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Evolution measured in decades not centuries
Posted Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:55:00 GMT by Colin RickettsStudies of an endangered species of fish which has been moved to a new habitat in order to save it show that evolution can move extremely quickly, causing measurable changes in just decades.
Evolution measured in decades not centuries
Sprinkle of seaweed to make more powerful, less toxic batteries
Posted Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:40:00 GMT by Martin LeggettA team from Clemson University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has turned to seaweed for help with pushing lithium batteries onto the next level - silicon-based electrodes that could boost charging capacity significantly. The work, published in today's online version of Science, also promises to slash costs, and ditch toxic chemicals previously needed in the manufacture of rechargeable lithium batteries.
Sprinkle of seaweed to make more powerful, less toxic batteries
Flame retardants that fight fire and pollution
Posted Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:31:00 GMT by Martin LeggettScientists at Texas A&M University believe they have taken the first steps towards a more effective flame-retardant for clothes - one that shouldn't be as damaging to the environment as previous types of fire-proofing. The work is being presented today at the American Chemical Society, which is meeting for the 242nd time, in Denver, Colorado, all this week.
Flame retardants that fight fire and pollution
How coral could be the secret for sunscreen pill
Posted Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:41:00 GMT by Laura BrownThree year study discovered a chemical providing a natural sunscreen which could be manufactured for humans. The role of photosynthesis within the process means the coral needs to live close to the surface of the water, raising the risk of sunburn and damage from direct sunlight.
How coral could be the secret for sunscreen pill
Will a little piece of the Red planet go green in 2030?
Posted Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:22:00 GMT by Martin LeggettPlans to get astronauts all the way to Mars and back will need to include room for a space garden, according to a presentation at the American Chemical Society meet in Colorado this week. Not only will the garden provide the Mars-bound travelers with a little culinary sparkle to their diet - it will help to help to keep the capsule's atmosphere breathable, and its water clean.
Will a little piece of the Red planet go green in 2030?
Power to the people - how a walk could charge your cell phone
Posted Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:56:00 GMT by Martin LeggettA report on a technology for harvesting power 'on-the-move' offers the promise of mobile devices being freed from the grid. Cell phones, laptops and a myriad of other electrical gadgets could benefit from an innovative shoe-powered device, say a University of Wisconsin-Madison duo in this week's Nature Communications.
Power to the people - how a walk could charge your cell phone
Radar results from Japan disaster offer hope for tsunami warning system
Posted Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:56:00 GMT by Colin RickettsScientists in California and Japan believe that high frequency radar which picked up the changes in the oceans as Japan was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in March could form the basis of a new early-warning system.
Radar results from Japan disaster offer hope for tsunami warning system
The two faces of social networking for kids
Posted Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:26:01 GMT by Colin RickettsThere are both good and bad effects of social networking use says an American psychologists, who encourages parents to listen and understand rather than spy. The bad news is that teenagers who use Facebook are more often narcissistic and young adults who use the site heavily are more likely to suffer psychological disorder.
The two faces of social networking for kids
VISTA telescope discovers new star clusters
Posted Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:02:00 GMT by Kieran Ball96 new star clusters have been found that were previously hidden from astronomers by dust clouds in the Milky Way. The new discoveries are largely due to the capabilities of the ESO's (European Southern Observatory) infrared VISTA telescope in the Chilean desert.
VISTA telescope discovers new star clusters
Ecotricity launches the Electric Highway
Posted Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:49:00 GMT by Julian JacksonElectric Car charging points to be installed at service stations on UK motorway system to enable electric vehicles to travel much further. For first time electric vehicles will be able to travel the length and breadth of Britain using the world's first national charging network at motorway service stations across the country.
Ecotricity launches the Electric Highway
Did icy-methane bring on the age of the dinosaur?
Posted Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT by Martin LeggettThe mass extinction 200 million years ago, that paved the way for the rise of the dinosaurs, could have been caused by a massive belch of methane, say scientists in a paper just published online on ScienceExpress. Plant remains show that the atmosphere was rapidly filled with carbon, which could have come from CO2-driven warming, releasing the methane stored in the cold sub-sea sediments.
Did icy-methane bring on the age of the dinosaur?
GeoEngineering the Planet - Crazy Idea or Technological Solution?
Posted Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:11:00 GMT by Julian JacksonScientists have plans for high-tech procedures to reduce climate change. As climate change creates increasing impacts on our planetary ecosystem and the pace of carbon reduction makes many people fear that we are moving too slowly to avert a catastrophe, some scientists have promoted GeoEngineering as a way to stave off disaster.
GeoEngineering the Planet - Crazy Idea or Technological Solution?
The true impact of email
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:11:00 GMT by Vita SgardelloA study carried out by the French Agency for the Environment warns that emailing is just as bad for the environment as flying. At an average size of 1 MB and 220 working days per year, ADEME has calculated sending work related emails generates 13.6 tonnes of CO2, about 13 round-trip flights from Paris to New York.
The true impact of email
Caught Green-Handed
Posted Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:45:00 GMT by David VranicarChina was a late-arriver to the green technology craze. But it's making up for lost time - and then some - by taking Western innovation and doing it better. In the process, the world's biggest polluter has become the world's king of greentech.
Caught Green-Handed
New tools to measure carbon caught in windbreak trees
Posted Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:44:00 GMT by Colin RickettsWindbreaks have several agricultural benefits, but because trees grown in these rigid lines behave differently it's been hard to measure their impact on climate change, until now. American farmers already use windbreaks. They take up a small amount of land, help to protect both crops and livestock from a battering and keep a check on soil erosion too.
New tools to measure carbon caught in windbreak trees
Fund invests in 'green' auto technologies
Posted Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:05:08 GMT by John DeanA UK university today announced a £400,000 investment to develop automotive technologies which can save fuel and reduce carbon emissions. The move comes from the University of East Anglia, which says money from its Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) project will support development work already under way from Essex company Controlled Power Technologies (CPT).
Fund invests in 'green' auto technologies
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