News tagged with energy star
Yes you can build a low-cost 'green' house
The greenest house in Lewis County, Ky., is a pleasant shade of blue -- and a model for future low-income housing. It is LEED-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, which means it is an energy-efficient, durable ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Origin of Key Cosmic Explosions Still a Mystery
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a star explodes as a supernova, it shines so brightly that it can be seen from millions of light-years away. One particular supernova variety - Type Ia - brightens and dims so predictably ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Samsung Electronics Improves Viewing Experience with New Eco-Friendly LED Monitors
Samsung Electronics is continuing to evolve LED monitor technology by offering environmentally-friendly monitors with better viewing angles and eye-catching designs with the release of its 50 and 30 series ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Gravity might amplify quantum fluctuations, create astrophysical objects
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, physicists have proposed that gravity could trigger a runaway effect in quantum fluctuations, causing them to grow so large that the quantum field’s vacuum energy density could dominate its ...
May 17, 2010 |
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Energy Star program is under fire
The Energy Star program may be overhauled in the wake of a scathing government report that found the certification process vulnerable to fraud and abuse, calling into doubt the worthiness of the label that directs shoppers ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Square Kilometer Array: The international radio telescope for the 21st century
On 30 and 31 March a strategic international workshop on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will seek to identify the major economical and societal benefits of large-scale scientific research infrastructure investments.
Mar 30, 2010 |
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X-Ray Emission from Young Stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- The star TW Hydrae is located about 150 light-years from earth in the direction of the constellation of Hydrae, the Water Snake. This star is relatively young -- at about 10 million years ...
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Scientists reveal Milky Way's magnetic attraction
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research project involving the University of Adelaide has revealed that the magnetic field in the centre of the Milky Way is at least 10 times stronger than the rest of the ...
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Hunting for Planets in the Dark
A proposed space mission that aims to measure dark energy could also detect planets that current surveys are unable to find.
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Calif. advances tough flat-screen energy standards
(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.
Sep 19, 2009 |
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Cygnus X-1: Still a 'Star' After All Those Years
Since its discovery 45 years ago, Cygnus X-1 has been one of the most intensively studied cosmic X-ray sources. About a decade after its discovery, Cygnus X-1 secured a place in the history of astronomy when ...
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Listening to the Price of Power: New Thermostats Could Save Billions
A new generation of inexpensive programmable thermostats with the capacity to communicate may provide a simple and versatile tool for addressing California’s complex, billion-dollar summer peak energy demand ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Queen's astronomers propose new supernova interpretation
In a controversial new paper in the journal Nature, astronomers from Queen's University Belfast have proposed a new physical interpretation of a supernova discovered on 7th November 2008.
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Cosmology's best standard candles get even better
Members of the international Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory), a collaboration among the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a consortium of French laboratories, and Yale ...
May 18, 2009 |
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A new refrigerator could save you cool cash
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.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 30, 2009 |
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