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Posted by Michael Little
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
In this world of ever expanding electronic devices, paper would seem to be passé. It isn't as cool as an MP3 player or an e-Book reader. But if the researchers at Mid Sweden University have their way we'll soon see paper products that store digital information and play audio tracks with the touch of a finger. Imagine a newspaper or magazine that will read a news story, play music, or, most certainly, provide advertising jingles. The Swedish professors are calling it the fourth generation of paper products. Beyond printing paper and packaging paper and hygiene paper, comes "Paper IV"... |
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Read more... [Digital Paper Can Read Aloud for You]
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Posted by Michael Little
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
Ever wanted to know how many species of birds live on the island of Crete? Or perhaps how many species of animals live in your own home state? Thanks to an ambitious global biodiversity initiative led by groups like the MacArthur Foundation, Smithsonian, and Harvard, the answers to these questions could literally be at your fingertips within the next few years with a new online encyclopedia that promises to catalog all life on Earth. |
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Read more... [Online Encyclopedia Catalogs All Life on Earth]
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Posted by Cristina Frick
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
Aluminum pellets combined with water may be the answer for automakers who have been searching for an easy way to produce hydrogen as fuel for their environmentally-friendly prototypes. Jerry Woodall, a professor at Purdue University, accidentally discovered the potential energy source when he was cleaning a crucible containing aluminum with water... |
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Read more... [New Fuel for 21st Century - Aluminum Pellets?]
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Posted by Michael Little
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
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Dr. Chris Stanley was enlisted as an expert when workers in a Serbian mine found a mineral they could not identify as any previously known. The chemical formula, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, was not referenced in the scientific literature, but it was referenced in literature — specifically that of science fiction. A Web search by Dr. Stanley revealed that the new mineral closely matches the chemical composition of kryptonite as described in the latest Superman film... |
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Read more... [Superman's Kryptonite Found?]
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Posted by geri
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
A joint project between Australia's most famous lager brewer, Foster's, and the University of Queensland to turn beer wastewater into electricity has won $140,000 from the Queensland Government's Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund. The technology works using a microbial fuel cell, which feeds continuously on the churning organics in the brewery wastewater, turning it into watts.
The team from UQ's Advanced Wastewater Management Centre (AWMC) posed for photos at Foster's Yatala brewery during the presentation of the funding by Minister for Environment Lindy Nelson-Carr on May 2... |
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Read more... [Brewing a Sustainable Energy Solution -- With Beer!]
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