Dr Brenner and his colleagues explored the idea of using waste heat from computers as part of a thermostat-controlled indoor heating system.

布伦纳博士和他的同事们开始研究能否利用计算机散发的余热作为使室内保持恒温的采暖系统的一部分。

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A council in Britain is proposing to save money – and combat global warming – by heating a leisure centre and swimming pool using heat generated by the crematorium next door.

英国伍斯特郡的一个 小镇议会最近提出了一条省钱又环保的建议：用当地的火葬场为周边的休闲中心和游泳馆供暖。

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The team is using thousands of frames of re-entry data to paint a picture of the shuttle's heating patterns.

这个小组用上千张再入数据绘制出了航天飞机加热模式的照片。

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And it works the other way too: Our BMW worker going off into the woods to cut firewood for the winter has less environmental impact (given the size of German forests at least) than our GM one staying on the production line and using the money to buy heating oil for the winter.

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Dr Cooper and Julien Reboud, also from the University of Glasgow, have now developed a way to carry out the entire PCR process mixing, heating and cooling, as well as analysis using a single piezoelectric source, without the need for separate heating elements or detection equipment.

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Obama's plan for relief includes putting a windfall profits tax on oil companies, using the proceeds to help Pennsylvania families pay their heating and cooling bills.

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