Earth Portation News July 27th

ANIMALS
 BIRDS Songbirds Migrate on Strict Schedule

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725200332.htm

- INSECTS - Darker Wings for Monarch Butterflies Mean Better Flight
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725220331.htm

CLIMATE

 - What's the Science Behind the US Drought?
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/science-behind-u-s-drought.html

- 70%+ of Arctic Sea Ice Melting Caused by Human Activity

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/70-percent-arctic-sea-ice-melting-caused-human-activity.html

- Extreme Drought Areas in US Nearly Triple in One Week

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/extreme-drought-areas-u-s-triple.html

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-extreme-drought-zones-triple-size.html

- Research Meteorologists See More Severe Storms Ahead: The Culprit -- Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2009/0109-global_warming_causes_severe_storms.htm

EARTH 
 - Ancient Incan Mummy Had Lung Infection, According to Novel Proteomics Analysis
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725200302.htm

- New Evidence for Regular Magnitude 8 Earthquakes, Study of New Zealand Fault Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725162446.htm

- Martian polygons and deep-sea polygons on Earth: More evidence for ancient Martian oceans?

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-martian-polygons-deep-sea-earth-evidence.html

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-link-martian-surface-oddities-subsurface.html

ECONOMICS
- Houston Tops Our List Of America's Coolest Cities To Live
http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2012/07/26/houston-tops-our-list-of-americas-coolest-cities-to-live/

- America's Largest Private Companies

http://www.forbes.com/private

- Who's Making Money Right Now

The World Millionaires

http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

- Norway Cuts Palm Oil Consumption 64% to Protect Rainforest

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/norway-cuts-palm-oil-consumption-64-protect-rainforest.html

-A New Amish Community Is Founded Every Three-and-a-Half Weeks in US, Experts Estimate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120727131544.htm

EDUCATION 
- Ranking Schools By Results Top American Colleges
http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

- Cool School - Where Peace Rules

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1208-cool_school__where_peace_rules.htm

ENERGY 
- First Ever National Solar Energy Plan for Public Lands Unveiled by Obama Administration
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/first-national-solar-energy-plan-public-lands-obama-administration.html

- Hunter-Gatherers, Westerners Use Same Amount of Energy, Contrary to Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725200304.htm

- Berlin Superhome Generates More Energy Than It Consumes

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/berlin-superhome-generates-more-energy-it-consumes.html

- Microbes Harnessed to Make 'Clean' Methane

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120727144534.htm

GARDENS 
 -Learn How to Grow Potatoes in a Bucket Through Catchy Song and Animation (Video)
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/learn-grow-potatoes-bucket-through-song-and-animation-video.html

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
 - Research makes possible rapid assessment of plant drought tolerance
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-rapid-drought-tolerance.html

SCIENCE 

 - High speed camera study shows why boiling drops take off
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-high-camera.html#ajTabs

- Terahertz Radiation Can Induce Insulator-to-Metal Change of State in Some Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725200049.htm

- Bio-Inspired Nanoantennas for Light Emission

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120727111131.htm

- Organic crystals put laser focus on magnetism

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-crystals-laser-focus-magnetism.html

- Breakthrough Material for Carbon Capture Developed
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/breakthrough-material-carbon-capture-developed.html

- Switching the State of Matter May Provide a Novel Building Block for Ultra Low Power Devices
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120726101723.htm

- Fat gives nanoparticles a fighting chance
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-fat-nanoparticles-chance.html

SOLAR 
 - We Can Slash the Cost of Clean Energy with Robots that Install Solar Panels
http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/robots-install-solar-panels-could-reduce-cost-clean-energy.html

 - US Could Install 200,000 GW of Solar Power, New Study Says

http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/u-s-could-install-200000-gigawatts-solar-power.html

- US Could Install 200,000 GW of Solar Power, New Study Says

http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/u-s-could-install-200000-gigawatts-solar-power.html

SPACE 
 - NASA X-ray concept inspired from a roll of Scotch tape
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-nasa-x-ray-concept-scotch-tape.html#ajTabs

- Dramatic Landing on Mars Planned

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725105217.htm

- What Does Space Smell Like? Some Say Steak, Some Say Metal Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/25/what-does-space-smell-like-some-say-steak-some-say-metal/#ixzz21gjszumy

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/25/what-does-space-smell-like-some-say-steak-some-say-metal/

SUSTAINABILITY 
 - Using exhaust fan on a gas stove cuts pollution: study
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-exhaust-fan-gas-stove-pollution.html

 - How Extended Producer Responsibility Could Revolutionize Recycling

http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/how-extended-producer-responsibility-could-revolutionize-recycling.html

TECH 
 - Largest ever Cherenkov telescope sees first light
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-largest-cherenkov-telescope.html#ajTabs

- Researchers create working Mott transistor prototype

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-mott-transistor-prototype.html#ajTabs

- Photovoltaics from any semiconductor

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-photovoltaics-semiconductor.html

- Hackers could haunt global air traffic control: researcher

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-hackers-global-air-traffic.html

- Physicists create world's smallest semiconductor laser

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-physicists-world-smallest-semiconductor-laser.html#ajTabs

- Google unveils ultrafast wired home project

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-google-unveils-ultrafast-wired-home.html#ajTabs

- Engineers Designing, Building Mechanical Ray

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120726142049.htm

- Photovoltaics from Any Semiconductor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120726180307.htm

- World's Smallest Semiconductor Laser

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120726142158.htm

- Google Search Gets a Cool, Useful Calculator

http://mashable.com/2012/07/25/google-search-calculator/

- Laser Achieves World Record Power at One Pulse Per Second

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120727111250.htm

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-bella-laser-world-power-pulse.html

URBAN 
 - Zaha Hadid's Olympic Aquatic Center Is Breathtaking, As Long As You Have A Seat Where You Can See What's Happening
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/zaha-hadids-olympic-aquatic-center-breathtaking-long-you-have-seat-where-you-can-see.html

WATER 
 - 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

WORK 

- 10 Steps To Happiness At Work
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/07/27/10-steps-to-happiness-at-work/