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Reprogrammed Cells Make Insulin From Scratch this article opens in a new window

Cells transformed inside a diabetic mouse become successful insulin-producers.

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Structures so green they give back to the environment

plentymag.com, 1 week, 2 days, 7 hours, 15 minutes ago, comment
USA - The first green buildings were the first buildings, period. Mud brick huts, a kind of early adobe, were built in Hierakonpolis, Egypt, almost 5,000 years ago.


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Little robin from Gabon is world’s newest species this article opens in a new window

ENN, 1 week, 5 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes ago, comment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A red-breasted bird discovered by accident in the forests of Gabon is a new species, U.S. scientists said on Friday. They have named the little bird the olive-backed forest robin, or Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus, but say they know little about it yet.


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Pacific dives recover novel fish this article opens in a new window

BBC, 1 week, 6 days, 12 hours, 56 minutes ago, comment
Marine biologists being filmed for a BBC TV series see an astonishing 13 new fish species on an expedition in the Pacific.


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Celebrities take up the cause of going green

San Francisco Chronicle, 2 weeks, 7 hours, 7 minutes ago, comment
On Aug. 3, Planet Green, the new cable offshoot of the Discovery Channel, premiered "Battleground Earth," the first-ever eco-reality show to pit celebrities in a competition to out-green each other.


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Flexible Nanoantenna Arrays Capture Solar Energy

renewableenergyworld.com, 2 weeks, 7 hours, 14 minutes ago, comment
Idaho National Labratory - Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources.


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