Julie Carr Smyth Latest articles by Julie Carr Smyth 'Vampire Electronics' Suck Energy By Julie Carr Smyth published 30 October 07 About 5 percent of electricity used in the U.S. goes to standby power. Energy Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Deep snow blanket transforms Yellowstone Lake into a giant white void230 models of the universe proved wrong by final data from groundbreaking telescope35,000-year-old dog skeleton and dagger buried together in Swedish bog hint at mysterious Stone Age ritual42,400-year-old fingerprint from mysterious sea raider found preserved on Scandinavia's oldest plank boat55 genetic 'signatures' underpin a range of psychiatric conditions
'Vampire Electronics' Suck Energy By Julie Carr Smyth published 30 October 07 About 5 percent of electricity used in the U.S. goes to standby power.