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Could modern, nanoscale vacuum tubes replace transistors?

2016-06-07 15:26:49| Extremetech

Could nanoscale vacuum tubes replace transistors in future devices? Caltech thinks they could, and it's building proof-of-concept devices without the leakage that plagues modern hardware.

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Wind turbines on Galapagos replace millions of liters of diesel since 2007, meet 30% energy needs

2016-05-29 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

PhysOrg: A global renewable energy project on the Galapagos Islandsone of Earth's most fragile and important ecological treasureshas helped avoid many tanker loads worth of risky diesel fuel imports since 2007, reduced the archipelago's greenhouse gas emissions and preserved critically endangered species. Now, after eight successful years, the project's new operators are pursuing an ambitious expansion that would multiply the benefits of renewable energy for this remote, precious archipelago with a growing...

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China to replace direct coal combustion with electricity in new plan

2016-05-25 10:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: China will reduce the amount of coal burned directly in industrial furnaces and residential heating systems in order to tackle a major source of smog, the country's energy regulator said on Wednesday. The National Energy Administration (NEA) said in a joint announcement with other government bodies that around 700 million to 800 million tonnes of coal is burned directly in China every year, much of it in the countryside, where access to electricity is limited. Directly burned coal amounts to...

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