Using massive kites to reduce fuel consumption

This is truly amazing. Kiteship, a Guinness world record holder company, uses wind power to haul ships and yachts. The company has put forward the concept of using massive kites to steer large ships and commercial freighters. The company is now planning “to build a $2 million, 13,000-square-foot kite to help haul ships as [...]

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The Ac-Ds Transposon System contd…

Ds elements, unable to excise themselves, can be excised and moved to a new location if an Ac element is present somewhere in the genome. Thus an Ac (activator) element activates transposition of a Ds element. In the absence of an Ac element, a Ds element remains in the gene and the allele behaves [...]

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