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Energy Efficiency Obtained by Growing Grain for Food
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 05:33 |
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 Ilya Gelfand, an MSU postdoctoral researcher and lead author of the study declared: "It's 36 percent more efficient to grow grain for food than for fuel." Ilya continued: "The ideal is to grow corn for food, then leave half the leftover stalks and leaves on the field for soil conservation and produce cellulosic ethanol with the other half."
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Paper-thin Batteries Made from Algae
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 10:10 |
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 How would sound to make someone a gift in a form of a piece of paper which lights up showing words like "Happy Anniversary." This thing could be possible thanks a new biodegradable battery made of cellulose.
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1TB Fingernail-Sized Chip Revealed
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 12:09 |
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 A group of engineers from North Carolina State University developed a new material which could allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, which are numbers that exceed by far the storage capacities of today’s computer memory systems.
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Integrated Utility of the Future
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 10:46 |
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 The fact that is has developed a reference architecture based on familiar, cost-effective Microsoft platforms that can be used as the basis for development of the “integrated utility of the future” has been revealed by Microsoft.
Microsoft’s first comprehensive reference architecture addressing technology integration throughout the full scope of the smart energy ecosystem is called the Microsoft Smart Energy Reference Architecture (SERA). Having the capability to provide a method of testing the alignment of information technology with their business processes to create an integrated utility, the Microsoft SERA can help utilities. Following the presentation of an online application developed to enhance the experience of utilities’ customers and provide further insight into the supply and demand of residential energy use, called Microsoft Hohm, this is the second utility offering revealed by Microsoft in just four months.
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Collaboration Between Microsoft and Merck & Co. Inc.
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 06:38 |
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 In order to acquire certain assets of Rosetta Biosoftware, a business unit of Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck & Co. Inc. Microsoft Corp. revealed that it has signed an agreement with Merck & Co. Inc. To enable enhanced translational research capabilities, the deal allows Microsoft to incorporate genomic, genetic, metabolomic and proteomics data management software into the Microsoft Amalga Life Sciences platform, while,in order to enhance the Amalga Life Sciences platform to meet emerging pharmaceutical research needs, Microsoft will establish a strategic relationship with Merck. |
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Lost Information On Moon Dust Recovered By Nasa
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 05:27 |
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 An archiving error by NASA meant 173 data tapes sat in Perth, Western Australia for almost 40 years! ABC Australia said that the tapes containing information about lunar dust were lost before having been archived. They have been kept in a climate-controlled room and can now be used again to find information vital in expanding science's understanding of the moon. The Apollo 11, 12 and 14 missions carried "dust detectors", invented by Perth physicist Brian O'Brien. T |
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