Earth Portation News July 25th

AIR  

Pulling CO2 from air vital, but lower-cost technology a stumbling block so far: researchers

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-co2-air-vital-lower-cost-technology.html

ANIMALS
- Sheep backpacks reveal flocking strategy

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-sheep-backpacks-reveal-flocking-strategy.html

- Mice Have Distinct Subsystem to Handle Smell Associated With Fear

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120723162701.htm

ART 
- These Artists Use Grass as Their Palette
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/these-artists-use-grass-their-palette.html

CLIMATE
- Forest carbon monitoring breakthrough in Colombia
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-forest-carbon-breakthrough-colombia.html

- Scientists Connect Seawater Chemistry With Ancient Climate Change and Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120719141802.htm

- Surprising Link Between Ice and Atmosphere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724115025.htm

EARTH 
- Satellites see unprecedented Greenland ice sheet surface meltE
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-satellites-unprecedented-greenland-ice-sheet.html

- Dramatic Time-Lapse Videos Show Changes to Earth’s Surface Using 40 Years of Satellite Images

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/dramatic-time-lapse-videos-show-changes-earths-surface-using-40-years-satellite-images.html

- Locating Gold and Other Minerals: New Method Uncovers Half-Million Ton Mineral Deposit in Rough Mountain Terrain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724131640.htm

ECONOMICS
- The End of Chinese Manufacturing and Rebirth of U.S. Industry
http://www.forbes.com/sites/singularity/2012/07/23/the-end-of-chinese-manufacturing-and-rebirth-of-u-s-industry/

- Comic Con 2012: Superheroes Give Business Advice

http://video.forbes.com/fvn/business/superheroes-give-business-advice-comic-con-2012/

- Top 10 List: The Greatest Living Business Leaders Today

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkwilliams/2012/07/24/top-10-list-the-greatest-living-business-leaders-today/

- Sheila Bair: Don't Just Punish The Banks; Punish The Bankers, Too

http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2012/07/25/real-talk-with-sheila-bair-leave-these-folks-penniless-or-in-jail/

- What Slowdown? Caterpillar Stuns Market With Record Quarter

http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2012/07/25/what-slowdown-caterpillar-stuns-market-with-record-quarter/

- Olympic Games: Economists Dare to Forecast the Medals Table

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724114909.htm

EDUCATION 
 - Self-directed learning helps some students reach goals, study suggests
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-self-directed-students-goals.html

ENERGY 
- Scientists use microbes to make 'clean' methane
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-scientists-microbes-methane.html#ajTabs

- America's Richest Oilmen

http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/17/koch-hamm-bass-kaiser-business-energy-oil-billionaires.html

- The New 'Price Band' For International Oil

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewhulbert/2012/07/23/90-110b-the-new-price-band-for-international-oil/

 - Shale Oil, Gas' Common Thread: Federal Support

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2012/07/24/shale-oil-and-gas-and-green-fuels-share-common-thread-federal-support/

FASHION 
 - Climbing The Walls: The Latest Fashion Accessory in Interior Design
http://www.treehugger.com/interior-design/climbing-walls-latest-fashion-accessory-interior-design-2.html

GARDENS 
- BB Little Garden Is a Gadgety Solution to Growing Herbs Indoors
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/bb-little-garden-gadgety-solution-growing-herbs-indoors.html

- Beautiful Black Teahouse In Czech Republic Uses Traditional Japanese Finishing Technique

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/beautiful-black-teahouse-czech-republic-uses-traditional-japanese-finishing-technique.html

HOMES 
- The 1959 Kitchen Debate: How Little Things Have Changed
http://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/1959-kitchen-debate-how-little-things-have-changed.html

- Shovels, Hammers and Other Hardware Transformed into Posh Furniture by Leo Capote

http://www.lcapote.com.br/ 

PERMACULTURE
- Behold the Remote-Controlled Farm of the Future, Circa 1931
http://www.treehugger.com/green-investments/behold-remote-controlled-farm-future-circa-1931.html

PLANTS
 - Tomato Seeds Amazingly Sprouting Inside a Tomato (Photos)
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/tomato-seeds-amazingly-sprouting-inside-tomato-photos.html

