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A call for an international collaboration for the eradication of endometriosis (1)17 May, 2011 10:06 am This work has been published in the "Journal of Endometriosis" (3:1-7, 2011) and has as a major objective to stimulate discussions about the eradication..."Electric Cars Should be Called Coal Cars": The Heretic.13 Apr, 2011 10:24 am Even if we could make enough electric cars fast enough to curb our oil consumption significantly, the provision of green electricity for them remains a...China’s Energy Paradox20 Sep, 2010 09:47 am China is both the biggest user of dirty energy and clean energy; home to the worldÂ’s first eco-cities and also some of the worldÂ’s most polluted; host...Fossil Fuels vs. The Public Interest1 Sep, 2010 12:32 pm The fossil fuel industry often pretends to have the public's best interests in mind. The operative word is "pretends."Australia Plans to be Carbon-Neutral by 2020.25 Aug, 2010 10:48 pm By means of a huge new installation of concentrating solar thermal (CST) and wind-power and the electrification of its transportation infrastructure,...Beyond Carbon Legislation: Energy Transition2 Aug, 2010 09:08 am Never mind carbon emissions. That game cannot be won. What we can do is work towards replacing fossil fuels with renewables,...Global Coal Supplies: It Might Be Worse Than Anyone Thinks10 Aug, 2010 04:11 pm A new study on global coal supplies suggests a worldwide peak in production from existing fields in 2011.Putting US Energy Security At Risk7 Jul, 2010 01:17 pm If the Congress is serious about enhancing United States' energy security, then it should focus its efforts on reining in consumption,...What should we do with corn?1 Jul, 2010 11:58 am Do we turn it into cheap sugars that make people fat or use it to produce biofuels that will help reduce the USÂ’s dependence on Middle East oil,...Investigating the Resource Curse in Southeast Asia24 May, 2010 03:23 pm New evidence suggests that the developing countries of Southeast Asia are not prone to the resource curse when it comes to oil and gas production.The Wages of Complexity18 May, 2010 11:45 am While accusations continue to fly back and forth about who is to blame for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and investigations commence into...Report Says, Algal Biofuels May Not Cut Carbon Emissions, but Read it More Closely.8 Apr, 2010 09:48 am According to a life-cycle analysis, growing algae to make biofuels is overall worse in terms of carbon-emissions than growing land-based crops like corn...Superbamboo to combat desertification and poverty22 Mar, 2010 10:45 pm The drought-resistant bamboo species, Oxytenanthera abyssinica, can successfully be used for erosion control and windbreaks...Are the health dangers from nuclear radiation exagerated?17 Mar, 2010 02:04 pm The debate about the risks to human health of exposure to nuclear radiation has been rekindled. Two new books, one British and the other American,...Climate-resilient food crops and seeds foor food10 Mar, 2010 01:33 pm Why would we invest in research on production of climate-resilient food crops, if all over the world such food crops already exist?...North Sea Oil and Gas may Provide One Third of Britain's Energy by 2020.3 Mar, 2010 10:11 pm The North Sea could still be providing one third of Britain's energy by 2020, but only if there is serious investment made and soon.Seeds, agroforestry, container gardening and climate change25 Feb, 2010 11:11 pm Offering an opportunity to grow food crops in millions of family gardens and to grow fruit trees wherever we can plant them,...Do Texas and the North Sea Foretell the Future of Oil Production?25 Feb, 2010 12:22 pm Oil supply optimists claim that new technology combined with private development of the world's remaining oil resources--most of which are now under the...The Renewable Power Rebellion25 Jan, 2010 04:13 pm Last week, I speculated on how Southern California and Arizona might fare in a relocalized future where small regions are forced to become self-sufficient...The Known Universe24 Jan, 2010 09:16 pm The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang.My Top 10 Energy Related Stories of 200930 Dec, 2009 05:34 pm Here are my choices for the Top 10 energy related stories of 2009. Previously I listed how I voted in Platt's Top 10 poll, but my list is a bit different...Why climate change adaptation could make things worse23 Dec, 2009 04:38 pm Because many of the proposals for adaptation to climate change require further extensive release of greenhouse gasses, they will only make climate