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Biophysical Economics: Putting Energy at the Center20 Jan, 2010 03:25 pm Many scientists have long complained that standard economics fails to account for the biological and physical systems that form the basis of the economy...From Japan: Eco Products Exhibition 200918 Dec, 2009 12:19 am It?s that time of the year again where the world gets together to see what we can do about solving energy and climate problems. That?s right, I?...Counting All the Carbon7 Nov, 2009 04:00 pm Last Thursday, an editorial in the Wall St. Journal referred to a paper in the latest issue of Science entitled, "Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting...Hydrogen to play a key role in the transportation sector30 Oct, 2009 11:48 am Although much of the ink these days about innovative vehicles relates to plug-in hybrids, work continues to explore the potential for hydrogen-based fuel...SunRun: A new deal for solar18 Sep, 2009 05:50 pm Until recently, you had to be deep green?and have deep pockets?to put solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of your home. The costs were high?$20,...Can Solar Compete?3 Sep, 2009 05:32 pm In this month's briefing on low-carbon electricity technologies, MIT's Technology Review concluded[1] that while the cost of solar power has declined significantly...Electric Vehicle Charging Passes Inspection22 Aug, 2009 10:55 pm Plug-in Hybrids (PHEV) and Battery Electric Vehicles (EV) are destined for success. Thousands of key players have converged at the Plug-in 2009 Conference...What does solar want? Lots!26 Jun, 2009 09:19 am Ordinarily, when an industry comes to Washington to seek special favors from the government, it hires a lobbyist or two, meets with members of Congress...It's Always Something16 Jun, 2009 06:38 pm I spend a lot of time thinking about the trade-offs involved with different energy options. Cheap petroleum has enabled numerous people a level of mobility...Peak phosphate30 May, 2009 06:12 pm The peak in conventional oil and gas production is not the only peak in the supply of natural resources to be confronted in the near future...The REAL Story on Moore's Law for Solar30 Apr, 2009 09:27 am All new industries seem to think they deserve a Moore's Law. The photovoltaic solar really, really thinks it deserves one, since it kind of sort of looks...The Benefits of Plugging-In Your Vehicle18 Mar, 2009 04:11 pm Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles could drastically alter our conception of transportation for the better, but face potential social obstacles.Made-to-Measure Medicines8 Dec, 2008 09:38 pm The concept of pharmacogenomics has been around for decades but only now in the age of the genome is true progress being made in its application...Solar Powers more Vehicles as Gasoline use Drops23 Oct, 2008 11:05 am By John Addison. Solar is powering more vehicles. American?s have reduced their use of petroleum 5 percent this year. So far,...The Ph.D. dance20 Oct, 2008 10:13 am In February, John Bohannon ("The Gonzo Scientist") reported on the results of the first Dance Your Ph.D. contest. The video below is from Ruth Gruetzbauch...METALS SHORTAGES.16 Sep, 2008 11:04 am It is not only an impending gap in demand and supply of oil that imposes upon the conservation of human civilization, the pressing and imminent depletion...Confusion over Media Report of M.I.T. "Solar Revolution" Claim?28 Aug, 2008 03:44 pm Reports of a new discovery, by a team of MIT researchers, in the popular media are confusing, claiming that a magic "catalyst" has been discovered that...Are biofuels causing food price rises?18 Jul, 2008 04:11 pm The Gallagher Review into biofuels has a view on how the diversion of food into biofuel crops affects prices but its not clear...World Lithium Supplies and Electric Vehicles.3 Jun, 2008 10:58 am In the potential conversion of the world's road fleet from oil-based fuel to electric or PHEV type transport, it is not the amount of lithium in total...Novel Pathway Required for Normals Reproductive Development8 Apr, 2008 02:34 pm Gene defects cause infertility, lack of sense of smell in humans and miceClean Diesels14 Mar, 2008 10:51 am Modern diesel cars are not only quieter than their predecessors but also release considerably fewer exhaust fumes into the atmosphere...Changes in the Gulf Stream Correlates with Changes in Climate13 Mar, 2008 01:01 am A paper in this