US Navy Lab Turns Seawater Into Fuel 美国海军实验室成功将海水转变成燃料 For centuries, alchemists have tried to turn lead into gold. That transmutation has long been proven impossible, but another similar dream - turning water into f

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美国动力公司研发提升五成油效对置活塞二冲程发动机 This little engine looks like it has only three pistons, but in fact, it has six, sharing only three cylinders. 这台小身材引擎看起来只有3个活塞,但事实上却有

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Chinese and Pakistani investors inaugurated the project in Hub, Balochistan province, Pakistan, on March. 21, 2017. [Photo: China Plus] The groundbreaking ceremony for a China-Pakistan joint venture, a coal fired power plant, was held in Hub, in the

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What Do Octane Numbers Mean? At the gas pump, you have a choice of octane numbers. 87? 93? Whats the difference? To explain octane numbers, lets take an imaginative leap into the internal combustion engine of a car. Inside the cylinders are combustio

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 24 June 2006 Squeezed in among all the multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbusters this season there is also a handful of documentary films drawing audiences to neighborhood theaters. Alan Silverman has a look at three of

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Automakers Capitalizing on Chinese Appetite for Larger, Luxury Cars Bring an auto show to Shanghai, China, and people are sure to come -- tens of thousands of potential car buyers from the world's largest auto market. Ford Motors' Dave Schoch is coun

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Former U.S. President Clinton and mayors from around the world are gathering in Seoul this week for a summit on reducing greenhouse gases in the world's cities. London Mayor Boris Johnson says the leaders hope to agree on ways to end the world's end

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The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization says there is a close relationship between weather-climate systems and global pollution. The organization says these relationships also affect people's health. The World Meteorological Organizati

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Environmentalists Worried Over Increased Production of Autos With the new cars and light trucks added to the global fleet, the world is nearing a milestone - one billion vehicles on the roads. Most are petroleum-fueled internal combustion engines, wh

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Washington Auto Show Highlights New Technologies 华盛顿车展突出新技术 WASHINGTON At this week's annual Washington Auto Show, manufacturers are featuring their standard models along with cars that point to the future, both in terms of propul

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Chicagos Argonne Lab Developing Battery of the Future CHICAGO In 2012, the Department of Energys Office of Science awarded a $120 million grant to a new technology center focused on battery development - headquartered at Argonne National Laboratory i

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拉脱维亚垃圾处理厂助益番茄农场 Latvian consumers who enjoy these yellow tomatoes may not even know that they are locally grown, let alone that they grew with the help of their own garbage. 喜爱这些黄色西红柿的拉脱维亚消费

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, let's talk about Arthur Miller. He is celebrated as a giant of the American theater, renowned for classics like Death Of A Salesman and The Crucible, which premiered in the '40s and '50s but which continue to be re

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Skinny mice defy obesity 瘦老鼠挑战肥胖 Lean mouse: Hope for the clinically obese 精瘦的老鼠:肥胖症的希望 Genetically engineered mice which never put on weight could hold the key to a fat- free future for humans, say scientists. R

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NHTSA Opens Probe into Chevrolet Volt Fire Federal safety officials are looking into battery-related fires in General Motors' new electric-powered Chevrolet Volt automobile. The fires occurred after the officials crash-tested the vehicle. One of the

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