change...It's not just about Climate Change21 Dec, 2009 07:46 pm This past week delegates from 192 countries descended upon historic Copenhagen to tackle the one of the most divisive issue of our times: how to limit...Coal - fuel of the future?14 Dec, 2009 04:38 pm Two pieces of news provide evidence of a fightback by coal. American Electric Power's Mountaineer plant in West Virginia is reporting significant success...COP15: The Time is Now9 Dec, 2009 02:08 pm In spite of the recent weeks of roller coaster-like expectations for a positive outcome from the COP15 climate conference that got underway Monday,...Climate Conundrum Continues in Run-up to Copenhagen4 Dec, 2009 09:13 am The United States may be stuck in the middle of a climate conundrum. A proposal to establish border tariffs to account for the carbon associated with the...United States Half Way to 2020 CO2 Goal3 Dec, 2009 09:47 am For the fifth consecutive year, EPA is reporting an increase in fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions..."Biofuels would be actually worse than conventional gasoline"1 Dec, 2009 10:27 am According to a new study titled "Indirect Emissions from Biofuels: How Important, published online in Science on October 22,..."Where next for Climate Refugees?"19 Nov, 2009 05:38 pm A new report of the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) predicts 150 million climate refugees by 2050 and calls for a new global legal framework...Securing India?s science future14 Nov, 2009 04:53 pm While India is uniquely positioned to use technology for progress, it has in the recent past lagged behind in the quality and spread of science research...Senate Climate Bill Produces Little But Partisan Heat5 Nov, 2009 04:19 pm Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California), chairperson of the Energy and Public Works Committee (EPW), plans to proceed with markup of the Kerry-Boxer Clean...Where are the Swing Voters on the Climate Bill?28 Oct, 2009 05:18 pm As the Senate environment committee starts to hold hearings on the climate change bill, we think there's one critical question for the senators: Who are...Green housing for the poor22 Oct, 2009 02:00 pm Lots has been written and said about green skyscrapers (like Bank of America?s $1 billion tower in Manhattan) and green campus buildings and even,...New MIT Study: Smaller Cuts, If Taken Now, Can Minimize Climate Risk9 Oct, 2009 09:24 am Even "moderate" cuts in greenhouse gas emissions may be sufficient to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change, says new MIT study...EU Set To Enter Clean Energy Race with $73 billion for R&D8 Oct, 2009 08:32 am Europe is planning to stage a grand entrance into the clean energy race by investing approximately $73 billion in clean energy research,...Over-Allocation of Pollution Permits Would Result in No Emissions Reduction Requirement in Early Years of Climate Program28 Sep, 2009 08:10 am The large decline in U.S. emissions in 2008 and 2009 due to the economic recession means that if the House-passed Waxman-Markey climate legislation becomes...Oil Optimists Grow More Outlandish24 Sep, 2009 06:07 pm As the troubling realities of future oil supplies begin to penetrate official circles, the oil optimists are making even more outlandish claims.Biofuels pretenders1 Sep, 2009 12:19 pm Broadly speaking, in the world of next generation biofuels there are contenders, pretenders, and niches. Over the past decade,...The Climate-Industrial Complex24 Aug, 2009 08:54 am According to the Center for Public Integrity the number of companies and groups now lobbying the US Congress on the subject of climate change has passed...The World Bank's coal problem1 Aug, 2009 12:32 pm In Washington, it's a popular climate conundrum everyone talks about: Even if the U.S. lowers its greenhouse gas emissions,...Can Mushrooms Save the World?30 Jul, 2009 07:08 pm Mycelium may offer a natural source of insecticides, antivirals, biological filters, ethanol fuel from cellulose, the means to clean land contaminated...Global conservation priorities based on human need16 Jul, 2009 11:19 am Gary Luck and colleagues' paper Protecting ecosystem services and biodiversity in the world's watersheds, recently posted online in Conservation Letters...Biodiesel from Sugar Cane14 Jul, 2009 10:14 am I was intrigued by a story in MIT Technology Today concerning a company that is applying biotechnology to convert Brazilian sugar cane to diesel,...The Fed and peak oil7 Jul, 2009 01:54 pm Laurel Graefe, a senior economic researcher working for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has