Positive news from New York
U.S. Zoo Considers Using Animal Waste as Energy SourceSyracuse, NY - The Rosamond Gifford Zoo is looking to become the first zoo in the nation to be powered by its own animal waste -- particularly the prodigious piles produced by its pachyderms. |
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Scientists in U.S. create ‘low-tech’ nuclear fusion deviceNew York City - In a surprising feat of miniaturization, scientists reported Thursday that they have produced nuclear fusion - the same process that powers the sun - in a small cylinder just five inches in diameter. |
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Survival Rate for Elderly in Combined Lung Cancer Treatment Match Younger VictimsNew York City, NY - Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., strikes about half its victims after they have reached their 70th birthday. |
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Barnes & Noble Donates More Than 2,000 Books to Roosevelt Elementary School in New Brunswick, NJNew York City, NY - Barnes & Noble donated more than 2,000 books today to Roosevelt Elementary School in New Brunswick, NJ. |
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Developing Nations Ripe for Wind, Solar Energy, U.N. SaysNew York City, NY - Developing countries could install hundreds of thousands of megawatts of renewable energy capacity and help relieve poverty and volatile oil bills in those nations, U.N. officials said Thursday. |
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Good news in America
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Obama ‘backs assault weapons ban’
- Victories for Marriage Equality and First Openly Gay U.S. Senator
- Lucas Giving Disney’s Billions To Fund Education
- New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to Life
- SpaceX launches station cargo
- Tesla Unveils Solar Powered Charging Stations
- Obama Hikes Fuel Efficiency to 54.5 MPG by 2025
- Bill Nye the Science Guy asks parents not to raise creationist kids
- Community-Owned Solar Power on the Rise in the U.S.
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