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Nearly Waterless Washing Machine

Nearly Waterless Washing Machine to Debut in 2009

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (82) | comments 14 weblog

A new washing machine that uses just a cup of water, a pinch of detergent, and about 1,000 small plastic chips to clean clothes may be available for consumers in the UK next year.





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Spin cycle: a new kind of washer (Video)

Spin cycle: a new kind of washer (Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In many developing countries, electricity is unreliable or unavailable and water must be carried by hand, so conventional modern washing machines are not an option. Washing clothes can take ...


Buying green can be license for bad behavior, study finds

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Those lyin', cheatin' green consumers. Just being around green products can make us behave more altruistically, a new study to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science has found.


Wet ethanol production process yields more ethanol and more co-products

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger bang for their buck - ...


Teens less likely to wash hands when cooking, more likely to cross-contaminate raw food than adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Kansas State University study has shown that when preparing frozen foods, adolescents are less likely than adults to wash their hands and are more susceptible to cross-contaminating raw foods while cooking.


Dr. Mom was right -- and wrong -- about washing fruits and vegetables

Dr. Mom was right -- and wrong -- about washing fruits and vegetables

Chemistry /

created Apr 10, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Washing fresh fruits and vegetables before eating may reduce the risk of food poisoning and those awful episodes of vomiting and diarrhea. But according to new research, described today at the 235th national ...


Process can cut the cost of making cellulosic biofuels

Chemistry /

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A patented Michigan State University process to pretreat corn-crop waste before conversion into ethanol means extra nutrients don't have to be added, cutting the cost of making biofuels from cellulose.


Researcher thinks 'inside the box' to create self-contained wastewater system for soldiers, small towns

Researcher thinks 'inside the box' to create self-contained wastewater system for soldiers, small towns

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cheaper. Better. Faster. Most people will say you can't have all three. But don't tell that to Dr. Jianmin Wang, a professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri ...


Age-specific evaluation of HPV DNA testing vs. cytology screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing with cytology triage is more sensitive than conventional cytology screening for detecting cervical lesions, according to a new study published online November 9 in the Journal of th ...


Major North American breakthrough for dialysis patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 27, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a growing number of patients at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), have become the beneficiaries of a North American breakthrough: high efficacy hemodiafiltration ...


The future of organic ornamental plants

The future of organic ornamental plants

Biology / Other

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whether plants are grown for food or ornamental use, conventional agricultural production methods have the same environmental impact. Pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers can find their way into ...



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