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A winning solution for renewable energy and CO2 reduction?A promising new innovation in geothermal technology, that offers a novel solution to climate change, has been created by two researchers from the University of Minnesota's Department of Earth Sciences. |
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Big promise for fight against mosquito-borne diseasesFemale mosquitoes are efficient carriers of deadly diseases such as malaria, dengue and yellow fever, resulting each year in several million deaths and hundreds of millions of cases. To find human hosts to bite and spread disease, these mosquitoes use exhaled carbon dioxide as a vital cue. A disruption of the vital carbon dioxide detection machinery of mosquitoes, which would help control the spread of diseases they transmit, has therefore been a long sought-after goal. |
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‘Optical Battery’ Discovery Could Mean Solar Power Without Solar CellsResearchers at the University of Michigan have made a scientific discovery that is intriguing all on its own but it is the breakthrough’s potential applications in solar power generation that have them excited. |
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NASA satellite helps find 17 Egypt pyramidsArchaeologists have uncovered as many as 17 buried pyramids in Egypt with the help of NASA satellite imagery, according to a documentary to be aired by the BBC on Monday. |
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Scientists working on human-dolphin communication deviceScientists are working on an underwater device that could facilitate two-way human-dolphin communications |
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Mobile phones in developing nations could charge up using dirtA Harvard team is developing a microbial fuel cell-based mobile phone charger, that would allow people in developing nations to charge their phones using microbes in the soil. |
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Fog ‘harvesting’ could mean water for poorA U.S. researcher says he wants to help the world's poor gain access to water through a technology based on nature called fog harvesting. |
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Google is Building the World’s Largest Solar Tower Power PlantThe solar investments from Google just keep on comin’, and this time, it’s a biggie. On Monday afternoon, the search giant announced its largest investment in renewable energy to date: $168 million into one of the first utility-scale solar projects being built by startup BrightSource Energy in California’s Mojave Desert. |
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Google’s driverless car
via TED |
Mon April 04, 2011 |
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Messenger probe enters Mercury orbitNasa's Messenger spacecraft has successfully entered into orbit around the planet Mercury - the first probe to do so. |
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Harrison Ford Lends Support to Eco-Friendly Video GameVideo games aren't the greenest activity out there. Often held up as the epitome of sloth, they have a way of sucking power without producing anything, encouraging sedentary activity and drawing us out of our real lives to boot. Problem is, they're really fun. That's why Talkie, a game designer based in Los Angeles, is making a new social game, akin to Zynga's "FarmVille" or "CityVille," that they hope will encourage their players to get out of their chairs and have a positive impact on their environments. They're just one of scores of designers hoping to harness the addictive power of video games toward social good. |
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New System Can Warn of Tsunamis Within MinutesSeismologists have developed a new system that could be used to warn future populations of an impending tsunami only minutes after the initial earthquake. |
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Microscope could ‘solve the cause of viruses’University of Manchester scientists have produced the world’s most powerful optical microscope, which could help understand the causes of many viruses and diseases. |
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‘Printing’ human organs with 3D bio-printer
via BBC |
Tue February 22, 2011 |
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Ancient discoveries
- Exciting stone tool find in Kenya
- NASA satellite helps find 17 Egypt pyramids
- Vietnam’s own ‘great wall’ uncovered
- New Type of Ancient Human Found - Descendants Live Today?
- New discoveries concerning pre-Columbian settlements in the Amazon
- Ultraviolet light reveals how Greek statues really looked
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Technology news
- Light-powered bionic eye invented to help restore sight
- Share your status – and your lungs. Facebook tool promotes organ donation
- Bar Codes Apps Allow Consumers To Make Socially Conscious Choices
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- New technologies detect seizures, and could possibly even eliminate them
- Floating wind turbines to produce low cost renewable energy
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Breakthroughs in Technology
- American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery Technology
- New system could eventually ‘eliminate’ batteries
- New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity filling
- Artificial Intestines near reality
- Real-life Jedi: Pushing the limits of mind control
- Groundbreaking solar plant in Spain generates 24 hours of power
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