Without an active removal of decay heat, the reactor was adding heat to the water faster than it was taking it out, and the temperature was rising.

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Butterflying exposes the whole bird to the heat of the grill and promotes faster cooking.

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The ideal species will be able to stand up to intense illumination (more light means faster photosynthesis) and heat (for the high levels of sunlight required will also warm things up).

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Microsoft is facing the heat of a post-PC environment faster than most expected.

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When the vast ice sheets and glaciers melt, they lose their reflective power, and instead, oceans and land absorb the heat, causing the Arctic waters and the atmosphere to warm faster.

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Using a magnetic gate like this has potential to reduce the heat involved in processing large amounts of information, which could lead to much faster chips.

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The faster a computer chip runs and the more transistors it has, the more heat it produces.

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