written an excellent overview of peak oil, ?...An Energy Bill for the Other 92%4 Jul, 2009 08:18 am Now that the Waxman-Markey Bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009--all 1428 pages of it--has been narrowly passed by the House of Representatives...World's Most Powerful Laser Unveiled20 Jun, 2009 12:11 pm The world's most powerful laser was dedicated at the Livermore National Laboratory in California. It's designed to shore up the nation's aging nuclear...How Much Should We Leave in the Ground?9 Jun, 2009 02:48 pm Here are some estimates for how much fossil fuel we can use, and a call for a global moratorium on new prospecting.CAFE Convergence3 Jun, 2009 01:36 pm On May 19, President Obama announced a comprehensive framework for vehicle fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions. While I'm not sure I'd go quite as...Ultrathin, transparent and flexible solar cells30 May, 2009 04:42 pm Prof John Rogers and his colleagues from the University of Illinois developed a method to print ultrathin, semitransparent and flexible cells on plastic...Trying to make me go to rehab, I?m saying Nano, Nano, Nano3 May, 2009 02:24 pm Amy Winehouse, who shot to stardom with her hit single ?rehab?, may never have to see rehab, if researchers have their way. Scientists have taken a significant...Geoengineering the Climate: Bad for You and Our Energy Future3 May, 2009 06:29 pm Proposals to reduce global warming through giant engineering projects or so-called geoengineering abound. Almost all are in the idea stage...EPA To Begin Regulating New Coal-Fired Plant Carbon Emissions24 Feb, 2009 07:36 pm The Environmental Protection Agency has made a start with the active regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from newly built coal-fired power plants...Expansion of U.S. Passenger Rail Service as the Ultimate "Off the Shelf" Green Investment (Part I)13 Feb, 2009 11:34 am This is a brief examination of the potential benefits that could be brought to bear through a nationwide revival and expansion of intercity passenger rail...Another Way to Skin the Carbon Cat9 Dec, 2008 11:56 am by Richard T. Stuebi. The challenges associated with climate change are so daunting -- so much emission reductions to achieve, so much money to invest...China's Oil Demand: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom, China and Demand Elasticity4 Dec, 2008 09:53 pm Where is China's demand headed ? China's demand will be a function of several critical drivers. Paul Ting, top-rated oil analyst,...A new Uranium boost in the West ?13 Nov, 2008 03:59 pm Nuclear power is a sticking point in the debate over energy security in the US. Uranium mines and mills have begun re-opening to provide access to a key...UK Scientists Compare Official G8 Proposals To Combat Climate Change With Real Carbon Cycle Data7 Nov, 2008 02:01 pm A few UK scientists have done a smart thing; they?ve combined the proposals of G8 policymakers for combating climate change with actual data on the status...The (Not So) Invincible Society3 Nov, 2008 03:11 pm Policymakers and the public think of modern industrial society as being resilient and durable. Are they right?Biochar.... a Miracle to Save the Planet?14 Oct, 2008 10:55 am Biochar is a kind of charcoal, produced by the low temperature carbonization of biomass. During the pyrolysis process other materials are produced,...We can make it better10 Oct, 2008 12:42 pm The news on climate change is more than a little depressing. The IPCC Synthesis Report projects that by 2100 the global average temperature will be at...Time for A Green Bailout?8 Oct, 2008 11:12 pm Van Jones is one timely man. With the economic crisis spurring a new search for ways to revitalize and rebuild our flagging economy, Van Jones,...Could Russia become a biofuel superpower?6 Oct, 2008 10:21 am This is a bit of a long shot but reading this report in the UK's Daily Telegraph about Russia using big a good harvest as a foreign policy tool,...Marine reserves and climate change: study finds no-take reserves do not increase reef resilience3 Oct, 2008 05:26 pm A variety of human activities have caused the recent global decline of reef-building corals. The key drivers of anthropogenic coral mortality and loss...