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Posted by bivvy
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Saturday, 18 October 2008 |
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Make way for a new electronic newspaper, explains British engineer Dean Baker. There's no paper - though it's as light as a magazine. It is an electronic device coming to market next year that looks just like a large mouse pad. (BBC News w. video)
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Posted by jmatz
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Sunday, 12 October 2008 |
In celebration of 50 years of NASA, take a look at 50 innovations that, thanks to space exploration, have made our lives better -- everything from safer food and the light emitting diode (LED) to cleaner oceans and faster rescues of hikers and mountaineers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Posted by geri
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Saturday, 04 October 2008 |
Thanks to a genetic breakthrough, a large portion of Earth's
now-inhospitable soil could be used to grow crops -- potentially
alleviating one of the most pressing problems facing the planet's
rapidly growing population. Scientists at the University of California, Riverside made plants tolerant of poisonous aluminum by tweaking a single gene. This may allow crops to thrive in the 40 to 50 percent of Earth's soils currently rendered toxic by the metal. (Wired Magazine online )
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Posted by geri
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Friday, 03 October 2008 |
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University of Calgary climate change researchers say they are close
to figuring out how to commercialize the capture of carbon dioxide
directly from the air with a simple system that could be set up
anywhere in the world.
If they can make it work, it would allow greenhouse gas to be
removed from ambient air and reduce the effect of emissions from
transportation sources such as cars and airplanes.
(Read the full story in CBC News)
(Right- University of Calgary climate change scientist David Keith with his CO2 scrubber. (University of Calgary))
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