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Sharp TV

Sharp Unveils Solar-Powered TV

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 04, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (45) | comments 10

For the 1.6 billion people living in areas without utility-supplied electricity, Sharp has designed a TV that can get 100% of its power from the sun. The company plans to exhibit the 26-inch LCD prototype ...





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Seals like it hot

Seals like it hot

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using innovative thermal imaging techniques and CCTV recording, a St Andrews academic has shed new light on previously unseen aspects of the life of seals.


Unprecedented growth seen for solar energy

Technology / Energy

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 9

The head of the federal government's effort to promote solar technology told about 200 industry leaders yesterday that expanding the industry to the level needed by 2030 will require unprecedented levels of growth.


Key to evolutionary fitness: Cut the calories

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Charles Darwin and his contemporaries postulated that food consumption in birds and mammals was limited by resource levels, that is, animals would eat as much as they could while food was plentiful and produce as many offspring ...


Artificial noise saves energy

Artificial noise saves energy

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Against the background of climate change, how can xDSL systems function more energy-efficiently and cost-effectively? Scientists are providing a solution combining existing methods which network providers ...


Microbes fuel energy debate

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microbes may well be the answer to our global energy crisis. By fermenting biomass to produce biofuels, they offer a possible climate-friendly solution to the anticipated shortfall in fossil fuel supply. A review by Professor ...


Wind turbines being constucted at a wind farm on the outskirts of Beijing

China triples wind power capacity goal: report

Technology / Energy

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 9

China has more than tripled its target for wind power capacity to 100 gigawatts by 2020, likely making it the world's fastest growing market for wind energy technology, state press said.


GE Home

General Electric Plans Net-Zero Energy Home by 2015

Technology / Energy

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (16) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using solar panels, wind turbines, appliance monitoring, and on-site energy storage, General Electric has a plan to enable homeowners to cut their annual energy consumption (from the electric ...


Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren

Sweden unveils 'ambitious' clean energy strategy

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Sweden's government on Wednesday presented what it described as Europe's "most ambitious" strategy to improve energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions.


Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise 39 percent by 2030

Global emissions to leap 39 percent by 2030: US

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 11

Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise 39 percent by 2030 as energy consumption surges in the developing world, notably in Asian giants China and India, the United States warned on Wednesday.


The easy way to go green

The easy way to go green

Technology / Energy

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- At last Friday's Energy Night at the MIT Museum, Dr. Keith Collins described his approach to fighting global warming with all the gusto of a really good insurance salesman. But Collins, who ...



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