Power lines may be absolutely terryfing animals and disrupt herding
High voltage power lines aren't quite the safest places to be around, especially if you're a large animal or bird ...
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UK funds new cutting-edge science facilities, but forgets it needs to pay the electricity bill
(c) The Guardian The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has recently issued a report that laments the embarrassing ...
Stunning light circles over military helicopters in Afghanistan [PICS]
Your first impression after seeing one or more of the photos featured in this piece might be that these are ...
How cells and cell fragments move in opposite directions in response to electric field
Researchers at University of California, Davis have shown for the first time how whole cells and fragments orient and move in ...
Flowers use electrical signals to summon bees
Pollination is the game, "summon bees" is the spell, and electricity is the mana - that's how I'd try to ...
Plastic light bulbs might replace CFLs and LEDs, causing a new lighting revolution
Lighting has gone a long way since Thomas Edison ushered in the first mass-produced light bulbs, causing not only a ...
Nanoparticle-tech converts solar energy into steam with extreme efficiency
The solar steam device developed at Rice University has an overall energy efficiency of 24 percent, far surpassing that of ...
Newly discovered microbial lifeforms form ‘electrical cables’ on deep-sea floor
In an extremely exciting find, scientists at Aarhus University in Denmark found a type of bacteria that creates electrical currents on ...
A novel way to generate electricity
In the evergrowing search for new energy sources, scientists have started searching for more simple solutions, and what they found ...
Dolphin’s sixth sense helps them detect electric fields
Dolphins are absolutely amazing creatures, smarter beyond whatever you might think, and with a heart of gold. But now, researchers ...
Geophysics shows plume of Yellowstone volcano is much larger than previously believed
Yellowstone is without a doubt one of the most fascinating places on the face of the planet. But it doesn't ...
South Africa electric plan for 2020: nuclear, wind and solar for 70% total power
You might think that this isn't quite the best time in the world to announce a nation wide nuclear plan, ...
A Cambridge University video with superconductors and how amazingly useful they can be
Superconductivity occurs when the natural electrical resistance is exactly 0; it occurs in certain materials at very low temperatures. According ...
Science ABC: the eddy currents, and the coolest video you’ll see today
Eddy currents are electrical phenomena that take place when a conductor is exposed to an oscilation of the magnetic field ...
Scientists create the first molecular transistor
Researchers from Yale University succeeded in what seemed to be an impossible task: they've created a transistor from a single ...
Electricity from trees
Researchers have figured out a way to 'plug' into electrical power generated by trees. It has been a well known ...
Bacteria To Generate Electricity
Researchers are searching everyday for options which could bring an ending to the energy issue or at least delay it ...