A unique structure in the urban landscape has arisen on a plaza of The City College of New York campus over the past few months. Designed and built by CCNY students, faculty and team sponsors, it is meant to be installed ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 7, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Once eggs are laid, their natural resistance to pathogens begins to wear down, but a Purdue University scientist believes he knows how to rearm those defenses.
Other
Jun 21, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For as long as humans have been able to reason, they have mimicked nature in attempts to derive benefits for themselves; and just because we’ve become ultra-high tech in many ways, it doesn’t mean ...
Automobile air conditioning systems do not run "free of charge". In fact in the hot parts of the world they can account for up to thirty per cent of fuel consumption. Even in Switzerland, with its temperate climate, the use ...
Environment
Jun 22, 2010
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Researchers at Oregon State University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered a new way to apply nanostructure coatings to make heat transfer far more efficient, with important potential applications ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 9, 2010
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Approximately a third of the electricity consumed by large data centers doesn't power the computer servers that conduct online transactions, serve Web pages or store information. Instead, that electricity must be used for ...
Engineering
Jun 2, 2009
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