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...Large container ships are also beginning to utilize the sun to help power them across the world's oceans. Cosco, China's biggest shipping company, has inked an agreement with Solar Sailor for giant solar sails to be retrofitted on some of Cosco's tanker ships. The solar wings would be almost 115 ft. long, and Solar Sailor expects the wings to start saving Cosco money after only four years. The Japanese company NYK Line launched the M/V Auriga Leader in 2008, the world's first cargo ship partly run on solar power. With 328 solar panels covering its upper...
...When it comes to shipping pollution, the world is all in the same boat - and right now that boat runs on toxic sludge - but with continued innovation and tighter regulations, the planet's blue seas could soon be filled with green ships. Corbett predicts that if the new IMO standards are implemented, then the shipping industry could avoid contributing to more than 40,000 deaths in a single year. It would be a dramatic drop, but the ship engines would still be allowed to emit more sulfur dioxide than trucks and cars in the U.S. Solar Sailor's Dane sees...
Pencil-thin and taller than any other working rocket in the world, Ares I-X - a simulated version of what the Ares I and its Orion crew capsule will look like; for testing purposes, it's made up mostly of spare shuttle parts and a mock segments - lifted off at 11:30 a.m. The rocket's first and upper stages separated on schedule, approximately two minutes into the flight. And early indications are that the more than 700 onboard sensors did their job by streaming back to Earth a treasure trove of data to validate Ares computer models, information...
...class and you see people who [you] know are interested in theater production and these people will one day probably be some great leaders in the arts world,” said Hernandez...
Harvard men’s basketball may not carry much weight in the sporting world, but its head coach certainly does. Coach Tommy Amaker held his third annual coaches clinic Sunday, welcoming to Lavietes Pavilion over 100 hoops coaches from across New England...