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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:56
How to save 12 percent on your power bill instantly
By Mike Bantick
In a typical household, over 12 percent of the power bill goes on the small amounts of power consumed by devices in standby mode. Are…
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A Japanese researcher is experimenting with a way to manipulate the spin of electrons in magnetized solids so as to eventually make computer memory devices…
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Sunday, 05 October 2008 23:12
Toxic mercury: fluorescent or incandescent light bulbs. What's better?
Researchers from Yale University have conducted a study showing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) instead of incandescent bulbs produce a net global reduction of toxic mercury…
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CERN announces that the Computing Grid for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is up and running, as of October 3, 2008, connecting over 140 computer…
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A new type of solar panel, called SLIVER Cell photovoltaic technology, is much less costly than traditional solar panels, while still being able to maintain…
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CERN announced on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 that its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be closed through 2008 for repairs. It will not be able…
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CERN officials announced that its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be inoperable for at least two months while repairs are conducted after it malfunctioned and…
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 22:04
Status: Large Hadron Collider after injecting Beams 1 & 2 separately
CERN scientists successfully circulated beam one, the clockwise beam, and, thereafter, beam two, the anti-clockwise beam, on Wednesday, September 10, 2008. The following week involved…
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Sunday, 14 September 2008 15:38
Bigger Bang Theory: Einstein's Telescope dwarfs Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider has got the world talking about life, the universe and everything. Oh, and black holes and death, of course. Just wait…
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A pair of pioneering Britons hoped to break the world land speed record for wind-powered vehicles with their Greenbird, but their attempt failed due to…
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