California wants better batteries, which is why t he electric company Southern California Edison is planning a set of, let’s say, unconventional energy storage solutions, including huge 450-gallon ice packs. Why? It all has to do with a little-known problem with California’s wind-reliant electric grid. Read more…
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California’s Grid May Soon Store Energy in Giant Ice Packs
Ever find yourself juggling three or four different chargers on a two-socket outlet? Fix that problem once and for all by swapping out a traditional outlet for one that includes USB ports. Read more…
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How to Install a USB Outlet in Your Wall
In the extreme world of bacteria, stunts such as living in hot springs or without oxygen are, like, totally unimpressive. But then there are bacteria that live off electricity, feeding directly on naked electrons. Even more surprisingly, scientists are finding that these bacteria are not even that rare . Read more…
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Electricity-Eating Bacteria Are Real and More Common Than We Thought
A bell has been ringing at Oxford for nearly two hundred years. Because no one is willing to stop the bell, and the demonstration that it represents, no one knows the exact mechanism that’s making it ring. Learn of the mysteries of the Oxford Electric Bell. Read more…
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Oxford has a bell that’s been ringing for 173 years
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Discharge Instructions, for the Masochistic
Every day, an army of computers and human operators toil in control rooms, providing electricity to a city, guiding planes across the sky, or searching for the Higgs-Boson. These rooms are all extremely important, whether they’re making breakthrough discoveries or just keeping the lights on. More »
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The Awesome Control Rooms that Run the World