WEEK NEWS REVIEW all Postings 4-11 sept 2011

CLIMATE-Bedrock Nitrogen May Help Forests Buffer Climate Change, Study Finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831155347.htm
Then-and-Now Pics Reveal Stunning Greenland Glacier Melt

Balancing the Carbon Budget" markets, credits - HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations views of whole slices of the atmosphere http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907151852.htm
SCIENCE -
BEND the LIGHT new phenomena bizarre optical phenomena
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-bizarre-optical-phenomena-defying-laws.html
Patent reform act stirs mixed emotions in science circles
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-patent-reform-emotions-science-circles.html
A switch that lets one photon alter the quantum state of another
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-photon-quantum-state.html
ENERGY - Amsterdam airport powering ground vehicles with cooking oil
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/amsterdam-airport-powering-ground-vehicles-cooking-oil/
FC-R&D releases natural-energy power system
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-fc-rd-natural-energy-power.html
Powered by Seaweed: Polymer from Algae May Improve Battery Performance
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145104.htm
5 green products designed to monitor energy use in your house
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/5-green-products-designed-monitor-energy-house/
Pair claim they can make ammonia to fuel cars for just 20 cents per liter
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-pair-ammonia-fuel-cars-cents.html
 SOLAR -Solar Electric Robot Chariot: Bob Schneeveis and Grant Grundler
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/eco-minded-inventor-creates-solar-electric-robot-chariot/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y3iKpVf0dGg
BELGIUM Innovative Organic Solar Cell Architecture Sets New Performance
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110905074316.htm
DUTCH Cargohopper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t28NY67OPIE
Plastic bottle light "Plastic bottle 60-watt light" -Panasonic ecoideasnet
Jim Meaney, owner of Cansolair Inc. displays how he converts pop cans into a powerful solar heating panel Brilliant Newfoundlander Invents the Solution
Solar on Someone Else's Land, Solar Farm Investment
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/solar-farm-investment.php
10 advancements in solar energy technology to watch out for
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-advancements-solar-energy-technology-watch/
Logitech Creates Solar Keyboard For Macs
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/logitech-creates-solar-keyboard-for-macs.php
 Innovative Organic Solar Cell Architecture Sets New Performance Level, Belgian Researchers Demonstrate
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110905074316.htm
Green Energy and GRID Alternatives to Install 50 Solar Energy Systems in 5 Days for Low-Income Families Across California
http://www.esolarenergynews.com/2011/09/yingli-green-energy-and-grid.html
WATER
Clear polluants radioactive waste that can leach out into the groundwater
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906134011.htm
Skydrop: An unusual balloon to collect clean water from the sky
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/skydrop-unusual-balloon-collect-clean-water-sky/
Raincatch raincoat offers recycled water to its thirsty wearer
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/jacket-collects-and-cleans-rainwater-stores-it-in-your-pockets.php?campaign=th_rss_design?campaign=TH_sbr_design http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/raincatch-raincoat-offers-recycled-water-thirsty-wearer/
WIND
Compressed air system to save wind power for future use
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/compressed-air-system-save-wind-power-future/
http://www.technologyreview.in/energy/37896/
Natural Power's ZephIR wind lider demonstrates world-first matched performance in high-performance wind tunnel
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/natural-power/news/article/2011/08/natural-powers-zephir-wind-lidar-demonstrates-world-first-matched-performance-in-high-performance-wind-tunnel
Everything I need to know about generating power from tides
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/generating-power-tides/
TRANSPORT
5 Auto plants that are powered by renewable energy
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/5-auto-plants-powered-renewable-energy/
Study shows that vehicle-to-vehicle navigation systems really do work
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-vehicle-to-vehicle.html
AIRSHIPS
5 Futuristic airships designed to run on clean energy
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/5-futuristic-airships-designed-run-clean-energy/
BYKES
Tiny Concept Commuter Bike Folds Up To Just 8 Inches
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/tiny-commuter-bike-concept-folds-up-to-just-8-inches.php
5 unicycles designed to offer sustainable rides on one wheel
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/5-unicycles-designed-offer-sustainable-rides-wheel/
 5 Good Reasons The Tea Party Should Love Bicycles
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/good-reasons-tea-partiers-should-love-bikes.php
Citroen Taranis concept: An off-road racer powered by electricity
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/citroen-taranis-concept-road-racer-powered-electricity/
EV CARS
How Tiny Solar Trucks Can Save American Cities

