Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Unintended Consequences of Biofuels

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Biofuels, particluarly those derived from ethanol, have been heralded as an ideal way to wean us off of polluting and increasingly expensive...
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

MIT Demonstrates "Wireless Electricity"

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The ability to direct and transmit electrical power through the air, without wires, took a further step from the theoretical to the practica...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

How to Stop -- Or Live With -- Global Warming

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According to research at Princeton, current technologies are capable of stopping (or at least slowing) the rate of global warming by 2050 if...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

The End of "Cheap Food"?

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From the end of World War II until now, most nations have enjoyed plentiful and relatively inexpensive food supplies. But now, according to...
Tuesday, July 03, 2007

The iPhone Revolution?

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The iPhone, released to the public last Friday, is one of the most hyped devices in memory. But is all the excitement justified? John McCorm...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Bird Population Falls Over Past 40 Years

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A recent study by the National Audubon Society has found that bird populations -- even those of common, robust species such as grackles -- h...
Friday, June 15, 2007

Self-Healing Plastic

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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed a nanotechnology polymer that can "heal" itsel...

Britain Piloting First Biofueled Train

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Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group has embarked on yet another venture -- Virgin Trains, which seeks to replace traditional diesel train...