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...calls “breakthrough innovations”—the sort that could reduce greenhouse gas output far beyond today’s optimistic projections. One such technology is the magnetic levitation wind turbine, a colossal rotating structure that uses magnetic levitation to minimize friction and reduce inefficiency??the same principle that allows maglev trains to travel at very high speeds. The technology was debuted in a 2006 energy conference in Beijing, but is now being pushed in America as an alternative to expansive wind farms. The companies building magnetic levitation wind turbines claim they...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman | Title: Leaps Forward | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...unsucessfully mobilized a few years ago to ask for another week reserved for dance each year—say this is hardly enough. But for the ART, which pays its staff year-round, these twelve weeks mark a loss in ticket revenue and a “fundamental inefficiency?? that he estimates at $1.5 million yearly, according to Orchard...

Author: By David B. Rochelson and J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Falling Behind in the Space Race | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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