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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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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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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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The Google Art Project Makes Masterpieces Accessible to All
via The Atlantic |
Fri February 04, 2011 |
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New study says world can be completely powered by clean energy in 20-40 yearsScientists from Stanford University and the University of California at Davis have crunched the numbers and come up with a plan for how the world might economically and feasibly make the move to renewable energy in the next 20 to 40 years. |
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Global spam e-mail levels suddenly fallThe amount of junk e-mail being sent across the globe has seen a dramatic fall in recent months. |
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Ford to extend Auto Start-Stop system to gasoline and diesel vehiclesAuto Stop-Start technology that shuts off a vehicle’s engine when it comes to a stop to save fuel is a standard feature on many hybrid and electric-vehicles (EVs), including Ford’s Fusion Hybrid and Escape Hybrid. Ford has now announced its Auto Start-Stop system will be added to conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America from 2012. |
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Science news headlines
- The Cleanweb Takes Off
- Personal medicine is a little bit closer: Sequence your genome for under $1000
- 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA
- New discovery could lead to better artificial hips
- New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity filling
- First Earth-sized planets spotted
- Artificial Intestines near reality
- Yoav Medan: Ultrasound surgery—healing without cuts
- Harnessing desert sun to power Europe
- Astronomers confirm ‘Earth twin’
- Giant Nasa rover launches to Mars
- How rainwater harvesting is helping Nicaraguan farmers
- Plan to Recycle $300 Billion Worth of Space Debris
- Rating Your Toaster’s Lifetime Costs
- True3D Head Up Display keeps drivers focused on the road
- TED Talk: Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research
- ‘Gloria’ will allow internet astronomers to access worldwide robotic telescope network
- Real-life Jedi: Pushing the limits of mind control
- World’s largest radio telescope begins study of cosmic dawn
- Paris ready to turn ignition on electric car-sharing program
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