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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor

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But when Phillips asked Faraday to write the review article for the. For a good summary of Faraday's article, see Aaron D. He took a deep glass vessel, secured a magnet upright in it with some wax, and then filled the vessel with mercury until the magnetic pole was just above the surface. The next day, he got it right.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

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The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Eventually the linings [of devices] break, and when they're rained upon, the very toxic materials [they contain] — mercury, lead, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium — come out. Five years of banging the drum, and thanks to this article, we were finally off to the races…comparatively.

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

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Just like, say, Ford—which was then in the process of killing Mercury, to leave it with only Ford and Lincoln. The company has committed $800 million to that conversion. This article appeared in Issue 59: Jan-Mar 2022 – Subscribe now. That would give the radically slimmed-down GM a mass-market brand and a luxury brand.

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Science Fiction Short: Hijack

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So IEEE Spectrum is making one of its occasional forays into science fiction, with a short story by Karl Schroeder about the unexpected outcomes from building a computer out of planet Mercury. E In a 2013 study, Sandberg and his colleague Stuart Armstrong suggested deploying automated self-replicating robots on Mercury to build a Dyson swarm.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. PHEV Conversions to top What cars can be converted to PHEVs?

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The electric car and grid parity - OregonLive.com

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Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style) INSIDE THE STUMP • The Stump: Oregon Opinion Articles • About The Stump • About the Editors Browse by day: 0){document.location.href=d.options[d.selectedIndex].value;}return and Mark Brady, the departments sustainable development liaison. Post a comment Username (Dont Have a Username?

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