Large and small-scale hydrogen production technologies are already commercially available. Central SMR is a mature technology and produces low cost hydrogen in the range of $1.50/kilogram at plant gate at current natural gas prices. ... Vehicle fueling stations (of which there are 60 in the United States and over 200 worldwide) have used all of the technologies mentioned above. ... The economics and performance of alternative separation technologies to extract hydrogen from the natural gas stream at sufficient purity for various applications. ... The sense in the financial community is that ...

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The technology begins with the process of nuclear transplantation. ... Is it really our God given right to be able to clone and use this technology as we see fit? ... Objections to cloning are similar to objections raised against previous scientific achievements, for example, heart transplants and test-tube babies, that later came to be widely accepted. ... In any case, there have been all sorts of ethical questions raised concerning this technology. ... In most states, specific exceptions are provided for the purpose of scientific research and cell-based therapies. ...

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The use of new materials made the second Industrial Revolution increase in size and technology, and mature more.ElectricityThe first dynamo, or electric generator, was developed in 1831. ... The telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, had promise of being an even greater technology. ... The overall effect of both new technologies was to connect the world more closely, and to facilitate further industrialization. ... Scientific Ideas The Industrial Revolution managed to catalyze dramatic advances in scientific knowledge. ... Like the scientific developments, the social develop...

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An excerpt from Ann Okerson's article, "Who Owns Digital Works" (published in the magazine, "Scientific American"), clearly explains what types of property are protected under the United States copyright law: "The most recent revision of the U.S. copyright law, made in 1978, is far more thorough than its predecessors. ... This exists because premature exposure to the knowledge without training could cause "irreversible spiritual harm," according to Religious Technology Center (RTC)" (Fearer 351). ... Scientific American Publication. ...

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The Unabomber - so dubbed because the only discernible pattern in his early bombs was the targeting of universities and airlines - waged his war not against any government or country but against a concept, one that was (and still is) sweeping through the world with unbridled speed: technology. ... Kaczynski's basic thesis is, in his own words, that "Scientific progress will result in the extinction of individual liberty." While his ideas and anxieties aren't especially new - we need only recall Huxley's Brave New World or Orwell's 1984 - the Unabomber's call to a r...

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However, when it comes to advantages, South Korea excels in producing technology. ... South Korea has advancement in science and technology, for example their world's fastest Internet connection speed, which would make sense as to why South Korea has high technology exports. Products such as these include aerospace, computers, scientific instruments, electrical machinery and more ("South Korea Export, Import and Trade"). This advancement of science and technology is a comparative advantage that South Korea has over the United States, since they advance in technology more than we...

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Cloning technology is already here, as evidenced by Dolly the sheep. ... So the government is trying to intervene more than ever into this kind of technology. ... These works of fiction show the negative outcomes of human cloning and related technology which people have started to believe. ... Therefore by combining this technology with human cloning technology "it may be possible to produce needed tissues for suffering people." ... However in the December, 1998 issue of the prestigious journal, 'Scientific American', there appeared an article titled "Cloning for Medici...

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Indeed, well into the twentieth century much of the pharmacology of scientific medicine was derived from the herbal lore of native peoples. ... Critics say a definitive scientific answer must await well-designed experiments involving many patients. ... Acupuncture Acupuncture is an example of a therapy once considered bizarre which has some scientific basis. ...

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An increasing number of researchers, scientists and practitioners are questioning the use of animals in research on ethical, moral, socio-political and scientific grounds. ... In 1865, Claude Bernard published his "introduction to the study of experimental medicine", which marked the beginning of animal experimentation as a scientific method of research. ... At the 1989 scientific workshop held at the Ciba Foundation past scientific director of Huntington Research Center (U.K.) stated that the best guess for the correlation of extreme reactions in man and animal toxicity data is somewhere betw...

