News tagged with power lines
For some, prominent power lines dim enthusiasm for green power
May 19, 2009 |
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In the summer heat, Rockney Compton's spring-fed koi pond doubles as a swimming hole for his three kids, and in the spring it is a water bowl for his dogs.
Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines
Mar 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- High-voltage power lines mess with animal magnetism. Researchers, who reported last year that most cows and deer tend to orient themselves in a north-south alignment, have now found that power lines can disorient ...
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Meralco says planning broadband via power lines
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Top electricity distributor Manila Electric Co., better known as Meralco, plans to use its power lines to deliver broadband Internet service, a company statement has said.
Toshiba Develops World's Highest-Bandwidth, Highest Density Non-volatile RAM
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced the prototype of a new FeRAM -- Ferroelectric Random Access Memory -- that redefines industry benchmarks for density and operating speed. The new chip realizes storage of ...
IBM To Build Supercomputer For U.S. Government
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Government has contracted out IBM to build a massive supercomputer bigger than any supercomputer out there. The supercomputer system, called Sequoia, will be capable of delivering ...
Will Europe Be Powered by the Sahara
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe has long been interested in developing alternative energy sources. And, one of the more interesting places that some Europeans are looking for solar power is the Sahara. With the vast ...
Synthetic cocoa chemical slows growth of tumors in human cell lines
Jun 13, 2008 |
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A synthetic chemical based on a compound found in cocoa beans slowed growth and accelerated destruction of human tumors in laboratory studies, and should be tested further for cancer chemoprevention or even treatment, say ...
Israelis bring green power to West Bank village
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors - a group of Israelis who installed solar panels and wind turbines to illuminate the ...
New Web site lets you compare bus tickets
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Intercity bus travel has taken off in the last few years. Now a new Web site makes it easier for riders to find their routes.
NXP unveils world’s first fully integrated Doherty amplifiers
Jan 27, 2009 |
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NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today launched the world's first fully integrated Doherty amplifiers for TD-SCDMA and WCDMA base stations, expanding its extensive portfolio of ...
Engineers develop new power line de-icing system
Jan 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth engineering professor and entrepreneur Victor Petrenko—along with his colleagues at Dartmouth and at Ice Engineering LLC in Lebanon, N.H.—have invented a way to cheaply and effectively ...
Wind + water = untapped energy: An abundance of power exists above Earth's oceans, study finds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Wind energy over the planet's oceans is a vastly underutilized renewable resource, according to UC Irvine researchers.
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