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Preventing tumor cells from refueling: A new anti-cancer approach?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

New data, generated in mice, by Pierre Sonveaux and colleagues, at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, have identified a potential new target for anticancer therapeutics.





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Brain power goes green

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Our brains, it turns out, are eco-friendly. A study published in Science and reviewed by F1000 Biology members Venkatesh Murthy and Jakob Sorensen reveals that our brains have the amazing ability to be energy efficient.


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Passing cars to generate energy for new UK supermarket

Technology / Energy

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (21) | comments 33

A new grocery store in the UK opening today will generate energy every time a customer drives into the parking lot. Sainsbury's, located in Gloucester, is the first European store to feature "Kinetic Road ...


Schwarzenegger to issue renewable energy order

Technology / Energy

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Administration officials say Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is moving ahead with plans to sign an executive order establishing the most aggressive renewable energy standard in the nation.


Magazine touts NJIT idea to harness clean energy for NYC

Technology / Energy

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An NJIT architecture professor with an architecture student has designed a network of modular floating docks to harness clean energy for New York City. The proposal was featured this week in Metropolis magazine.


Removing Hot Air from Nuclear Power Plants; Scientists Convert Nuclear Energy to Power without Steam

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 25

(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, researchers have been in search of an economically feasible method of converting nuclear energy directly into electricity. Now, University of Missouri researchers are developing an energy conversion ...


Powerful laser sheds light on fast ignition and high energy density physics

Powerful laser sheds light on fast ignition and high energy density physics

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new generation of high-energy (>kJ) petawatt (HEPW) lasers is being constructed worldwide to study high intensity laser matter interactions, including fast ignition. Fast ignition is a laser-based technique ...


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Artificial Leaves Generate Power by Pumping Water

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Natural leaves constantly lose water through evaporation, as the water in their veins is pumped up to the top of the tree. This process, called transpiration, could also create a mechanical ...


US army to be powered by waste

US army to be powered by waste

Technology / Energy

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Defense company Qinetiq has been awarded a contract to supply the US army with a system that generates electricity from garbage.


Homeowners, small businesses install turbines to cut long-term energy costs

Technology / Energy

created Apr 25, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 14

Steve and Sue Kirkham's home sits atop a hill where the wind can be strong enough to mute conversations and rattle lawn chairs. Instead of complaining, they decided to harness its power.


German firms join for solar-thermal push in the U.S.

Technology / Energy

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

German firms Solar Millennium AG and MAN Ferrostaal AG on Monday said they formed a joint venture to build up to three utility-scale plants in Southern California at a cost about $1 billion each.



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