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...diesel. Any diesel engine can run on BioWillie, which is available at gas stations in four Midwestern states. "It's better for the farmer to grow fuel than for us to go around starting wars to get it," says Nelson, who concedes that cars powered by his diesel blend emit fumes that can smell like French fries. Vehicles that run on grease have crossed the Atlantic too. Trucks used by the British supermarket firm ASDA advertise the slogan THIS VEHICLE IS POWERED BY CHICKEN...
...that day—Dec. 20, 2005—Midwest Airlines flight 210 from Boston en route to Milwaukee was beset by a dangerous mechanical problem, which caused the landing gear to emit a shower of sparks as it rose into the air. For those of us aboard, who had no idea anything had gone awry, the malfunction was a bothersome inconvenience, a mere “problem with the indicator,” as the captain so vaguely and reassuringly cooed over the intercom. The plane circled Logan for two hours, burning off fuel so as to minimize...
...University of Texas in Austin, a board member, to create nanoparticles of uniform size. The firm already tunes its fluid-stored silicon nanoparticle mix to capture everything from infrared to ultraviolet and the visible spectrum in between. Conversely, it can infuse the fluid into thin, flexible panels that emit a controlled range of light--2-nanometer particles for blue, 10 nanometers for orange. Blending particle sizes produces white light...
...opening of “Les Plaisirs.” In her role as the vain and self-important Musique who holds the rest of the court as her captive audience when she sings, Annelisa H. Pedersen ’06 convincingly lets her lungs rip to emit a smooth tone, revealing a refined vocal technique...
...zero this year. Traditional broadcasters seem eager to rev up this new way of reaching viewers, in part because they can do it over the normal broadcast airwaves they already control rather than over mobile networks. The O2 trial, for example, taps into TV towers owned by Arqiva that emit a signal picked up by the Nokia handset. But mobile operators are pushing their networks, too; earlier this year, Fox TV launched a special, trimmed-down version of the hit drama 24 over Vodafone's cellular grid. U.S. sports giant espn and Extreme Group, which produces "extreme-sports" shows...