News tagged with water heating
Heat wave warms frigid Baltic Sea waters
A heat wave searing the Baltic region has warmed the usually frigid waters of the Baltic Sea to temperatures usually seen in more tropical climes, experts said Friday.
Jul 23, 2010 |
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1,000m underground central heating system planned
(PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering scheme to build a giant central heating system that will harness heat from deep underground is being developed by university scientists.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Researchers look at water-energy impacts of climate change
(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate projections for the next 50 to 100 years forecast increasingly frequent severe droughts and heat waves across the American Southwest, sinking available water levels even as rising mercury drives up ...
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat
A new study finds that a species of sea star stays cool using a strategy never before seen in the animal kingdom. The sea stars soak up cold sea water into their bodies during high tide as buffer against potentially damaging ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero
Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a key material in ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Growth versus global warming
(PhysOrg.com) -- Houses on stilts, small scale energy generation and recycling our dishwater are just some of the measures that are being proposed to prepare our cities for the effects of global warming.
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Microwaving Water from Moondust (w/ Video)
NASA is figuring out how to make water from moondust. Sounds like magic? "No magic--" says Ed Ethridge of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center "-- just microwaves. We're showing how microwaves can extract water ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 08, 2009 |
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US Solar Decathlon seeks best sun-powered homes
For the past week on the National Mall in Washington, international crews have been busy putting up structures for an event showcasing a radiant source of energy that some once revered as a god.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 08, 2009 |
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1930s home goes green
A 1930s house built in 2008 is about to undergo the first of three energy efficiency upgrades which will ultimately convert an energy inefficient house into a zero carbon home designed to meet the Government's 2016 CO2 targets fo ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Mines could provide geothermal energy
Mine shafts on the point of being closed down could be used to provide geothermal energy to local towns. This is the conclusion of two engineers from the University of Oviedo, whose research is being published ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 27, 2009 |
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All in sight: Scientists test infrared system for the protection of whales
A new measurement system for the detection of whales is used for the first time on board of the research vessel Polarstern. Whales are usually difficult to spot. On the one hand, they spend the greater part ...
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Measuring snow with a bucket, a windmill, and the sun?
In Maine, government scientists have figured out how to measure snowfall in remote areas with a bucket, a small windmill, and the sun - all the while saving money, energy, and, ultimately helping to save lives.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Two lasers better when attacking cancer
Two lasers may be better than one when attacking cancer cells, according to a paper by Rice University scientists.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Getting into hot water: Solar water heating pays for itself five times over
An analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, according to researchers in India. They report, in the International Journal of Global En ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Energy-efficient water purification
Water and energy are two resources on which modern society depends. As demands for these increase, researchers look to alternative technologies that promise both sustainability and reduced environmental impact. Engineered ...
Jan 14, 2009 |
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