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A visitor arrives on a launch at Raven's Ait, a squatted island on the river Thames in west London

In Britain, green squatters seize island

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

A bucolic, sun-dappled island in the river Thames seems an unlikely setting for an environmental and lifestyle standoff -- but that's what green squatters are staging.





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Shop before you sign a data contract for a netbook

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 7 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netbooks with built-in 3G wireless Internet access are all the rage this holiday season. But before you sign on the dotted line at your local AT&T or Verizon Wireless store and commit yourself to a two-year contract, consider ...


Checklist for going solar

Technology / Energy

created 7 hours ago | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

With the sun setting before 5 p.m., solar power may be the last thing on your mind these days. But declining panel prices ans a federal tax credit make now a good time to at least investigate whether solar power might make ...


American drivers fond of their gas guzzlers will have to quickly learn to love greener cars

Green cars to get Copenhagen boost

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

American drivers fond of their gas guzzlers will have to quickly learn to love greener cars, which are expected to get a big boost from upcoming international climate talks in Copenhagen.


A greener way to get electricity from natural gas

A greener way to get electricity from natural gas

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (12) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of natural-gas electric power plant proposed by MIT researchers could provide electricity with zero carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, at costs comparable to or less than ...


Google, other Silicon Valley firms nurture app developers

Technology / Internet

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

They crowd the lobby of Google's Building 43 one evening a month, waiting to climb the wide stairway under a mock-up of the world's first private spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, prepared to delve deep into the Internet giant's ...


China is now the world's top producer of the solar power cells

China solar panel makers see boost from Copenhagen

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

In Trina Solar's brilliant white factory in eastern China, masked workers in lab coats turn silicon wafers into solar power cells capable of harnessing the sun's clean and limitless energy.


AP sources: Comcast to pay $13.75B for NBC stake (AP)

Comcast aims to reshape entertainment with NBC

Technology / Business

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. announced Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator control of the Peacock network, an array of cable ...


Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review (AP)

Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review

Technology / Business

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. will likely have to accept substantial conditions if the cable TV provider wants to win regulatory approval for control of NBC Universal's broadcast network, cable channels and movie ...


Defining feeding milestones in neonates helps improve quality of life

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study conducted by researchers and physicians at Nationwide Children's Hospital sheds new light on feeding challenges often faced by premature infants. Although the prevalence of this disorder is well recognized, ...


Researchers put a new spin on atomic musical chairs

Researchers put a new spin on atomic musical chairs

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new way to introduce magnetic impurities in a semiconductor crystal by prodding it with ...



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