Knowing the mind of God: Seven theories of everything. Japanese breakthrough will make wind power cheaper than nuclear. NOTE: Some major wind projects like the proposed TWE Carbon Valley project in Wyoming are already pricing in significantly lower than coal power -- $80 per MWh for wind versus $90 per MWh for coal -- and that is without government subsidies using today's wind turbine technology.
The International Clean Energy Analysis (ICEA) gateway estimates that the U.S. possesses 2.2 million km2 of high wind potential (Class 3-7 winds) — about 850,000 square miles of land that could yield high levels of wind energy. This makes the U.S. something of a Saudi Arabia for wind energy, ranked third in the world for total wind energy potential. The United States uses about 26.6 billion MWh's, so at the above rate we could satisfy a full one-third of our total annual energy needs. Now what if a breakthrough came along that potentially tripled the energy output of those turbines? You see where I'm going.
Well, such a breakthrough has been made, and it's called the "wind lens. " Editor's note: Want more info? How white holes (might) be created. Science Experiments You Can Do At Home or School. First universal quantum network prototype links two separate labs. An article from Scientific American. Quantum technologies are the way of the future, but will that future ever arrive? Maybe so. Physicists have cleared a bit more of the path to a plausible quantum future by constructing an elementary network for exchanging and storing quantum information. The network features two all-purpose nodes that can send, receive and store quantum information, linked by a fiber-optic cable that carries it from one node to another on a single photon. Daniel Brunner/iStockphoto Networks based on single atoms, linked by the exchange of single photons, could form the basis of versatile quantum networks.
The network is only a prototype, but if it can be refined and scaled up, it could form the basis of communication channels for relaying quantum information. Quantum bits, or qubits, are at the heart of quantum information technologies. Physicists have used all manner of quantum objects to store qubits—electrons, atomic nuclei, photons and so on. 10 Real Sea Creatures Lifted Directly from Your Nightmares. Any fan of this site knows that the core of our mission statement is "Nature is terrifying and you should only leave the house if it's an emergency.
" But in the course of our relentless examination of horrifying insects and vicious predators, we have to say that consistently all of them pale in comparison to the stuff that lives in the water. The ocean is the earth's last frontier, and just as we always suspected, it's full of sea monsters. Like ... #10. The Fish That Looks Like the Predator io9.com Well, it has the Predator's mouth, anyway. The Featured CreatureIf reincarnation is real, this is what Nixon's coming back as. ... before its entire face opens up into a gaping sprawl of predatory terror. And no, we don't know why they are called that. Discovery"No, dude, totally, eat all my fries, I didn't pay for them or anything. " #9. Io9.com All The Sea"Zooplankton, again? " #8. Mabusincarnate.com That monstrosity is called a northern stargazer.
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