 Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 78 vote(s)
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A Silicon Valley start-up called E-Fuel is showing exactly how ethanol can live up to its name as "the people´s fuel." The company recently announced that it will soon start selling a home ethanol system, ... | |
 80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer in the US May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 64 vote(s)
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Green Vehicles, a company based in San Jose, California, has recently revealed that it will begin selling two lithium-ion-powered electric vehicles early this summer. The three-wheeled TRIAC is a highway-capable ... | |
Global climate models both agree and disagree with actual Antarctic data May 07, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Scientists who compared recorded Antarctic temperatures and snowfall accumulation to predictions by major computer models of global climate change offer both good and bad news. | |
 Harnessing sunlight on the cheap May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 74 vote(s)
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For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point. | |
 Biofuels backlash in US as food costs hit home May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love affair with the automobile. ... | |
Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. | |
 How to slash vehicle fuel use May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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It is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so would require immediate action on several challenging fronts, according to a new analysis ... | |
 Spain claims $500 million in sunken treasure May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish. | |
 Researchers Observe Hydrogen-Bond Exchange May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Hydrogen bonds are quite small, on the level of a few angstroms. They can also be passed between two different molecules very quickly, at speeds of tens of times per second. But in spite of these properties, ... | |
 New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down ... | |
US, EU asked to reconsider biofuel goals as food prices rise May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The U.S. and European Union should reconsider a shift to biofuels that has helped increase food prices worldwide by turning agricultural land over to energy crops, American economist Jeffrey Sachs said Monday. | |
Researchers demonstrate for the first time how light squeezes through small holes May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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How does light pass through a tiny hole" For the first time, Dr Aurele Adam and Prof. Paul Planken of Delft University of Technology, in conjunction with two South Korean and one German research groups, have succeeded in ... | |
Secondhand smoke exposure can cause cell damage in 30 minutes May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Exposure to secondhand smoke even for a brief period is injurious to health, a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has found. | |
 Swedish court convicts man of file sharing May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A Swedish court on Monday handed down a suspended sentence and a 10,000-kronor (1,655-dollar, 1,070-euro) fine to a man found guilty of sharing some 4,500 music files and 30 films on the Internet. | |
 Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Oxford chemists have found a way of using carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the food industry. | |
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