World's Smallest Electric Motor
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110904140353.htm
Electric Cars May Not Be Cost-Competitive Til 2030. Let's Think Beyond the Car.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/electric-cars-not-cost-competitive.php
4,000+ Nissan LEAF Electric Cars Sold in U.S.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/nissan-leaf-electric-car-4000-sold-usa.php
 Powered by Seaweed: Polymer from Algae May Improve Battery Performance
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145104.htm
Opel reveals new ‘One Euro Car’ concept, will debut at Frankfurt
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/opel-reveals-euro-car-concept-debut-frankfurt/
Amsterdam airport powering ground vehicles with cooking oil
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/amsterdam-airport-powering-ground-vehicles-cooking-oil/
Why Electric Cars Have No "Gasoline Equivalent"
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/electric-cars-gasoline-equivalent.php
New material possible boon for lithium ion batteries
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-material-boon-lithium-ion-batteries.html
10 eco friendly outdoor gadget charging systems
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-eco-friendly-outdoor-gadget-charging-systems/
10 Green vehicles that run on food waste
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-green-vehicles-run-food-waste/
5 Auto plants that are powered by renewable energy
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/5-auto-plants-powered-renewable-energy/
Hyundai to Introduce New Electric Car Brand in China
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/hyundai-introduce-new-electric-car-brand-in-china.php
10 low emission hybrid cars for the common masses
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-emission-hybrid-cars-common-masses/
Green vehicles designed especially for eco nerds
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/green-vehicles-designed-eco-nerds/
World's First Electric Car Grand Prix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6dA1zAfxdE&feaure=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5VX3cPBoTo http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KBPFgnCgkuY
Mitsubishi Boosts Electric Vehicle Price
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorzelany/2011/09/09/mitsubishi-boosts-electric-vehicle-price/
TRAINS
California Building 220 MPH High-Speed Train from San Francisco to LA

PEOPLE
Quotes Kalil Gibran
URBAN
10 futuristic floating homes you could live in a globally warmed world
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-futuristic-floating-homes-live-globally-warmed-world/
What's next: Green architecture marvels set to refine urbanities
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/green-architecture-marvels-set-refine-urbanities/
How Tiny Solar Trucks Can Save American Cities DUTCH Cargohopper
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/how-tiny-trucks-can-save-american-cities.php

