faeces are food that has been processed by the human digestive system to extract as much useful energy as possible.
人类粪便是已经被人类消化体统为了最大化汲取能量而处理过了的食物。
the building of a real-life version of 「maxwell「s demon」 – which can turn information into useful energy – might mean that future nanomachines can be powered purely by information.
getting useful energy from formate is now the simplest way known for any life form to get its fuel, though it relies on the absence of oxygen.
从甲酸盐中获取所需的能量是目前最简单的维持生命方式,虽然它依赖于无氧的环境。
don」t forget, no machinery is perfect and will not, therefore, convert all energy presented to it into useful energy for your use.
别忘了,没有机器是完美的,不会,因此,转换所有能源成有用的能量提交给它供您使用。
in 1867 james clerk maxwell, a british researcher, wondered if you could extract useful energy from thin air, in apparent contradiction to the second law of thermodynamics.
energy is a resource that directs or provides the useful energy through the transformation the human needs.
能源是可以直接或通过转换提供人类所需的有用能的资源。
with its ability to produce useful energy on both a small and large scale, solar holds an enviable position in the renewable energy market.
小型应用和大型规模都能生产实用能源,太阳能也因此在可再生能源市场拥有一个令人羡慕的地位。
needless to say, there are enormous engineering problems to solve in converting the heat into useful energy .
当然,要把这种热力转变为有用的能源,还有许多工程问题有待解决。
the device can make the light bulb more efficient by taking the heat it generates and converting part of the heat, 10 to 15 percent, into a more useful energy like electricity.
during a nuclear fission chain reaction, the tubes heat up to extremely high temperatures, and the way to keep them safe turns out to also be the way to extract useful energy from them.