week's Nature studies the Gulf Stream in depth and the potential of this ocean current on influencing the climate...Stabilizing the Climate Requires Near-Zero Carbon Emissions28 Feb, 2008 11:30 am What warming is produced by an individual release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere? This question was addressed by Damon Matthews (Concordia University...Penguin Peril12 Feb, 2008 11:53 am How will Antarctica's penguins adapt to climate change? John Blackstone spoke to a researcher studying penguin colonies at the bottom of the world...Molecular "Mouse-trap" for Stem and Cancer Cells8 Feb, 2008 06:09 pm Six years ago, biomedical engineer Michael King was exploring the strange rolling motion of white blood cells when his research took a radical turn.Nanotechnology in Medicine: Massive Advances on a Tiny Scale24 Jan, 2008 01:15 pm Professor Naomi Halas at Rice University (TX) discusses her nanotechnology research and its applicable uses in science and medicine of the future. (CNN)Syphilis Origins Solved?21 Jan, 2008 12:09 pm A new paper in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases attempts to tackle a rather sensitive topic...Deep-Sea Biodiversity Conservation Needed to Avoid Ecosystem Collapse12 Feb, 2008 11:53 am The exploration of the abysses of our planet is one of the last frontiers of ecological research. The dark portion of the biosphere likely hosts millions...A Not-So-Bubbly Fate for Sea Floor Methane17 Jan, 2008 10:38 am Good news about methane bubbling up from the ocean floor near Santa Barbara, CaliforniaHuman Influence on Ecology18 Dec, 2007 11:30 am Scientists have reclassified biomes like deserts and forests into ecosystems that show how humans have altered the Earth. Jorge Ribas (Discovery News)...Charlie Hall's Balloon Graph19 Dec, 2007 10:11 am Energy researcher Charlie Hall's balloon graph challenges the notion that alternative energy sources will provide a smooth transition to a post-fossil...Habitat Protection for the "Big Picture" of Environment Conservation27 Dec, 2007 12:08 pm Amphibians across the globe are facing a mass extinction event, believed by many to be worse than any other witnessed by humans...Global Warming Creates a Stairway to Heaven21 Dec, 2007 11:41 am Climate change is leading to increased temperatures, especially noticeable in mountains and other cooler climes. Many animals and plants,...Just Plain Weird: An Odd Star Proves to Be a New Type of Object5 Dec, 2007 10:35 am On the night after Thanksgiving two years ago, I was at the Keck Telescope, trying to identify some very blue objects in the sky...Large Hadron Collider (1/3)28 Nov, 2007 11:11 am Produced by BlueSci, this is part 1 of 3 in a documentary that provides good introductory knowledge to the LHC (Large Hadron Collider),...The Theory of Everything22 Nov, 2007 10:59 am The NewScientist has a short segment concerning Garrett Lisi, the surfer-physicist who caused a stir in the scientific community last week with his proposal...A Theorist's Pencil and One Layer of Carbon Atoms, Graphene26 Nov, 2007 02:45 pm Graphite consists of layers of atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice. A single layer of carbon atoms, called graphene has unique electronic properties...The Link Between Agricultural Erosion and Global Warming19 Nov, 2007 10:37 am Carbon emissions are of great concern worldwide because they trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and are a major cause of global climate change...Do the World?s Oceans Take Up Less Carbon Dioxide?19 Nov, 2007 11:33 am The answer is: Yes, for the North Atlantic over the last decade.Ad Astra! News and Discoveries from the the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn29 Oct, 2007 01:01 pm The Cassini-Huygens mission was launched on 15 October 1997; 10 years later, we speak to Professor Andrew Coates, head of Planetary Science Group in the...Increase in Humidity: A Response to Human-Induced Climate Change11 Oct, 2007 04:40 pm Scientists have observed significant increase in the specific humidity (a measure of how much water vapour there is in a given volume of air) over the...Nanotechnology: 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics11 Oct, 2007 03:14 pm Drs. Albert Fert (France) and Peter Gr?nberg (Germany) were announced as the recipients of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery of "giant...2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Knockout Mice9 Oct, 2007 11:09 am The winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine were announced this morning.Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV).5 Oct, 2007 05:40 pm Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) is a version of photovoltaic (PV) technology which can be incorporated into the the roofs and walls of both commercial...Abrupt Environmental Change in Ward Hunt Lake, Canada's Northernmost Lake5 Oct, 2007 12:15 pm The northernmost lake in North America has not escaped the effects of recent global warming, according to a study recently completed by an international...'Slowed Brain-Activity' in Frequent Mobile Phone Users20 Sep, 2007 12:47 pm The present study employs standardized data acquired from the Brain Resource International Database to study the relationship between mobile phone (GSM)...Gutenberg and New Top-Down Tools: Learning How to Make Things Small18 Sep, 2007 01:44 pm Projection lithography (photo lithography) is the preferred top-down tool for device fabrication. Projection lithography has been highly successful during...Flooding Risk under Future Global Warming Scenarios May Be Greater30 Aug, 2007 11:12 am A new study published today in Nature reports that current scenarios of global warming underestimate the contribution of plants to future changes in continental...Bio-inspired Super-strong Carbon Materials2 Aug, 2007 02:08 pm Our work in the July 26, 2007 issue of Nature demonstrates a materials platform that can be further tuned through chemistry to perhaps yield super-strong...Controlling the Kids with Chemicals30 Jul, 2007 10:20 am Honey bee queens control their offspring with chemicals (pheromones), but how these chemicals work has largely remained a mystery...Transferring Quantum Information from Light to Matter and Back Again12 Jun, 2007 02:18 pm A quantum computer is a device that can perform certain tasks much more efficiently than a classical computer byexploiting unique aspects of quantum mechanics...Stem Cells Cultures are Confronted to Heterogeneity7 Jun, 2007 04:11 pm Identification, isolation and large scale culture of stem cells for potential medical applications is a major challenge in cell biology. However,..."Jatropha Is Not Competing with Existing Food Crops to Produce Biodiesel"5 Jun, 2007 03:19 pm The biofuel market is growing, and with it the development of certain crops to meet energy needs. One of which is Jatropha, a plant that is gaining importance...The Asteroidal YORP Effect Observed7 May, 2007 12:26 pm For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the speeding up of an asteroid?s rotation rate (the YORP effect), and showed that it is due to a theoretical...COROT - First Spacecraft To Search for Earth-like, Rocky Planets27 Dec, 2006 06:55 pm The first spacecraft devoted to searching for planets like Earth, COROT, will be launched December 27th. The mission will last two and a half years...The Potential to Regenerate the Retina Using Stem Cells7 Dec, 2006 09:01 am Photoreceptors are light-sensitive cells that line the back of the eye like the pixels of a digital camera and allow us to see. In the USA and Europe,...Stem Cells Aid Dogs With Muscular Dystrophy to Walk More Normally28 Nov, 2006 06:07 pm Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease that has not treatment and severely limits motility and life expectancy in people...Dark Energy Has Been Around for the Last 9 Billion Years of the Universe22 Nov, 2006 03:41 pm Dark energy is this mysterious energy that seems to make up about 70 % of the universe, but we know very little about it. In an interview with Adam Riess...Marine Biosphere Through Mixing, by Swimming, May Have an Effect on Climate27 Oct, 2006 03:50 pm A recent study shows how Marine life stirs ocean, by swimming and kinetic activities, possibly enough to affect climate. Interview with William Dewar,..."Stimulating Cell Production Is an Attractive Strategy in Degenerative Diseases"28 Jun, 2006 11:24 am Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified an important mechanism that regulates how many new cells are produced by each intestinal stem cell...?There is a lot that needs to be done to create long-term precise records?24 May, 2006 04:14 pm John Christy, one of the 21 authors of the last Climate Change Science Report commissioned by the US White House, answers Scitizen?s questions. |
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