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The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network serving Great Britain, connecting power stations and major substations, and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere on the grid can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere. The network serves the majority of Great Britain and some of the surrounding islands.
Lockheed SR-71. The Pratt & Whitney J58 (company designation JT11D-20) is an American jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft. It was an afterburning turbojet engine with a unique compressor bleed to the afterburner that gave increased thrust at high speeds. Because of the wide speed range of ...
BYD Electronics was spun off in 2007. In September 2008, MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, invested about US$230 million for a 10% (or 9.89%) share of BYD at HK$8/share. BYD topped the 2010 Bloomberg Businessweek Tech 100 list, a list of large, fast-growing tech companies.
Peaceful nuclear explosions ( PNEs) are nuclear explosions conducted for non-military purposes. Proposed uses include excavation for the building of canals and harbours, electrical generation, the use of nuclear explosions to drive spacecraft, and as a form of wide-area fracking. PNEs were an area of some research from the late 1950s into the ...
19 January: Japan becomes the fifth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon. 17 January – A study in Nature finds that the Greenland ice sheet is melting 20% faster than previous estimates, due to the effects of calving-front retreat.
Dapsone. Dapsone, also known as 4,4'-sulfonyldianiline ( SDA) or diaminodiphenyl sulfone ( DDS ), [2] is an antibiotic commonly used in combination with rifampicin and clofazimine for the treatment of leprosy. [3] It is a second-line medication for the treatment and prevention of pneumocystis pneumonia and for the prevention of toxoplasmosis in ...