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There's no business like Grid business

There's no business like Grid business (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have embraced the Grid, but businesses have held back, concerned about complexity and security. Now a European research team has built a platform opening the Grid's vast resources ...


FutureGrid to provide platform for experimental computation

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the next few months, a consortium that includes the University of Chicago will establish FutureGrid, a collaborative next-generation system for experimental scientific supercomputing.


Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid

Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid

Technology / Energy

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

In utility parlance, wind energy is known as a “variable load.” That’s because wind is naturally unpredictable and inconstant. What’s worse, it is more likely to blow at night, when demand for electricity ...


Humanity would need five Earths to create the resources needed if everyone lived as like Americans, a report has stated

Mankind using Earth's resources at alarming rate

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (23) | comments 74

Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.


Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create ...


Liquid battery big enough for the electric grid?

Liquid battery big enough for the electric grid?

Technology / Energy

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- There's one major drawback to most proposed renewable-energy sources: their variability. The sun doesn't shine at night, the wind doesn’t always blow, and tides, waves and currents fluctuate. ...


Bioengineers succeed in producing plastic without the use of fossil fuels

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0

A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals. This groundbreaking research, ...


China is the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming

China harnesses mountain wind power

Technology / Energy

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 3

In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.


NREL Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State

NREL Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State

Technology / Energy

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- That California and Texas still lead the United States in generating renewable energy probably is no surprise. But, NREL's 2009 State of the States report shows that several smaller states ...


PBS's 'NewsHour' to use reporting from GlobalPost

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- PBS's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" plans to beef up its international coverage with help from the startup news outfit GlobalPost.



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