Earth Portation News August 29th

ANIMALS
 -Scientist Creates Test, Treatment for Malaria-Like Sickness in Horses
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829172115.htm

ART 
 -Make your own action figures with a 3-D printer
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-action-figures-d-printer.html

CLIMATE
 -California Heatwaves Moving Toward the Coast
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829151243.htm

EARTH 
-Hot Spots as Earthquake Trigger Points
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829131625.htm

ECONOMICS
 -A new approach for controlling the skyrocketing cost of health care
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-approach-skyrocketing-health.html

 -Dematerialization Spreads to All Generations

http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/its-not-just-young-people-who-are-giving-ownership.html

 -What's Behind Rising Food Prices, Beyond the U.S. Drought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829103415.htm

EDUCATION 
-Taking a Close Look at America's Most Sustainable University
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/-depth-coolest-school-us-uc-davis.html

ENERGY 
 -White House Sets Fuel Economy Target of 54.5 MPG by 2025
http://www.treehugger.com/cars/obama-sets-fuel-economy-target-545-mpg-2025.html

-Activating and Deactivating Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts May Lead to Longer-Lasting Hydrogen Fuel Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829112222.htm

 -World's Largest Oil Producer Gets Hacked

http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/worlds-largest-oil-producer-gets-hacked.html

 -New Fuel Economy Standards: Not As High As You Think

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2012/08/28/new-fuel-economy-standards-arent-as-high-as-you-might-think/

GARDENS 
 -5 Tips For a Bountiful, Water-Saving Vegetable Garden in a Time of Drought
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/how-to-have-bountiful-water-saving-garden-time-drought.html 

-5 Flowering Plants for Your Garden's Shady Spots
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/five-flowering-plants-shady-part-your-garden.html


 -New Planter: Mess-Free Vertical Garden
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/new-woolly-pocket-planter-less-woolly-makes-vertical-gardening-less-messy.html

-Campus Garden Grows 1000lbs of Food
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/campus-garden-grows-1000lbs-food-plans-new-garden-each-year.html

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

 -Ultra-Flexible Modular Kitchen With Sink & Stove Folds Down For Tiny Spaces

http://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/stewart-justin-case-modular-kitchen-maria-lobisch-andreas-nather.html

SCIENCE 
 -Synchronized X-ray and optical lasers measure how light changes matter on atomic scale
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-synchronized-x-ray-optical-lasers-atomic.html

SOLAR 
 -Solar Microgrid in a Box is Only 3 Feet Wide
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/solar-microgrid-box-only-3-feet-wide.html

 -Geothermal Energy's Trouble Competing With Solar

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/08/29/geothermal-energys-trouble-competing-with-solar/

 -Solar Prototype Concentrates Sun's Energy with Glass Orb, Boosts PV Efficiency 35%

http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/solar-prototype-concentrates-suns-energy-glass-orb-boosts-pv-efficiency-35.html

-Low Cost, High Efficiency Solar Technology Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120828102201.htm

SPACE 
 - Building blocks of life found around young star
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-blocks-life-young-star.html

 -WISE survey uncovers millions of black holes

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-wise-survey-uncovers-millions-black.html

TECH 
 -Smart Filter Technology Uses Gravity, Not Chemicals, to Clean Up Oil Spills
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/smart-filter-technology-could-help-clean-oil-spills.html

 -Optical fibers in materials: an artificial nervous system

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-optical-fibers-materials-artificial-nervous.html#ajTabs

 -A new use for atomically engineered gold

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-atomically-gold.html

-Smallest Antenna Can Increase Wi-Fi Speed 200 Times

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829112230.htm

 -Making efficient color filter for display applications

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-efficient-filter-applications.html

 -Mitsubishi’s New Air Conditioner Turns Off When You’re Not Home

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/mitsubishis-new-air-conditioner-turns-when-youre-not-home.html

-New technique could mean super thin, strong graphene-based circuits

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-technique-super-thin-strong-graphene-based.html

URBAN 
-Habitable Roofs Are Changing Architecture: JDS Builds Green Visitor Center in Beijing
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/habitable-roofs-are-changing-architecture-jds-builds-green-visitor-center-beijing.html

 -Postgreen Homes Builds Gutsy Modern Townhouses in Philadelphia

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/postgreen-homes-builds-gutsy-modern-townhouses-philadelphia.html

WATER 
 -Mississippi River Flows Backwards Due to Isaac
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829192423.htm

WIND
 -New Offshore Wind Turbine in the Works
http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/new-version-aerogenerator-x-10mw-vawt-works.html

 -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/

WORK 

 -Why Retire Later?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120828143317.htm