Friday, September 10th, 2010
Futuristic ideas for the use of superconductors, materials that allow electric current to flow without resistance, are myriad: long-distance, low-voltage electric grids with no transmission loss; fast, magnetically levitated trains; ultra-high-speed supercomputers; superefficient motors and generators; inexhaustible fusion energy - and many others, some in the experimental or demonstration stages.
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Superconductors face the future
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Colossal Saudi clock tower may just succeed in changing the watches of the world.
Continue here: Royal Mecca Clock Tower an investment in national pride
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Toyota is to begin selling the sound generator for installation in its best-selling Prius car - which runs in near silence on electric power at low speeds.
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The Prius gets a purr: Green car is made noisier to protect pedestrians
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The problem goes beyond the fact that people dont care about the fact that wasting energy and using it inefficiently accounts for a good chunk of the greenhouse-gas emissions that cause global warming. Despite the millions of words that have been written on how to save energy and use it more efficiently, people basically have no idea what to do. Energy - Newsweek - Global warming - Environment ...
Continue here: Newsweek: Why we're clueless about going green
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
(PhysOrg.com) -- The CO2 emission estimates used for government policy decisions assume unlimited coal and fossil fuel production for the next 100 years, an unrealistic premise which skews climate change models and proposed solutions, according to new research published by Tad Patzek, chair of the Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Predictions of Coal, CO2 Production Flawed, Says Latest Research
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
(AP) -- E-mail and other Web-based office programs from Google have won the U.S. government's seal of approval.
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Google apps get US government security approval
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Transport, banking, food production, social networking, global supply chains, the world economy - would all grind to a halt if the satellite system failed. It's a fragile system, but also the best place from which to see how fragile the earth is. Australia lags behind. Reporter, Ian Townsend. Europa Launch, Woomera 1966 On 24 May 1966 the Europa rocket was launched as part of the ELDO project ...
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Space rules the world
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Saturday, March 27th, 2010
There’s plenty to do for enthusiasts of diverse interests across the region today.
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Lots to celebrate today in the region: model trains, maple syrup and the Earth (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
The coming World Expo 2010 Shanghai China will be another great event for China after the Beijing Olympic Games.
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Lu Yongxiang (Eastday.com)
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