Earth Portation News August 27th

CLIMATE
-Scientists use satellites to measure how pollution particles affect clouds
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-scientists-satellites-pollution-particles-affect.html

EARTH 
-One Third Less Life On Planet Earth?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120827151855.htm

ECONOMICS
 -Monsanto, DuPont Spending Millions to Oppose California's GMO Labeling Law
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amywestervelt/2012/08/22/monsanto-dupont-spending-millions-to-oppose-californias-gmo-labeling-law/

 -Planning Ahead: Consumers Prefer Fewer Options When Thinking About the Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120827151627.htm

ENERGY 
 -CALLED-OUT COMMENT What's Better? A Carbon Tax or Energy Subsidies?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/08/26/whats-better-a-carbon-tax-or-energy-subsidies/

 -Which States Have The Most Wind, Solar Or Biomass? New Maps Tell All

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2012/08/27/which-states-have-the-most-wind-solar-or-biomass-new-maps-tell-all/

FASHION 
 -Gardening Shoes That are as Colorful and Funky as Your Garden
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/gardening-shoes-are-colorful-and-funky-your-garden.html

HOMES 
 -Four Open Source 3D Printable Mason Jar Lids
http://www.treehugger.com/green-home/four-open-source-3d-printable-mason-jar-lids.html

MUSIC 
-Invention Will Strike a Chord With Musicians
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120824093426.htm

 - Mass Effect 3 Full Album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBIISCnPiQA&feature=player_detailpage#t=79s

PLANTS

 -Researchers show how probiotics boost plant immunity
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-probiotics-boost-immunity.html

SCIENCE 
- Flat Lens Offers a Perfect Image

 Applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created an ultrathin, flat lens that focuses light without imparting the distortions of conventional lenses. 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120824093523.htm

 -Researchers develop new method to detect, analyze DNA and RNA

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-method-dna-rna.html

-To cap or not to cap: Scientists find new RNA phenomenon that challenges dogma

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-cap-scientists-rna-phenomenon-dogma.html

SOLAR 
 -Lower Cost, Lower Toxicity Solar Cells Cooked Up in Microwave Oven
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/lower-cost-lower-toxicity-solar-cells-cooked-microwave-oven.html

-Honeycomb Solar Thermal Collector Promises Higher Efficiency, Lower Cost Hot Water and Space Heating

http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/honeycomb-solar-hot-water-heater-promises-higher-efficiency-lower-cost.html

-Solar PV Boom is Shaving Off Mid-Day Energy Demand Peak in Australia

http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/solar-pv-shaving-mid-day-peak-australia.html

-Controlling Superconductors With Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120827122503.htm

TECH 

 -Physicists create first-ever mechanical device that measures the mass of a single molecule

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-physicists-first-ever-mechanical-device-mass.html#ajTabs

-New Standard High Efficiency Video Coding Encodes Films More Efficiently

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120823142907.htm

 -How to Feed Data-Hungry Mobile Devices? Use More Antennas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120823143741.htm

 -Mini-Camera With Maxi-Brainpower

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120823142909.htm

-Rapid-Scanning Microscope With No Loss of Quality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120824205702.htm

- SAP gives startups millions of dollars worth of software. Here’s why. Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/25/sap-gives-startups-millions-of-dollars-worth-of-software-heres-why/#c1FG07F8DcSlD9Ac.99

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/25/sap-gives-startups-millions-of-dollars-worth-of-software-heres-why/

URBAN 
- Latest trend in house design: "A home within a home"
http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/latest-trend-house-design-home-within-home.html

- "[Ours]: Hyper-Localization of Sustainable Architecture" - New Book Will Demonstrate How Context Matters

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/ours-hyper-localization-sustainable-architecture-new-book-will-demonstrate-how-context-matters.html

-PLATOON Opens Cultural Center Built From Shipping Containers in Berlin

http://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/platoon-opens-cultural-center-built-shipping-containers-berlin.html

-Rooftop Garden Feeds Cafe Customers Below

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/rooftop-garden-feeds-cafe-customers-below.html

WATER 
 -Underwater Robots to Repair Coral Reefs
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/underwater-robots-repair-coral-reefs.html