NEC Corporation today announced that it has succeeded in the development of a mobile router that enables seamless broadband communication from high-speed mobil ...
Stratos To Bring Prepaid SMS To Maritime Crews
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Stratos Global announced Thursday the introduction of SMSCrewMail, a new prepaid short message system (SMS) and text e-mail service for maritime crewmembers seeking a cost-effective way to stay in touch with family and friends ...
Scientists reverse memory loss in mice
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University of Minnesota researchers Thursday announced they reversed memory loss for the first time in mice with significant brain degeneration.
Russian Space Agency To Launch Kliper Project
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The Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos) is about to start its Kliper launch vehicle project, the head of the agency told a Moscow press conference Thursday, reports RIA Novosti.
Tree-killing beetle found in California
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The Asian Longhorned Beetle, an imported pest that has devoured trees in the New York area, recently turned up at a Sacramento warehouse.
Haystack marks physics milestone
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MIT's Haystack Observatory celebrated the World Year of Physics last month with a lecture on "The Fourth Test of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity," a key experiment conducted at the observatory during the 1960s.