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...Nuclear power: False climate change prophet?21 Jul, 2008 09:31 am A new study reveals that nuclear power is not as clean as the industry claims.More "Anti-Science" McCarthyism7 Jul, 2008 09:14 am Good grief, there they go again. If you disagree with the progressive political view, er, I mean, the "scientific consensus,...20 Years After, James Hansen addresses the Congress25 Jun, 2008 04:47 pm Climatologist James Hansen testimony in front of a parliamentary committee of the US Congress 20 years after his first speech.Oil Shortage a Myth30 Jun, 2008 10:42 am I submitted the following letter to The Independent, in response to an article entitled as above. There is an essential difference between the total volume...Neste Moves Forward with Green Diesel18 Jun, 2008 04:46 pm I have written periodically on 'green diesel', which should not be confused with biodiesel. Neste, Petrobras, and ConocoPhillips (in a venture with Tyson...The Antioxidant Function of Iodide in Kelp Impacts Coastal Climate2 Jun, 2008 03:20 pm A new study found that large brown seaweeds, when under stress, release large quantities of inorganic iodine into the coastal atmosphere,...Permanent Wood Sequestration as a Means to Solve the Global CO2 Problem28 May, 2008 11:57 am By Drs. Fritz Scholz and Ulrich Hasse: The increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere ranks first among the global environmental threads...Bio-Char: An Eco-solution12 May, 2008 12:05 pm A segment on CNN discusses bio-char (biomass-derived black carbon).Technological Breakthrough in the Fight to Cut Greenhouse Gases14 May, 2008 09:13 am Two of the major problems facing scientists at the start of the 21st century are undoubtedly: combating climate change and breaking the reliance of the...It's 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Dad Is?9 May, 2008 11:59 am Barry Steinhart and Richard Atkinson debate tagging their father with a nanoscale tracking device to ensure his safety. The Power of Small panel discusses...Climate Change in a Greenlandic Perspective, Part II23 Apr, 2008 11:32 am Part II of the presentation from Mr. Josef Motzfeldt, TACC2008), Faroe Islands.Climate Change in a Greenlandic Perspective, Part I23 Apr, 2008 11:32 am Mr. Josef Motzfeldt, MP and former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Greenland presents on the 7th of April 2008 at the TransAtlantic Climate Conference (TACC2008)...Food Reward in the Absence of Taste Receptor Signaling10 Apr, 2008 04:40 pm It is well accepted that palatability, or the property of being pleasurable to the sense of taste, is a major factor leading to the overconsumption of...Digging Diesel9 Apr, 2008 02:01 pm Coal may appear as a vast and alternative carbon-resource in the face of escalating conventional crude oil prices, but implementing the technology to make...The Geochemical Origin of Part of CO2 Emissions in Semiarid Climates4 Apr, 2008 11:49 am The implementation of the Kyoto Protocol has raised, among other pressing matters, the need of getting to know the annual levels of carbon in different...Arctic Climate Models Playing Key Role in Polar Bear Decision18 Mar, 2008 05:24 pm The pending federal decision about whether to protect the polar bear as a threatened species is as much about climate science as it is about climate change...Clean 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...A New Way to Assess Local Ecosystems Sustainability29 Feb, 2008 09:08 am Ecosystems are in flux around the world. Important species are disappearing due to mismanagement and climate change, while invasive new species are appearing...Midwest Oil Refineries Gobble Up Canadian Tar Sands, Spew Greenhouse Gasses14 Feb, 2008 12:07 pm Midwest oil refineries are gobbling up more and more crude oil from Canadian tar sands and are set to belch out up to 40 percent more greenhouse gas emissions...Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 203021 Feb, 2008 01:55 pm The potential impact of climate change on the world's poor is a topic with wide and growing interest, but there remains much uncertainty about how specifically...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...Climate Influences on Deep Sea Populations7 Feb, 2008 06:39 pm A recent research study coordinated by Joan B. Company and Pere Puig from the Marine Sciences Institute in Barcelona (CSIC) has demonstrated that the formation...Massive Power Outages Hits China1 Feb, 2008 05:16 pm In China, Chinese people are facing severe power shortages. The main problem is that coal prices are rising, but the prices of electricity are fixed...Butanol: the New Catchphrase in Biofuels?25 Jan, 2008 07:30 am Dr Lars Angenent at Washington University in St. Louis talks briefly about his research on making butyrate from plant biomass.On Algal Biodiesel29 Jan, 2008 05:11 pm Eons ago, microalgae (tiny plants) growing in primeval oceans died and formed a layer on the sea bed. Over geological time, i.e., millions of years,...Richard Heinberg on a Post-Carbon Future22 Jan, 2008 10:14 am Ecologist Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, Power Down, The Oil Depletion Protocol, and Peak Everything, talks about energy wars,...Syphilis Origins Solved?21 Jan, 2008 12:09 pm A new paper in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases attempts to tackle a rather sensitive topic...Question about Long-Term Tropical Forest Decline22 Jan, 2008 10:16 am Despite widespread concern about tropical forest loss, plenty of local evidence of deforestation and frequent estimates of global deforestation rates,...