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Powers of ten

An amazing optics demonstration, showing views from an astronomic scale down to a sub-atomic view, where the scale factor alters by a power of ten each time.

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http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/tutorials/java/powersof10/

A Spanish Breakthrough in Harnessing Solar Power

A Spanish company is working on harnessing solar power by focusing the sun's ray to turn turbines.

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http://bit.ly/VP8CFY

Solar power

An overview from the BBC on solar energy.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/adaptation/solar_power.shtml

Power

The site explains power, watts and the amount of power allow in some appliances and their units.

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http://www.purchon.com/physics/power.htm

The Physics that Powers Automobiles

Detailed information and explanations on the workings of a car, from the brakes to automatic transmission. Includes clear diagrams.

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http://library.thinkquest.org/C007574/main.htm

Powering the World

Articles on fossil fuels, hydroelectric, wind, solar and nuclear power. Each is followed by an online multiple choice test. There is some worthwhile material in this site and it would be especially ...

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http://library.thinkquest.org/17531/home.html

Luminous Power

Page from Hyperphysics explaining radiant power, luminous power and the unit lumens.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/lumpow.html#c1

Renewable energy

An introduction to the main types of renewable energy, focusing on wind, solar, wave, tidal and waste power.

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http://www.imeche.org/knowledge/themes/energy/energy-supply/renewable-energy/

The Solar wind

A NASA page all about solar wind, including the latest data on the Sun's activity and with lots more information on solar physics.

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http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SolarWind.shtml

Control The Nuclear Power Plant

The control-room operators of the Karnobyl nuclear power plant are telecommuting and are running the plant through the Web. Can you control the power station? This is a good program showing how a ...

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http://www.ida.liu.se/~her/npp/demo.html
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