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  Radio

  Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, created whenever a charged object (in normal radio transmission, an electron) accelerates with a frequency that lies in the radio frequency (RF) ... > more
• Aviation
  Vehicles
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  Concorde

  The Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST) was one of only two models of supersonic passenger airliners to have seen commercial service. Concorde had a cruise speed of Mach 2.02 (around ... > more
• Optics
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  Lighting

  Lighting refers to either artificial light sources such as lamps or to natural illumination of interiors from sunlight. Lighting represents a major component of energy consumption, accounting for ... > more
• Sports Science
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  The Long Tail

  The phrase The Long Tail describes certain business and economic models used by some larger Internet businesses. Products that are in low demand or have low sales volume can collectively make up a ... > more
• Geology
  Nature of Water
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  Atmosphere
  Floods
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  Sedimentary rock

  Sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups (along with igneous and metamorphic rocks) and is formed in four main ways: by the deposition of the weathered remains of other rocks (known as ... > more
• Wind Energy
  Renewable Energy
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  Environmental Science
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  Wind power

  Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into more useful forms, such as electricity, using wind turbines. At the end of 2006, worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was 73.9 gigawatts; ... > more
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  Mobile phone radiation and health

  Mobile phone radiation and health concerns have been raised following the enormous increase in the use of wireless mobile telephony throughout the world (as of August 2005, there were more than 2 ... > more
• Civil Engineering
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  Shear stress

  In physics, shear stress is a stress state in which the shape of a material tends to change (usually by "sliding" forces -- torque by transversely-acting forces) without particular volume ... > more
• Engineering
  Civil Engineering
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  Thermodynamics
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  Machine

  A machine is any mechanical or organic device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of tasks. It normally requires some energy source and accomplishes some sort of ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Electricity
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  Hydroelectricity

  Hydroelectricity is electricity obtained from hydropower. Most hydroelectric power comes from the potential energy of dammed water driving a water turbine and generator. Less common variations make ... > more

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