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With inverters, an island adapts to changing physics of power grids

Kauai, one of the most remote islands of Hawaii, stands steady among the timeless crash of ocean waves. Electric waves, ...

The military once considered using balloons as nuclear weapons systems

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...
IEEE

Intelligent Optimization Setting of Froth Velocity by Integrating Multi-Source Flotation Operation Information

Abstract: Froth velocity is one of the key control indices affecting the performance of froth flotation. In the flotation production process, the froth velocity is usually set based on manual ...
CNN

China is building the world’s most powerful hydropower system deep in the Himalayas. It remains shrouded in secrecy

Hundreds of miles from China’s populous coastline, a sharp bend in a remote Himalayan river is set to become the centerpiece of one of the country’s most ambitious – and controversial – infrastructure ...