10,000 Buildings Now Certified Under LEED. That's Amazing.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/10000-buidings-now-certifed-under-leed.php
Buildup To Greenbuild: The Green Roofs of Toronto
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/greenbuild-green-roofs-of-toronto.php
San Francisco's Plan For Turning Parking Spaces Into Public Toilets
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/san-francisco-plan-for-turning-parking-spaces-into-public-toilets.php
10 Environmentally friendly housing complexes planned for green cities
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-environmentally-friendly-housing-complexes-planned-green-cities/
Busan Opera House to be designed in the form of an artificial mountain
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/busan-opera-house-designed-form-artificial-mountain/
10 Modern wonders of green architectural technologies
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-modern-wonders-green-architectural-technologies/
Live Chat on Health and Urban Planning with Author Andrew Dannenberg
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/join-author-andrew-dannenberg-for-a-discussion-of-health-and-urban-planning.php
Museum of Art concept for Taipei seeks to create new urban design language
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/museum-art-concept-taipei-seeks-create-urban-design-language/
4 Lessons for Great Urban Transportation from NYC's Grand Central
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/4-lessons-for-great-urban-transportation-from-nyc-grand-central.php
HOMES
Homes to weather the storm
http://realestate.aol.com/blog/gallery/surreal-estate-weird-homes-to-weather-the-storm/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk1%7C90022
Get the light, beat the heat: Researchers develop new infrared coating for windows
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-infrared-coating-windows.html
5 Furniture units harvesting renewable energy sources for green power
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/5-furniture-units-harvesting-renewable-energy-sources-green-power/
Without chopping the branches a scintillating treehouse is built
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/chopping-branches-scintillating-treehouse-built/
Carry Your House on Your Back With Vessel by Justin Gargasz
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/carry-your-house.php
GARDENS
Plants in Bio-degradeable Pots At Long Last!
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/plants-in-biodgradable-pots.php
Edible Gardens
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/edible-gardens-busting-over.php
HEALTH
Embryo development obeys the laws of hydrodynamics
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-embryo-laws-hydrodynamics.html
"It's a paradigm shift in cell biology."
human diseases are associated with mitochondrial dysfunction (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906152505.htm
New Method to Grow Synthetic Collagen Unveiled: New Material May Find Use in Reconstructive Surgery, Cosmetics, Tissue Engineering
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124507.htm
New study finds dolphins produce sounds in a similar way to humans
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-dolphins-similar-humans.html
Cuba releases world's first lung cancer vaccine
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-cuba-world-lung-cancer-vaccine.html
Microbes travel through the air; it would be good to know how and where
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-microbes-air-good.html
FOODS Antioxidant Spices, Like Turmeric and Cinnamon, Reduce Negative Effects of High-Fat Meal
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810101607.htm
Growing Meat in the Lab: Scientists Initiate Action Plan to Advance Cultured Meat
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906085145.htm
Potatoes (purple,red-skin- phytochemicals) cooked without oil in a microwave oven
diastolic blood pressure dropped by 4.3 % systolic pressure decreased by 3.5 %
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831205914.htm
 10 projects designed to produce renewable energy from fruits and vegetables
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-projects-designed-produce-renewable-energy-fruits-vegetables/
Organic and Local On the Rise at Grocers Nationwide. Energy Efficiency, Too
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/organic-and-local-on-rise-at-grocers-nationwide-energy-efficiency-too.php
Homemade Wine From A Homegrown Vine On A Manhattan RooftopWine
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/homemade-wine-from-a-homegrown-vine-on-a-manhattan-roof.php
PLANTS 'Buddhist zen monk Koyu Abe, who aimed to revive Fukushima by planting sunflowers, amaranthus, field mustard and cockscomb, which are believed to absorb cesium - the radiation particles as an "invisible snow"
http://blogs.reuters.com/photo/2011/08/19/invisible-snow/
Bioremediation (remove unwanted substances from soil and water)
Researchers discover how bacteria can immobilize uranium - Geobacter, G. sulfurreducens - by means of protein nanowires, called pili, which are hair-like appendages with electrical conductivity
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-bacteria-immobilize-uranium.html SPIRITUAL
The Mind of God - Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
REALITY
What is Reality?
SPACE
NASA TV
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
CRESST team finds new 'evidence' of dark matter
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-cresst-team-evidence-dark.html
Kepler spacecraft discovers 'invisible world'
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-kepler-spacecraft-invisible-world.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145114.htm
New evidence for a preferred direction in spacetime challenges the cosmological principle
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-evidence-spacetime-cosmological-principle.html
Twin NASA craft launched to study insides of moon
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-twin-nasa-craft-insides-moon.html
TECH
10 smart products designed to reduce water consumption in your bathroom
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-smart-products-designed-reduce-water-consumption-bathroom/
Innovative superconductor fibers carry 40 times more electricity
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-superconductor-fibers-electricity.html
/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shfAphVHTDo&feature=relatedhttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/how-tiny-trucks-can-save-american-cities.phphttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/then-now-pics-stunning-greenland-glacier-melt.php