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...The Coal Question Revisited17 Jan, 2008 10:59 am Many people believe the world has enough coal to last hundreds of years. Recent assessments now suggest that coal production could actually start to decline...Cars Warm Up, Ships Cool Down21 Jan, 2008 12:09 pm Road traffic is by large the transport sector that contributes the most to global warming. Aviation has the second largest warming effect,...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, CaliforniaGreen Car Conversions11 Jan, 2008 10:42 am DieselGreen Fuels in Austin, Texas is a company that converts cars that run on diesel to cars that will run on vegetable oil.Trading Pollution for Clean Development28 Dec, 2007 02:12 pm This film, in 2 parts, gives an introduction to global warming and the Kyoto Protocol. It shows how one NGO in Karnataka is trading reduced carbon emissions...Trouble for Birds21 Dec, 2007 11:41 am 6-14% of birds are likely to go extinct in the 21st century as a result of habitat loss, hunting, pet trade, and introduced animals like cats that kill...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...Fast-Rising Sea Levels in the Red Sea26 Dec, 2007 03:16 pm Scitizen interviews Dr Eelco Rohling, who, along with colleagues, studied the changes in salinity of Red Sea water. Their research illustrates that ,...Turbocharged Human Evolution13 Dec, 2007 04:25 pm I?ve heard people say that selection pressure on humans has relaxed?or we have slipped from its grip to some degree?and that as a result human evolution...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,...A Red Sea Dam: Huge Power and Massive Destruction18 Dec, 2007 11:30 am Today?s technological know-how makes it possible to construct a dam across the southern entrance of the Red Sea. Evaporation is high in the Red Sea,...Seeding the Ocean: a Discredited Strategy10 Dec, 2007 10:51 am New research indicates that the putative strategy of "seeding" the oceans with iron filings and other nutrients in an effort to cause blooms of phytoplankton...Time to Ask Congress for a Down Payment on the Future10 Dec, 2007 10:47 am The House has a new energy proposal out that you should support. Not because it's perfect, but because it's the right thing to do right now,...After Cheap Oil12 Dec, 2007 10:56 am This is a short article follow-up to my earlier article "Peak Oil and Climate Change: A Call to Peaceful Arms". Although I do revisit a few issues from...Did a Starchy Diet Fuel Gene Copying in Early Humans?11 Dec, 2007 10:45 am Biologists usually think of gene mutations as the raw material for evolution. But a wide-ranging analysis of a correlation between genes and diet across...What's Really Wrong With Nuclear Power?30 Nov, 2007 01:30 pm In terms of its achievable potential, financial and social cost, and even carbon dioxide emissions, nuclear power is not an optimal solution.Fertilizing the Ocean to Slow Global Warming22 Nov, 2007 11:00 am Scitizen interviews Professor Oliver Wingenter, of the Department of Chemistry at New Mexico Tech, who recently suggested fertilizing the ocean to grow...CNN: Supermouse Report9 Nov, 2007 12:03 pm On November 2, researchers at Case Western University announced the "super mouse": mice who have been genetically tweaked to produce large amounts of ...Slowing Cell Rolling in the Bloodstream2 Nov, 2007 10:10 am Cell rolling is an important physiological and pathological process that is used to recruit specific cells in the bloodstream to a target tissue...The Long Hard Reign of Acid Rain24 Oct, 2007 11:59 am For many environmentalists, acid rain was the cause c?l?bre of the 1980s, but how far have we come in solving the problem? Recent work shows how continuing...Fodor on Natural Selection16 Oct, 2007 11:50 am Philosopher Jerry Fodor offers up the latest example of a familiar genre: essays declaring the forthcoming demise of natural selection,...Functional Genomic Screens in Stem Cells Using Clonal Microarrays10 Oct, 2007 12:18 pm The field of functional genomics explores the various functions of genetic sequences within the human genome. Gene function discoveries provide researchers...