 Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 80 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 ... | |
New insights on link between early consumption of cows’ milk and Type-1 diabetes May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Researchers in Maine report a new explanation for the mysterious link between consumption of cows’ milk protein in infant formula early in life and an increased risk of later developing Type-1 diabetes. A protein in cow’s ... | |
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. | |
 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. | |
 Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness ... | |
 WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet world May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use. | |
 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. | |
 Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- She has been named Beauty, though this eagle is anything but. Part of Beauty's beak was shot off several years ago, leaving her with a stump that is useless for hunting food. A team of volunteers ... | |
 A crash course in true political science May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting ... | |
Hunger hormone: Makes food more attractive May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A new brain-imaging study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University reveals that ghrelin - a stomach hormone, acts on specific regions of the brain to enhance our response to food related cues ... | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
 Review: Mint shows me the money, and that's half the battle May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Confession: I've never balanced a checkbook or devised a realistic budget. I'm too impatient to follow through with manual record-keeping when all the transactions are digital. | |
Scientists find connection between mental fitness and multi-lingualism May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Children who speak a second or third language may have an unexpected advantage later in life, a new Tel Aviv University study has found. Knowing and speaking many languages may protect the brain against the effects of aging. | |
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