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There's the grid, the evolving smart grid and then there's no grid at all. That's the paradigm that Tesla is exploring in a new patent application, Number 16/186390, which calls for controlling energy ...

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Tumor treating fields (TTF) therapy is a novel antimitotic, electric field–based treatment for cancer. This nonchemical, nonablative treatment is unlike any of the established cancer treatment ...