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...Climate Change- Biggest Security Threat26 Sep, 2007 10:11 am News from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: the Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty says that climate change will make border security...Climate change talks at U.N.25 Sep, 2007 12:46 pm The UN climate change meeting yesterday announced an upcoming round of new talks that must reach a breakthrough in reducing greenhouse gas emissions...Nervous Conduction of Excitation Without Action Potentials3 Oct, 2007 12:08 pm The functioning of neuronal networks involves the conduction of excitation along the axon which is the wire-like part of the neuron...Nuclear vs. Coal: A False Choice?24 Sep, 2007 03:59 pm Anybody that has recently watched television discussions about electricity policy or read popular newspaper articles in the U.S...Kyoto Protocol, EU ETS and Determinants of CO2 Prices21 Sep, 2007 12:26 pm The Kyoto Protocol is the international response to climate change. By ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, industrialized countries make the commitment to reduce...Are Snails Too Slow for their Own Good?25 Sep, 2007 10:10 am Recent research in south-east England shows how constraints on the dispersal of threatened and declining snails has been overlooked as a constraint on...'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)...A Bio-Based Society?21 Sep, 2007 12:32 pm Biotechnology may not be the first thing people think of when asked for a solution to the major issues of our time such as pollution,...The Claim: Politically Liberal Brains are Better at Handling Change13 Sep, 2007 03:04 pm A recent report in Nature Neuroscience has gotten a lot of press. The headlines proclaim that "left-wing" brains are different from "right wing" brains...Watson's Genome, Venter's Genome, What's the Difference?11 Sep, 2007 11:25 am "Come quickly, Watson," said Sherlock Holmes, "I've been asked to review a mysterious sequence, whose importance I'm only now beginning to comprehend."Brussels Minute: Climate Struggle at EU Parliament11 Sep, 2007 11:15 am The European Parliament on Monday 10 Sept started a series of hearings to bring clarity on how to approach the issue of climate change. A EUX...Watch Out for Your Neighborhood Glacier!13 Sep, 2007 01:41 pm Ice loss from glaciers and ice caps is expected to cause more global sea level rise during this century than the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets (Meier...Madrid Conference Seeks Ways to Stop Desertification6 Sep, 2007 06:50 pm The main objectives of the UN sponsored conference which runs through September, 14 are to identify funding priorities and to adopt a new 10-year "strategic...New Insights into Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder6 Sep, 2007 12:57 pm Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common debilitating psychiatric disorder, yet the cause of OCD is unknown and few effective treatments are available...Climate-driven Change in the Northern Bering Sea29 Aug, 2007 12:58 pm Chief scientist Jackie Grebmeier's May-June cruise aboard the oceanographic research icebreaker USCGC HEALY looked at climate change and its impact on...Howard Makes Climate Change a Key APEC Objective30 Aug, 2007 10:13 am Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared yesterday that he wanted the APEC gathering of regional leaders next week in Sydney to discuss the need...Miswired memory networks in developmental disorders4 Sep, 2007 02:14 pm Developmental disorders including Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome share the symptom of impaired memory. Theories on the origins of these disorders...Laser-Fusion: Techno-fix to World Energy Crisis?22 Aug, 2007 12:17 pm A huge laser is to be constructed at a cost of half a billion Euros in a project rated as "priority" by the European Union and named HiPER...Surface and Deep Water Processes were Closely Related during Abrupt Change in the North Atlantic over the Past 420000 Years24 Aug, 2007 11:50 am A recent study (Martrat et al., 2007) based on high-resolution analyses of proxies for sea surface temperature, water mass distribution and relative biomarker...Nanotechnology Helps Scientists Make Bendy Sensors for Hydrogen Vehicles16 Aug, 2007 11:51 am Flexible hydrogen sensors and sensor arrays (i.e., sensory skins) can be used in a wide of range of systems which require