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EnergyStar ratings systems may be in need of major updates
Oct 05, 2009 |
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In a sea of energy-guzzling consumer products, the government's EnergyStar sticker is a beacon of light for many energy-conscious consumers. But that little blue square with a star on it might not be so bright after all, ...
Pushing the cold frontier in an orderly fashion
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Physicists are continually reaching new lows as they reduce the temperatures of samples in their laboratories. But even nano-kelvins are not low enough to overcome the entropy (a measure of the disorder in ...
A new refrigerator could save you cool cash
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Is your refrigerator eating you out of house and home? Chances are, if it's more than 10 years old, it's gulping enough energy to put a serious hurt on your wallet.
Einstein's green refrigerator making a comeback
Sep 25, 2008 |
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While almost everybody knows how Einstein revolutionized physics with his theories of relativity, many people may not know that the great scientist had a domestic side, too. Well, sort of - in 1930, Einstein ...
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From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day's catch.
It Takes a Solar Village
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rain didn't ruin the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. University teams successfully operated 20 net-zero, grid-connected solar power homes for a week on the National Mall. Some used ...
Magnet Lab to Investigate Promising Superconductor
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Applied Superconductivity Center at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has received $1.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to understand and enhance a new form of superconducting ...
A woman in space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2009 |
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In the early years of the "space race" (1957-1975) two men sought to test a scientifically simple yet culturally complicated theory: that women might be innately better suited for space travel than men. In ...
Renewable hydrogen production becomes reality at winery
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first demonstration of a renewable method for hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis system is underway at the Napa Wine Company in Oakville. The refrigerator-sized hydrogen ...
Calif. advances tough flat-screen energy standards
Sep 19, 2009 |
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(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.
Learning How Materials Work in Space to Make Them Better on Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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What's about the size of a large refrigerator, weighs a ton and may help pave the way for new and improved metals or glasses here on Earth? It's the Materials Science Research Rack -- a new laboratory on board ...
James Webb Space Telescope Begins to Take Shape at Goddard
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is starting to come together. A major component of the telescope, the Integrated Science Instrument Module structure, recently arrived at NASA Goddard Space ...
Samsung Presents New Ultra Portable Data Projector
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Samsung Electronics today announced the upcoming release of its latest P Series (Portable) Projector, the P410M, an LED-based DLP Pocket Projector. Weighing less than two pounds, the P410M’s compact design ...
Space Shuttle Discovery Returns to Earth After Successful Mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with an 5:53 p.m. PDT landing Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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