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Mechanism Discovered For Wind Detection In Fruit Flies' Antennae
March 12, 2009 — Tiny, lightweight fruit flies need to know when it's windy out so they can steady themselves and avoid being knocked off their feet or blown off course. But how do they figure out that it's time to ... > full story -
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New Renewables To Power 40 Per Cent Of Global Electricity Demand By 2050
March 11, 2009 — With adequate financial and political support, renewable energy technologies like wind and photovoltaics could supply 40 percent of the world's electricity by 2050, according to new findings. ... > full story -
Controllable Rubber Trailing Edge Flap To Reduce Loads On Wind Turbine Blades
March 11, 2009 — The trailing edge of wind turbine blades can be manufactured in an elastic material that makes it possible to control the shape of the trailing edge. This will reduce the considerably dynamic loads ... > full story -
Future Helicopters Get SMART
March 2, 2009 — Helicopters today are considered a loud, bumpy and inefficient mode for day-to-day domestic travel--best reserved for medical emergencies, traffic reporting and hovering over celebrity weddings. But ... > full story -
Cassini Maps Global Pattern Of Titan's Dunes
March 2, 2009 — Titan's vast dune fields, which may act like weather vanes to determine general wind direction on Saturn's biggest moon, have been mapped by scientists who compiled four years of radar data collected ... > full story -
Hot Solar Winds: Energy Simulation Explains Physical Mystery Of Voyager Spacecraft
February 26, 2009 — With a new 3D-model for energy simulation scientists are studying the 'physical mystery' of the Voyager spacecraft. Over 30 years ago the spacecraft detected particles in solar wind which were ... > full story -
Dutch Electricity System Can Cope With Large-Scale Wind Power
February 23, 2009 — Dutch power stations are able to cope at any time in the future with variations in demand for electricity and supply of wind power, as long as use is made of up-to-date wind forecasts. Researchers ... > full story -
Semantic Web Promises A Smarter Electricity Grid
February 10, 2009 — Dispersed wind farms and solar panels on people’s homes are posing new challenges for managing power grids that were designed when all electricity was generated in centralized plants. A new ... > full story -
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Wind Power Forecasting For The US
February 4, 2009 — In an attempt to minimize the potential risks -- such as blackouts -- of USA's growing dependence on renewable energies, scientists are developing a wind power forecasting model for the country. The ... > full story -
Freak Waves May Be Sinking Ships Off The Coast Of Japan
January 28, 2009 — On 23 June 2008, the Suwa Maru No. 58, a fishing boat with 20 crew members, sank in seemingly moderate sea conditions of Cape Inubosaki, Japan. Reports from the investigators indicated that although ... > full story
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