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Roos have less impact on the environment: study

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

A comparative study of the energy requirements of kangaroos and sheep has concluded roos have far less impact on the environment than once thought.


How Much Energy Goes Into Making a Bottle of Water?

How Much Energy Goes Into Making a Bottle of Water?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (44) | comments 39

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people who buy bottled water have access to clean drinking water virtually for free (in the US, tap water costs less than a penny per gallon, on average). Nevertheless, the consumption ...





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Sharp Introduces New Solar Module for Mobile Devices

Sharp Introduces New Solar Module for Mobile Devices

Technology / Energy

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sharp Corporation has developed and will introduce into the global market the new LR0GC02 Solar Module for Mobile Devices that features a thickness of 0.8 mm, the industry's thinnest level.


Saving energy and the environment with Flywheels

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

ECE researcher, Dr. Mark Flynn's high-speed flywheel motor controller is reducing fuel consumption and harmful emissions at ports throughout the world. Flynn's design has been incorporated into energy storage systems used ...


Electrical A-G Ratings may be on the way out

Technology / Energy

created Jun 23, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Plans to scrap the A-G electrical rating system – the equivalent of HIPS in the electrical sector – may be on the cards according to a new report out today in the Society of Chemical Industry’s (SCI) magazine, Chemistry & ...


Calif. advances tough flat-screen energy standards

Technology / Business

created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Energy regulators on Friday moved forward with a plan that could ban the sale of the most power-hungry televisions from California retail stores.


Study of polar dinosaur migration questions whether dinosaurs were truly the first great migrators

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Contrary to popular belief, polar dinosaurs may not have traveled nearly as far as originally thought when making their bi-annual migration.


Polar dinosaurs may have taken shorter treks

Polar dinosaurs may have taken shorter treks

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular belief, polar dinosaurs may not have traveled nearly as far as originally thought when making their bi-annual migration.


The future of solar-powered houses is clear

The future of solar-powered houses is clear

Technology / Energy

created Apr 10, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (18) | comments 2

The future of solar-powered houses is clear. People could live in glass houses and look at the world through rose-tinted windows while reducing their carbon emissions by 50 percent thanks to QUT Institute ...


Powerful laser sheds light on fast ignition and high energy density physics

Powerful laser sheds light on fast ignition and high energy density physics

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new generation of high-energy (>kJ) petawatt (HEPW) lasers is being constructed worldwide to study high intensity laser matter interactions, including fast ignition. Fast ignition is a laser-based technique ...


New renewables to power 40 per cent of global electricity demand by 2050

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

With adequate financial and political support, renewable energy technologies like wind and photovoltaics could supply 40 percent of the world's electricity by 2050, according to findings from the International Scientific ...


IBM Accelerates Virtual Desktop With Breakthrough Solution

Technology / Other

created Sep 16, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 1

IBM today announced a powerful new solution to help organizations slash virtual desktop infrastructure storage requirements by up to 80 percent, allowing them to take advantage of new cloud computing models at significantly ...



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