demanding low cost,...Thinking Clearly about Biofuels: Ending the Irrelevant ?Net Energy? Controversy15 Aug, 2007 11:50 am The age of petroleum is ending. If we are to make sound choices about our energy future, we will have to think clearly and carefully...Better Than Ethanol? BTL in plug-in hybrid diesel vehicles2 Aug, 2007 02:07 pm Reed M. Benet is a biofuels focused Ph.D. Student University of California Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. He proposes that plug-in hybrid diesel...Al Gore: Global Warming Testimony 3/21/078 Aug, 2007 11:20 am Al Gore testifies to the House Energy & Science committees in Washington, D.C.Can Semiconductors Operate Like a Human Cell?3 Aug, 2007 10:59 am Semiconductor membranes made of two thin layers of opposite n- and p-doping can perform electrically tunable ion current rectification and filtering in...Distant Cousins, But Close: The Surprising Complexity of The Sea Anemone Genome24 Jul, 2007 12:32 pm The question of what the common ancestor of multicellular animals looked like has puzzled biologists for a long time. With the genome of the starlet sea...Did you come across nanobots lately?18 Jul, 2007 02:36 pm 20 years after futurist K. Eric Drexler?s book ?Engines of Creation? describing the possibility for self-reproducing nano robots,...?The Really Big Problem for UK Science at the Moment Is Ensuring that We Will Have Enough Scientists in the Future?11 Jul, 2007 12:54 pm As new Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled his long-term vision to ?make Britain one of the best places in the world for science,..."We Are Too Earth-Centric in Our Search for Alien Life"11 Jul, 2007 12:54 pm The American National Research Council published last week a report entitled ?The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems? suggesting that ?..."The More Ecosystems Services, The Greater The Biodiversity Needed to Underpin Those Services"11 Jul, 2007 07:01 pm Andy Hector is a specialist on biodiversity. According to his study published today in Nature, biodiversity plays a more important role in ecosystem functioning...The Creation Museum 3: General Overview5 Jul, 2007 11:54 am The Creation museum that opened on May 28 in Kentucky keeps fueling the debate between evolution and creationism. Jason Rosenhouse tells here his visit...Speaker Pelosi on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act25 Jun, 2007 04:43 pm On June 7, the House of Representatives voted 247-176 to pass a bill (S 5) that would allow federal funding for research using stem cells derived from...Choose Our Ends, And We'll Find The Means28 Jun, 2007 04:27 pm We all have our own personal fantasy worlds. Mine is to live in a world of balanced political debate where liberal and conservative politicians bring forward...American bees mysteriously dying off21 Jun, 2007 11:33 am This is BBC news on the so called Colony Collapse: how bees in north America are mysteriously dying at an alarming rate, threatening the pollination industry...?The Idea Is To Open Up?13 Jun, 2007 06:02 pm Val?rie P?cresse, the French minister of Higher Education and Research in the government of the newly elected center right president Nicolas Sarkozy,..."It Inevitably Raises the Question of Sex Selection"11 Jun, 2007 07:10 pm The British company DNA Worldwide raised a controversy last month by launching on the internet a home test called ?Pink or Blue?...GM Crops? Ecological Effects?7 Jun, 2007 08:00 pm Researchers at Santa Clara University in California have investigated the effects of genetically modified crops on insects. The study is published in the...Money as an Ethical Lighthouse6 Jun, 2007 03:15 pm Money makes the world go ?round, and the research world is no different.The Science of Transgenic Technology4 Jun, 2007 12:25 pm What do humans, flies, and worms have in common? More than you might think. See how transgenic organisms are engineered, and how they enable researchers...France: ?What We Demand Is That Laboratories Regain the Ability To Self Finance.?24 May, 2007 05:53 pm ?Sauvons la Recherche? (Save Research) is a group created in March 2003 to fight a dramatic drop in budgets and recruitment decided by the government at...Stem Cells May Help Improve Vision29 May, 2007 07:29 pm University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have recently found evidence that adult bone marrow stem cells may help cure certain genetic eye diseases.Biodiesel: King of Alternative Fuels10 May, 2007 06:58 pm Biodiesel has a much greater energy content than ethanol, and diesel engines are more efficient than spark ignition engines. The