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Asahi’s auto glass blocks UV, filters out IR raysAs prolonged exposure to sunlight increasingly becomes a health hazard, causing skin problems and even cancer, automakers have started to incorporate glass that blocks harmful ultraviolet light. |
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New Microscopy Technique Can See The Lengths Of Atomic BondsFor the first time, scientists have used an imaging technique that’s so precise that it’s possible to see the different lengths of individual atomic bonds. |
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New radio telescope to watch for solar flaresAfter a long eight-year wait, the building of Australia's Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope has finally reached completion. The radio telescope's first major task will be to investigate the Sun to provide earlier warnings of solar storms that, if left unchecked, could fry satellites and power grids across the globe. |
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Mind-controlled helicopter aids concentrationA toy helicopter controlled by nothing but brainwaves could be available to the public just in time to hover under this year's Christmas tree. |
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Fighting cancer with cell phonesOnly innovation can reduce illness and poverty in Africa, according to a program that is funding creative approaches to healthcare in developing countries. |
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Amputee Climbs 103 Stories Using Mind-Controlled Bionic LegA man with a mind-controlled bionic leg climbed to the top of Chicago’s famous Sears Willis Tower Sunday, part of a charity stair-climbing event. Zac Vawter, 31, lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident and is the first person to climb that many floors wearing a bionic limb. |
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New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to LifeEmploying a new tertiary wastewater treatment process reduced levels of phosphorous and trace pollutants in urban wastewater effluent below EPA safe levels, researchers from Veolia Water, Kruger and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found. |
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Energy from Solar Power now Cheaper than Fossil Fuels in 105 Countries
via Triple Pundit |
Sun September 30, 2012 |
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Tesla Unveils Solar Powered Charging StationsTesla Motors unveiled the first of its six Supercharger stations in six California locations (Folsom, Gilroy, Coalinga, Lebec, Barstow and Hawthorne). |
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Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel AustriaEurope now generates 52 gigawatts of solar energy, which is still only 2 percent of the continent’s total power output–but enough to fuel all of Austria according to various news sources. |
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Robots join the fight against cancerThe researchers hope that snake robots could help spot and remove tumours more effectively. |
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Spotting Cancer Cells in Blood With a 27-Picosecond Camera
via Popular Science |
Mon August 13, 2012 |
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Community-Owned Solar Power on the Rise in the U.S.Conditions are right for growth in community-owned solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. |
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Google Unveils Ultrafast Web ServiceGoogle on Thursday unveiled an ultrafast Web service along with an Internet television subscription in the Kansas City area as part of a pilot project to boost broadband speeds. The Google Fiber superfast broadband network will be available starting in September, with one-gigabyte per second speeds -- about 100 times faster than most current Internet subscriptions. |
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Science news headlines
- ‘Most Earth-like’ planets discovered
- Safer vaccine created without virus
- Asahi’s auto glass blocks UV, filters out IR rays
- Earth’s nearest solar neighborhood has a habitable planet
- New Microscopy Technique Can See The Lengths Of Atomic Bonds
- New radio telescope to watch for solar flares
- Mind-controlled helicopter aids concentration
- Fighting cancer with cell phones
- ‘Super-Earth’ exoplanet spotted 42 light-years away
- Amputee Climbs 103 Stories Using Mind-Controlled Bionic Leg
- Enjoyment of life ‘key to living longer’
- New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to Life
- SpaceX launches station cargo
- Energy from Solar Power now Cheaper than Fossil Fuels in 105 Countries
- Tesla Unveils Solar Powered Charging Stations
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- Robots join the fight against cancer
- Puppet experiment suggests humans are born to be fair
- Bill Nye the Science Guy asks parents not to raise creationist kids
- Male contraceptive pill ‘step closer’ after mice studies
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