Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. … learn more→
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Self-cleaning technology from Mars can keep terrestrial solar panels dust-free
Australian fossil find pushes back biological clock
US scientists working in Australia may have found the oldest fossils of animal bodies, which predate other evidence of animal body forms by more than 70 million years. … learn more→
Numerate uses Google-like code to develop drugs
Drug development is increasingly a numbers game — and that could add up to quicker decisions on which compounds have the greatest chances of success in patients. … learn more→
When is Green actually Red or maybe even Blue
When the Australian Green Party becomes a force in Australian politics with a potential hung Parliament and power with the Independents and Greens. … learn more→
How marketplace economics can help build a greener world
Consumers now have little information about the true ecological impacts of what they buy. New technologies that track supply chains are emerging and companies as diverse as Unilever and Google look to make their products more sustainable. … learn more→
Energy-based economic development: a fad or here to stay?
More than $50 billion in federal stimulus funds were allocated to support energy technology innovation, green jobs, and low-income energy efficiency assistance programs. … learn more→
10 steps to a greener College move-in
Even though students today are more concerned than ever about the environment, during the transition to college, those ideals often go by the wayside. … learn more→
Ten reasons why “Boycott BP” is a stupid idea
Despite the “oil crisis” in the 1970’s, the catastrophic Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, and two oil-related Gulf wars, we continue to choose convenient self-delusion over logical, intelligent, honest and actionable thought. … learn more→
Swiss try to limit cow methane emissions
Cows and sheep produce not only milk and cheese: they also produce the greenhouse gas methane. … learn more→
New computer model advances climate change research
Scientists can now study climate change in far more detail with powerful new computer software released by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). … learn more→