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Vivisection is the act or practice of cutting into or otherwise injuring living animals, especially for the purpose of scientific research. ... The three "Rs" are replacement of animals in a scientific procedure, they reduce the number of animals used in a procedure, and/or they refine a procedure, so the animals experience less pain. ... The goal is to eventually completely replace animal testing with this new means of technology. ...

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We can only guess that the ancient civilizations grew marijuana outside because they lacked the technology to grow it inside. ... With the technology that we have today marijuana can be grown inside. ... With the scientific advances being made there has yet been another way to grow marijuana, hydroponics. ...

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Often the artifacts recovered from a past civilization can tell us a great deal about how those people lived, their level of technology, their patterns of subsistance, and so on. Anthropology uses methods and tools from multiple scientific disciplines, such as the scientific method which allows the testing of falsifiable hypotheses. ...

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People may argue that using animals in scientific experiments has led to many discoveries that have improved our quality of life. ... Scientists use rodents rather than dogs and cats, and have been able to develop alternatives and somewhat humane ways of testing on them such as the duplication of human cells through computer technology. ... The truth is that many different animals are utilized for scientific experiments including cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, frogs, and turtles (Animal Experimentation"). ...

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While the group does accept the reality of climate change it refuses to acknowledge the scientific consensus about the severity of the situation. According to one study it's estimated that 94% of the Chamber's electoral contributions went to candidates who also deny the popular scientific opinion (Greenpeace, 10). The Chamber says it will "resist ill-conceived legislation that is economically disruptive of business and industry activities, that creates regulatory and legislative obstacles to development and deployment of affordable, innovative energy technologies, and that cou...

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As we advance into the future the technology should be a more cost effective way and find ways to present space as a tourist spot. ... To date, the demand for launches has derived mainly from the demand for satellites for communications, meteorology, surveillance, scientific research, etc.. ... It is very important that the world, specifically the general consumers and policy makers, recognize energy as a resource-to be preserved and renewed using today's technology. ...

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The opposing view to this definition of populism in Latin America comes from a more scientific analysis of the word. ... Firstly with industrialisation came a need for the importing of special machinery and technology as well as the technical parts needed to keep that machinery going. ... There was also the problem of technology being brought from abroad which was based upon Western needs and economics. ...

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For years, clones have been the subject of popular fiction, but the technology was lacking. ... They change with the nature of the economy and technology, as well as with fashion. ... With the rise of industrialism and later high technology, brainpower became more valuable. ...

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(Stringer) The cost of this scientific breakthrough was paid by those used for medical experiments. ... Victims housed at Unit 731 were also often taken to a proving ground called Anda, where they were tied to stakes in a pattern and then bombarded with test weapons to see how effective the new technologies were. ...

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The word "multipolar" in international relation is scientifically defined as "a distribution of power in which there are a number of poles, or great powers, in the international system" . ... Waltz argues that "despite the condition of anarchy, states will stop well short of hegemony if geography or technology or social organization favors the defense." ... America's constant grow in its strength relied largely on new technologies, especially the internet and telecommunications that produced a massive shift in the power of capital to generate unprecedented economic growth, mass consumptio...

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They have technology that surpasses the rest of the countries and actually have the capital to invest in technological research. ... Also, they invested in the education of their country which led to scientific discoveries and resulted in the industrial revolution as they used their natural resources (e.g. coal reserves). ...

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The Progressive Era is particularly marked by the conjunction of scientific knowledge and traditional values. It is a period when science and technology were thought capable of providing for the material wants of all and that the issue of social justice could be resolved through knowledge. ...

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The first was the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); which made sure that America would be at the leading edge of space technology. The second, the National Defense Education Act (NDEA); "reinvigorated scientific and technical education" in America. ...

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(Office of Technology) Of the many animals used for experiments, about 90 percent of the animals used are rats, mice and other rodents. ... It is much like they tests that were used to test mustard gas, but it is much more scientific and in ways slightly crueler. ...

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