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What Is Thermal Breakdown?
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What is thermal breakdown? Learn all about thermal breakdown and its affect on your car at HowStuffWorks.
What is thermal technology?
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When gas prices leap, people take an interest in thermal technology. Find out what thermal technology is and how heat is used to produce energy.
How Thermal Imaging Works
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Thermal cameras take photos of heat, rather than visible light. Find out how temperature is captured as an image.
How Thermal Fax Machines Work
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The thermal fax machine leverages heat to print words and images. Learn how the thermal fax machine works along with its advantages and disadvantages.
How Solar Thermal Power Works
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Solar thermal power can revolutionize energy production. Learn all about solar thermal power at HowStuffWorks.
How Night Vision Works
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Most of us instinctively think of darkness as a way to hide. Night vision has changed all that. So, how can you see someone standing over 200 yards away on a pitch-black night? Find out.
How does a Crookes' radiometer work?
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I once saw this device shaped like a light bulb. It had a vertical support inside it, and on that support there were four vanes with four diamonds on the end. One side of the diamond was black and the other was white. I did a little research and found out that it was called a Crookes' radiometer -- how does it work?
Meteors burn up when they hit the Earth's atmosphere. Why doesn't the space shuttle?
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In science, we are learning about the atmosphere. It protects us from meteors because it burns them up. So, why doesn't the space shuttle burn up?
How a Heat Sink Works
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Heat sinks help keep electronics and computers from overheating. Learn how heat sinks work, heat sink materials and how to choose a heat sink.
How Artificial Geothermal Energy Works
Artificial geothermal energy is made by adding water to naturally hot rocks. Learn about artificial geothermal energy.