EARTH PORTATION News May 18th

AIR 
- Air Pollution Level Changes in Beijing Linked With Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120515165407.htm


ANIMALS 
- Hitting Snooze on the Molecular Clock: Rabies Evolves Slower in Hibernating Bats
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518132708.htm


- Bioinformatics: We Can Learn a Lot from Other Species
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517192929.htm


ART 
-Artist duo creates stunningly accurate portraits out of living grass
http://www.ecofriend.com/artist-duo-creates-stunningly-accurate-portraits-living-grass.html


- Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei has a New Work Made out of Old Chinese Temples
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-has-new-piece-sculpture-made-out-old-chinese-temples.html


CLIMATE 
- Humanmade Pollutants May Be Driving Earth's Tropical Belt Expansion: May Impact Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516140004.htm


EARTH 
-Unparalleled Views of Earth's Coastal Zone With HREP-HICO
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518103227.htm


ECONOMICS 
- Massachusetts to become first US state to ban commercial food waste
http://www.ecofriend.com/massachusetts-state-ban-commercial-food-waste.html


ENERGY 
- RENEW and REDUCE: Microgrid forms that can provide clean energy for military use
http://www.ecofriend.com/renew-reduce-microgrid-forms-provide-clean-energy-military-use.html


- Coca Cola reaps benefits of fuel cell system in bottling plant
http://www.ecofriend.com/coca-cola-reaps-benefits-fuel-cell-system-bottling-plant.html


- Solar satellites provide hope for usable green energy
http://www.ecofriend.com/solar-satellites-provide-hope-usable-green-energy.html


- Budding scientists seek to replace fossil fuel dependence with fuel cells
http://www.ecofriend.com/budding-scientists-seek-replace-fossil-fuel-dependence-fuel-cells.html


HOMES 
- 5 Zero-VOC Interior Paints for a Freshly-Renovated, Healthy Home
http://www.treehugger.com/green-home/5-zero-voc-interior-paints-renovation-healthy-home.html


- One million homes in Mid Atlantic can have access to solar power
http://www.ecofriend.com/million-homes-mid-atlantic-access-solar-power.html


- Worn Out Furniture Gets a Statement-Revamp by Brazilian Artists
http://www.treehugger.com/eco-friendly-furniture/worn-out-furniture-gets-statement-revamp-brazilian-artists.html


PLANTS 
-Pollination With Precision: How Flowers Do It
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517132053.htm


- Inside a Plant’s Pharma Factory
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516092558.htm


SCIENCE 
- Wharton's First Innovation Tournament in the Middle East: A Competition of Ideas, and a Comparison of Challenges
http://www.forbes.com/sites/knowledgewharton/2012/05/17/192012/


- Geometry of Bonding Water Molecules
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518081147.htm


- In Chemical Reactions, Water Adds Speed Without Heat
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143506.htm


- How Quantum Physicists Amplify Randomness
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516093015.htm


- Attraction or Repulsion? New Method Predicts Interaction Energy of Large Molecules
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518132834.htm


- Quantum computing: The light at the end of the tunnel may be a single photon
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-quantum-tunnel-photon.html


- New Key Mechanism in Cell Division Discovered
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518132804.htm


SOLAR 
- SunPower Spikes; To Supply Apple's N.C. Solar Farm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/05/17/sunpower-spikes-to-supply-apples-n-c-solar-farm/


- Chinese solar industry witnesses slump in profit
http://www.ecofriend.com/chinese-solar-industry-witnesses-slump-profit.html


- Portable solar power charger and external battery by Soladec
http://www.ecofriend.com/portable-solar-power-charger-external-battery-soladec.html


- $571m solar power plant planned for Spain
http://www.ecofriend.com/571m-solar-power-plant-planned-spain.html


- Wireless sensors based on printable solar cell technology
http://www.ecofriend.com/wireless-sensors-based-printable-solar-cell-technology.html


SPACE 
- Every black hole contains a new universe: A physicist presents a solution to present-day cosmic mysteries
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-black-hole-universe-physicist-solution.html


TECH 
- Recycling old gadgets could make New York greener
http://www.ecofriend.com/recycling-old-gadgets-make-new-york-greener.html


- New silicon memory chip developed
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-silicon-memory-chip.html


- Dip Chip: Mobile toxicity testing device developed by TAU
http://www.ecofriend.com/dip-chip-mobile-toxicity-testing-device-developed-tau.html


- MIT researchers test carbon sequestering ceramic membrane technology
http://www.ecofriend.com/mit-researchers-test-carbon-sequestering-ceramic-membrane-technology.html


URBAN 
- Eco conscious architect conceptualizes High Line Elevated Park for NYC
http://www.ecofriend.com/eco-conscious-architect-conceptualizes-high-line-elevated-park-nyc.html


- PACMAN recycling containers by AND-RE wins Urban Equipment Prize
http://www.ecofriend.com/pacman-recycling-containers-wins-urban-equipment-prize.html


WIND 
- Small Wind Energy Goes Urban In Italy, Korea, Brazil And Texas
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2012/05/17/small-wind-energy-goes-urban-in-italy-korea-brazil-and-texas-yes-texas/


- East Coast wind grid gets approval for the first stage of offshore connector
http://www.ecofriend.com/east-coast-wind-grid-approval-stage-offshore-connector.html


- Installation of 1GW capacity at the Jaisalmer wind park makes it the largest in India
http://www.ecofriend.com/installation-1gw-capacity-jaisalmer-wind-park-makes-largest-india.html