- Lace Plants Explain Programmed Cell Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725090935.htm

- Lace plants explain programmed cell death 

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-lace-cell-death.html#ajTabs

SCIENCE 

- Researchers devise a means to control chemical reactions in individual atoms
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-chemical-reactions-individual-atoms.html

- Breakthrough Material for Carbon Capture Developed

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/breakthrough-material-carbon-capture-developed.html

- Physicists Study Homer's Iliad and Other Classics for Hidden Truths

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725090933.htm

- Paving the Way to a Scalable Device for Quantum Information Processing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724115011.htm

- Spider-Man Adventure Similar to Actual Science

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724171229.htm

- See-Through Solar Cells Make Energy from Infrared Light

http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/transparent-solar-cells-will-generate-electricity-windows.html

SOLAR 
 -LED Lighting System Imitates The Sun’s Healing Effect
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/led-lighting-system-imitates-suns-healing-effect.html

- Chinese Solar Manufacturers Face Blowback As Trade War Escalates

http://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmontlake/2012/07/25/chinese-solar-manufacturers-face-blowback-as-trade-war-escalates/

SPACE 
- IRVE-3: Inflatable Heat Shield a Splashing Success
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725104834.htm

SUSTAINABILITY 
 - How Extended Producer Responsibility Could Revolutionize Recycling
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/how-extended-producer-responsibility-could-revolutionize-recycling.html

- What A Garbage Disposal Taught Me About Sustainability

http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/what-garbage-disposal-taught-me-about-sustainability.html

- 1 Liter of Light Project uses recycled bottles to create solar lamps

http://www.ecofriend.com/1-liter-light-project-uses-recycled-bottles-create-solar-lamps.html

TECH 
- Take Back Your Gadgets! 6 Reasons To Love DIY
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/take-back-your-gadgets-6-reasons-love-diy.html

- Printed Photonic Crystal Mirrors Shrink on-Chip Lasers Down to Size

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120723095210.htm

- Social Networking Pays Off More in the US Than Germany

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724115019.htm
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-social-networking-germany.html#ajTabs

- Like an Orchestra Without a Conductor: Technology Achieves Synchronicity by Itself

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724104135.htm

URBAN 
 - Hobbit Houses, Geothermal Heating, and More at Okosamfundet Dyssekilde, One of Denmark's Oldest Eco Villages
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/green-home/hobbit-house-okosamfundet-dyssekilde-denmark-oldest-eco-village/

- New Study Suggests That Everything Everybody Believes in About Urban Design Is Wrong, That Density and Smart Growth Don't Make A Difference in Sustainability

http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/new-study-suggests-everything-everybody-believes-about-urban-design-wrong-density-and-smart-growth-dont-make-difference-sustainability.html

 - Beat The Heat: Toronto's YWCA Elm Centre Keeps Cool With Careful Design

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/beat-heat-torontos-ywca-elm-centre-keeps-cool-careful-design.html 

- The Exurbs are Growing Faster Than Everything Else

http://www.treehugger.com/economics/exurbs-are-growing-faster-everything-else.html

- Taking Back the Streets: Info-Pillars Hacked By Urban Activists In Toronto

http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/taking-back-streets-info-pillars-hacked-urban-activists-toronto.html

- Competition for the Ugliest British Building is Under Way

http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/competition-ugliest-british-building-under-way.html

 - 2012 London Olympics goes green with recyclable basketball stadium

http://www.ecofriend.com/2012-london-olympics-green-recyclable-basketball-stadium.html

WATER 
- How to Make a DIY Desalination Kit
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/how-make-diy-desalination-kit.html

- First Commercial Tidal Power Project in US Launches in Maine
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/first-commercial-tidal-power-project-us-launches-maine.html

- Tropical Plankton Invade Arctic Waters
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724171312.htm

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-tropical-plankton-invade-arctic.html

WORK 
- The Death of the Resume: Five Ways To Re-Imagine Recruiting
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeannemeister/2012/07/23/the-death-of-the-resume-five-ways-to-re-imagine-recruiting/

- Many Employers Use Facebook Profiles to Screen Job Applicants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120723095208.htm