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Taiwan has unveiled what it calls Asia's biggest solar power plant

Taiwan unveils Asia's biggest solar plant: govt

Technology / Energy

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Taiwan has unveiled what it calls Asia's biggest solar power plant as the island, which imports almost all its energy, seeks to tap into clean renewable resources, the government said Wednesday.


The LHC tunnel

Large Hadron Collider preparing 2010 new science restart

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 3

At its 153rd session today, the CERN Council heard that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ended its first full period of operation in style on Wednesday 16 December. Collisions at 2.36TeV recorded since last ...


Indonesia rejects Bali plan for turtle sacrifices (AP)

Indonesia rejects Bali plan for turtle sacrifices

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Indonesia has rejected a push by the resort island of Bali for rare turtles to be legally slain in Hindu ceremonies, siding with conservationists of the protected reptiles against religious advocates, ...


Value of volunteering more than economic

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With rising unemployment and fewer job vacancies, the current financial crisis has seen renewed policy emphasis in both Europe and the UK on volunteering as a route to employment, according to a new report from the Economic ...


NASA tech zooms in on water and land

NASA tech zooms in on water and land

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a pilot project that could help better manage the planet's strained natural resources, space-age technologies are helping a Washington state community monitor its water availability. NASA satellites and ...


Limestone leaf warbler: New bird species discovered

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A diminutive, colorful bird living in the rocky forests of Laos and Vietnam has been discovered by a team of scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Lao PDR Department of Forestry, Swedish University ...


Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vibrations from the environments we live and work in could be much more widely harnessed as a clean source of electricity, due to cutting-edge UK research.


The Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude into the sea in 1989

Fuel spill at same Alaska reef as Exxon Valdez

Space & Earth / Environment

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A tugboat struck the same reef as the Exxon Valdez tanker 20 years ago, spilling diesel into Alaska's Prince William Sound and creating a three-mile-long slick, the US Coast Guard said on Friday.


Deciding to have a baby is an easier step for public sector workers

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Working for the public sector is good for fertility, according to new Economic and Social Research Council funded research at the University of Oxford. The study, which examined patterns of employment and childbearing decisions ...


White House picks new cyber coordinator

Technology / Internet

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate ...



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