The photonic chip, built by scientists from Bristol's Centre for Quantum Photonics, USES light rather than electricity to pass information.

由布里斯托尔大学量子光学中心的科学家制造的光子芯片可以利用光而不是用电来传递信息。

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The image above is a close-up of a new "photonic solid" invented by Princeton physicists; think of it as a semiconductor of light, rather than electricity.

上面的图片是普林斯顿物理学家发明的新型“光子固态”的特写镜头，它们是光半导体，而非电子半导体。

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Since the process is driven by heat rather than electricity, it could reduce greenhouse-gas emissions even further by using energy-efficient sources of heat.

因为这个过程是热驱动而不是电力，通过使用能量转化率高的热源，可以大大减少温室气体排放。

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Two are university programs, like AguaClara, a research program at Cornell University that produces municipal water treatment technology which relies on gravity rather than electricity.

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