News tagged with hot
District Energy Systems can reduce carbon, save money - but only if well-regulated
Is centralized heating an effective way for BC communities to reduce greenhouse gases?
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 18, 2012 |
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Three-telescope interferometry allows astrophysicists to observe how black holes are fueled
(Phys.org) -- By combining the light of three powerful infrared telescopes, an international research team has observed the active accretion phase of a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy tens ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Wi-Fi Alliance announces Passpoint program to start in June
(Phys.org) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group bent on making Wi-Fi access more available more easily, has announced that it will begin certifying devices and hot-spot providers (using the Hotspot 2 definition) starting next month ...
Green homes use 80 per cent less energy
Clever, inexpensive design can cut the energy used in new homes by up to 80 per cent, says a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Geologic map of Jupiter's moon Io details an otherworldly volcanic surface
More than 400 years after Galileo's discovery of Io, the innermost of Jupiter's largest moons, a team of scientists led by Arizona State University (ASU) has produced the first complete global geologic map ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Health uncertainties torment Japanese in nuke zone
(AP) -- Yoshiko Ota keeps her windows shut. She never hangs her laundry outdoors. Fearful of birth defects, she warns her daughters: Never have children.
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Contamination of La Selva geothermal system in Girona, Spain
Monitoring the construction of wells, avoid over-exploiting cold groundwater close to hot groundwater, and controlling mineral water extraction. These are the recommendations from the Polytechnic University ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Small-scale soil studies provide big benefits
When it comes to studying microbial communities in soil, the smaller the sample, the better. Only by approaching the scale at which microbes interact and function, the micron scale, can scientists understand ...
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Conservation risk highest off coasts of Canada, Mexico, Peru and New Zealand: research
University of British Columbia researchers have identified conservation "hot spots" around the world where the temptation to profit from overfishing outweighs the appetite for conservation.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Time of year important in projections of climate change effects on ecosystems
(PhysOrg.com) -- Does it matter whether long periods of hot weather, such as last year's heat wave that gripped the U.S. Midwest, happen in June or July, August or September?
Feb 13, 2012 |
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World's most extreme deep-sea vents revealed
Scientists have revealed details of the world's most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents, 5 kilometres down in a rift in the Caribbean seafloor.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Chile brings fires under control as probe expands
Firefighters reported progress Wednesday in bringing under control wildfires in southern Chile that have destroyed about 45,000 hectares (112,000 acres) as a special prosecutor began investigating the source ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Discovery of a 'dark state' could increase maximum theoretical efficiency of solar cells from 31 to 44 percent
The efficiency of conventional solar cells could be significantly increased, according to new research on the mechanisms of solar energy conversion led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Thermotherapy rids azaleas of deadly fungal disease
Azalea web blight, caused by a species of the plant pathogen Rhizoctonia, occurs each year on some containerized azalea cultivars during nursery production, particularly in the southern and eastern United ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Coral reefs in warming seas
Disease outbreaks are often associated with hot weather. Because many bacteria typically multiply more rapidly in warmer conditions, it's a commonly held notion that warm-weather outbreaks are a straightforward consequence ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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