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New road concrete developed that actually cleans the airWouldn’t it be great if cars put out less pollution? You can breathe a sigh of relief, because researchers have discovered a breakthrough that will lead to reduced pollution and cleaner air. |
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Cannabis electric car to be made in CanadaAn electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation. |
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Spray-on film turns glass into solar panelsIf the very idea of a spray-on film that can turn windows into solar collectors sounds too good to be true, think again. |
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Solar power plant plans move ahead in CaliforniaAfter a long drought, large-scale solar power is getting closer to returning to the U.S. desert. |
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Innovative India water plant opens in MadrasA desalination plant which begins operating in Madras on Saturday will provide some of the cheapest drinking water in India, backers say. |
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Paralyzed may soon steer wheelchair with just a sniffA device that detects the subtle movements needed to sniff air through the nose or mouth can steer a wheelchair or allow completely paralyzed people to type messages, Israeli researchers reported Monday. |
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How lasers will light up the future of medicineby Philippa Roxby Health reporter, BBC News An eye More than 100,000 laser eye surgery procedures are performed every year A whole range of medical procedures rely on lasers, so much so that we don't even realise we're being treated using Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER). |
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Resurrected: woolly mammoth blood proteinFloating in a test tube in a lab in Winnipeg, Canada, is a tiny speck of woolly mammoth – a blood protein which may explain how the animals coped with the cold of an ice age. |
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Sony aims for zero footprintSony has become the largest multinational corporation to announce its intention to have a zero environmental footprint by 2050, including zero carbon emissions and the elimination of all non-renewable material from its products. |
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Government pledges cash for eco-driversThe Government has promised to slash 25% off the price of a low-carbon car up to a maximum of £5,000 as part of plans to reduce the UK's carbon footprint. |
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- New road concrete developed that actually cleans the air
- Cannabis electric car to be made in Canada
- Big Bear Solar Observatory: The Most Detailed Picture of a Sunspot Ever Recorded
- Scientists hope to collect electricity from the air
- Rich exoplanet system discovered
- Ultraviolet light reveals how Greek statues really looked
- Spray-on film turns glass into solar panels
- Solar power plant plans move ahead in California
- Mysterious tunnel discovered under Mexican ruins
- Innovative India water plant opens in Madras
- Mars site may hold buried life
- Paralyzed may soon steer wheelchair with just a sniff
- 700 new planets discovered by NASA
- Archaeologists unearth Neolithic henge at Stonehenge
- Pann-Starrs telescope begins operations to hunt asteroids
- How lasers will light up the future of medicine
- Resurrected: woolly mammoth blood protein
- Sony aims for zero footprint
- Government pledges cash for eco-drivers
- Typos may earn Google £320m a year
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