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Scientific community called upon to resolve debate on 'net energy' once and for all

Technology / Energy

created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (13) | comments 6

"Net energy is a (mostly) irrelevant, misleading and dangerous metric," says Professor Bruce Dale, editor-in-chief of Biofuels, Bioresources and Biorefining (Biofpr) in the latest issue of the journal published today.





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The Stars My Destination

The Stars My Destination

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0

The Voyager spacecraft are now in the outermost layer of the heliosphere, traveling toward interstellar space - the first man-made spacecraft to travel such a vast distance from Earth.


Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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(AP) -- People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, ...


Switching Gears to Greener Transportation

Switching Gears to Greener Transportation

Technology / Energy

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Automakers around the world continue to slowly infuse their cars and trucks with greener, more efficient technology, but researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute contend that technology alone will not ...


Researchers complete draft genome sequence for cassava

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome. The project is an important first step in accelerating the pace of research on this subsistence ...


Eco-friendly building techniques don't have to significantly raise construction costs

Technology / Energy

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Home builder Lance Schmidt hears it all the time: Green building costs more. But he and his colleagues are out to prove otherwise.


Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games (AP)

Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 6

(AP) -- A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space - an idea spurred by science fiction novels.


Researchers hail innovative plan to save rainforest, reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

An innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region of Amazon rainforest is a precedent-setting and potentially economically viable approach, says a team of environmental researchers ...


Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 3

By travelling to the outer solar system, the two Voyager spacecraft allowed us to see amazing details of far-distant planets and moons.


Iron controls patterns of nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic

Iron controls patterns of nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists including researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and the University of Essex have discovered that interactions between iron supply, transported through the atmosphere from ...


Colorado county copes with methane mystery (AP)

Colorado county copes with methane mystery

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 7

(AP) -- Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high.



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