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Drones may help in designing future solar farms
They can get the job done more quickly and efficiently, while reducing the costs involved They can get the job done more quickly and efficiently, while reducing the costs involved In the near futu...
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More than 80% of underground water in China is heavily polluted
Industrial pollution and farming has rendered it unsuitable for human use Industrial pollution and farming has rendered it unsuitable for human use According to statistics reported by the...
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World’s largest artificial sun will be used to develop new alternative energy sources
A ‘made in Germany’ project, called Synlight A ‘made in Germany’ project, called Synlight On March 27th 2017, German scientists switched on the world’s largest artifi...
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Dam collapse in Paraguay causes major flooding (video)
The dam of San Benito Lake in Paraguay's Itapúa department breached on April 9, 2017, leading to a major flash flooding event, that broke the Graneros del Sur road in two. The dam of San Benito...
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Slow-moving landslide discovered near the 2014 Oso landslide site in Washington
Signs of the landslide were first discovered on Tuesday, April 4 by Washington's Department of Transportation workers, who noticed cracks on a hillside road. Signs of the landslide were first discove...
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World’s first ship tunnel to be built in Norway
A shipping tunnel for safer passage through the dangerous Stadhavet Sea in northwestern Norway, an idea that was first suggested in 1874, received the ‘green light’ for construction. The Stad Peninsul...
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Humboldt: HM-5760.3F Elite Series Pneumatic Direct/Residual Shear Apparatus
The Humboldt HM-5760 Direct/residual shear apparatus, utilizes pneumatic loading to apply vertical loads to a sample eliminating the need for loading weights used in dead weight-type systems. The Hum...
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This two-story 3D-printed villa was constructed in just 45 days
3D printing technology is about to bring a housebuilding revolution. Even two-story building s can now be constructed this way, as the villa shown in the photos below demonstrates. 3D printing...
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Could trains be directly powered by track-side solar panels?
Researchers at Imperial College are trying to find out Researchers at Imperial College are trying to find out Researchers at Imperial College’s Energy Futures Lab are working on the ‘R...
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2017 is expected to be hot, but probably not as hot as last year
Weather forecasters are predicting that 2017 will still be one of the hottest years on record. Weather forecasters are predicting that 2017 will still be one of the hottest years on record. After...
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