energy return for biodiesel...Nanotechnology for Healing Damaged Vascular Tissue4 May, 2007 12:45 pm Atherosclerotic vascular disease, characterized by artery hardening and vessel narrowing through plaque accumulation, has become the leading cause of death...EU research: ?We Need to Know What People on the Ground Have to Say?24 Apr, 2007 01:16 pm The European Commission has recently published a green report on the future of the European Research Area (ERA), an entity created to improve the interaction...Self-Assembly and Nanostructures: Fabricating Without a Top-Down Tool23 Apr, 2007 01:27 pm Controlling growth of materials opens the way to fabricate regular highly perfect structures without any top-down tool making it far less cost intensive...Testing Adult Stem Cells and Potential Hope for Heart Disease Victims4 Apr, 2007 02:28 pm Dr. Amish Raval and his team at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin recently announced that it is one of the first medical...Missed Opportunity By The IPCC19 Feb, 2007 03:59 pm The new IPCC Statement for Policymakers report has missed an opportunity to provide policymakers and the public with an accurate assessment of the diversity...Why Hydropower is Not Clean Energy9 Jan, 2007 02:53 pm Dr. Philip M. Fearnside is a research scientist in the Ecology department at the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA) in Manaus,...Adult Stem Cells Have Unexpected Resemblance to Embryonic Stem Cells29 Dec, 2006 03:18 pm Researchers in Dr. Rita Perlingeiro?s laboratory at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, have developed a way to isolate and purify the adult stem...Does the Universe need humankind?15 Dec, 2006 07:28 pm If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is there to hear, does it make a sound? This age-old question is analogous to one that cosmologists have been...By 2048 All Current Fish, Seafood Species Projected to Collapse6 Nov, 2006 12:55 pm In a study published in the journal Science (3 November), an international collaboration of ecologists and economists shows that the loss of biodiversity...Fossilized Liquid Assembly: A Bio-Inspired Route to Complex Structures8 Nov, 2006 10:00 am The advanced capabilities of many materials result from their exceptional surface properties. While coatings and paints improve surface properties through..."The cyclic universe model is a simple mechanism for solving the cosmological constant problem"19 Sep, 2006 10:22 am The search for a single theory of everything has led scientists to propose a surprising, new and non-intuitive description of our Universe...Stem-cell-based therapies for heart diseases: ?We?re several years away from clinical trials, but the field is moving very fast?25 Jul, 2006 04:27 pm Deepak Srivastava reviews for Scitizen the potential of stem-cell-based therapies for heart disease.1st UK Mesenchymal Stem Cell Meeting28 Jun, 2006 11:41 am Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have attracted widespread interest as promising candidates for the cell-based treatment of different degenerative disorders..."Simply Put, the Earth 3C Warmer Would Be a Different Planet Than the One that We Know"18 Jun, 2006 01:06 pm James E. Hansen is the lead climate scientist and director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Science. He comments for Scitizen on a draft report...Semiconductor Polishing: New Spherical Nanoparticle Abrasive Could Advance Chemical-Mechanical Planarization in Integrated Circuit Production14 Jun, 2006 01:11 pm Semiconductor polishing ? known technically as chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) ? has become more critical as feature sizes on integrated circuits...Scitizen, the first open science news source, is launched today!14 Jun, 2006 01:42 am Scitizen brings together a community of scientists and science writers who provide the public with an accurate, balanced and accessible description of...Piezoelectric Nanogenerators for Wireless Nanosensors25 Apr, 2006 04:14 pm Developing novel technologies for wireless nanodevices and nanosystems are of critical importance for in-situ, real-time and implantable biosensing,...Fast DNA Sequencing via Transverse Electronic Transport18 Apr, 2006 06:37 pm Currently it costs millions of dollars and takes months to sequence the entire genome of a human. In order to realize the goal of personalized medicine...The real value of embryonic stem cells?10 Apr, 2006 05:58 am Several controversies surround the use of human embryonic stem cells: Is it ethical to use them? Will embryonic stem cells ever be used to treat human... |