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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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California says yes to molten solarThe California Energy Commission has approved a permit for SolarReserve to build a 150-megawatt solar plant that uses molten salt to store energy, the company announced Wednesday. |
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Helping the paralyzed to walk againA technique helping stroke victims regain their mobility has won the 2010 Danish Research Result of the Year award and is now attracting attention from investors keen to see the research move from the lab and into rehabilitation centers. |
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New tool that can quickly identify dangerous viruses developedA simple diagnostic tool has been developed by Boston University researchers to quickly identify dangerous viruses like Ebola and Marburg. |
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MIT develops solar-powered, portable desalination system
via GizMag |
Thu October 28, 2010 |
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New Acoustic Early Warning System For Landslide Prediction
via Terra Daily |
Tue October 26, 2010 |
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Cell Phones Powered by Conversation?Chatty teenagers could be the world's next renewable energy source. Scientists from Korea have turned the main ingredient of calamine lotion into a tiny material that converts sound waves into electricity. |
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Windstalk concept is a wind farm without the turbines
via GizMag |
Thu October 14, 2010 |
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Discovery gives hope for efficient, flexible, inexpensive plastic solar cells
via GizMag |
Mon October 11, 2010 |
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Robotic legs for paraplegics march forward
via Cnet |
Sun October 10, 2010 |
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LONGREACH Lifesaver Bazooka Wins 2010 James Dyson Award
via Wired |
Thu October 07, 2010 |
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Mobile Wind Turbine Could Provide Portable Power On-Call
via Inhabitat |
Thu October 07, 2010 |
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Science news headlines
- 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
- Device invented that can detect infectious disease in minutes
- American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery Technology
- New system could eventually ‘eliminate’ batteries
- Digital tools ‘to save languages’
- Transplant jaw made by 3D printer claimed as first
- 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
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