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U.S. Unveils a $350-Million Energy-Efficiency Initiative at Copenhagen: Scientific AmericanCOPENHAGEN—Since the 1970s, refrigerators in the U.S. have swelled from 18 cubic feet to 22 cubic feet. But, at the same time, the energy consumption of such gargantuan coolers has dropped by 75 percent, down to roughly 40 watts, saving countless tons of coal from being burned. And a five-year ...
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BBC News - Solar panel costs 'set to fall'By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst, BBC News The cost of installing and owning solar panels will fall even faster than expected according to new research. Tests show that 90% of existing solar panels last for 30 years, instead of the predicted 20 years. According to the independent ...
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India prof tips fastest prime number detection algorithmAgrawal told EE Times India that his deterministic polynomial time algorithm detects prime numbers. "It is faster than other existing solutions and is foolproof." With this he solves a nearly 200-year old problem which has been vexing the mathematics community. "It is a great honour for me to ...
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DNA Points To India's Two-pronged Ancestry / Science NewsGenetic Spread View Larger Version | Despite India’s genetic diversity (seen on a map showing the states inhabited by each of 25 groups), a new DNA study traces today’s lineages back to just two ancestral groups. Colors denote the language families of tongues spoken by each group (see legend ...
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Rediscovering The Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons Most Likely Evolved In Australia, Dispersed To IndonesiaRediscovering The Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons Most Likely Evolved In Australia, Dispersed To Indonesia ScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2009) — The world's largest living lizard species, the Komodo dragon ( Varanus komodoensis ), is vulnerable to extinction and yet little is known about its ...
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San Andreas Affected By 2004 Sumatran Quake; Largest Quakes Can Weaken Fault Zones WorldwideU.S. seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California's famed San Andreas Fault. The results, which appear this week in the journal Nature, suggest that the Earth's largest ...
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Population: Overconsumption is the real problem - opinion - 27 September 2009 - New ScientistTHERE is a pervading myth that efforts to fight climate change and other environmental perils will be to no avail unless we " do something" about population growth . Even seasoned analysts talk about the threat of "exponential" population growth. But there is no exponential growth. In most of ...
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Discovery of water on moon boosts prospects for permanent lunar base | Science | guardian.co.ukNasa's plans to establish a human outpost on the moon have received a surprise boost following the discovery of large amounts of water on its surface. Three spacecraft detected a thin sheen of water locked up in the first few millimetres of lunar soil that could be extracted and used to ...
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Out of darkness, sight: How the brain learns to seeCases of restored vision after a lifetime of blindness, though exceedingly rare, provide a unique opportunity to address several fundamental questions regarding brain function. After being deprived of visual input, the brain needs to learn to make sense of the new flood of visual information. ...
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Plastic in Oceans Leaches Chemicals: Discovery NewsAmidst waves and wildlife in the world's oceans, billions of pounds of Styrofoam, water bottles, fishing wire and other plastic products float in endless circles. This bobbing pollution is more than just an eyesore or a choking hazard for birds. According to a new study, plastic in the oceans ...
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