Earth Portation News November 7th

ANIMALS - Why fish talk: Clownfish communication establishes status in social groups (w/ Video)
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-fish-clownfish-status-social-groups.html


CLIMATE - Arctic Spring Snowmelt Increasing Profoundly
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/arctic-spring-snowmelt-increasing-prodoundly-recent-years.html


EARTH - Small Lethal Tools: Early Human Complexity
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121107132904.htm

EARTH - Full Planet, Empty Plates: Quick Facts
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/full-planet-empty-places-quick-facts.html


ENERGY - Dealing With Power Outages More Efficiently
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121107085628.htm

ENERGY - Energy Storage Startup LightSail Raises $37.3 Million From Thiel, Gates, Khosla
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/11/05/energy-storage-startup-lightsail-raises-37-3-million-from-thiel-gates-khosla/

ENERGY - Long-abandoned bacterial fermentation process converts sugar directly to diesel
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-long-abandoned-bacterial-fermentation-sugar-diesel.html


HOMES - Tiny 325 Sq. Ft. "Cave" Apartment Sleeps Four
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/tiny-325-sq-ft-cave-apartment-sleeps-four.html


PERMACULTURE - Vertical Farm Opens In Singapore, Sells Out Instantly
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/vertical-farm-opens-singapore-sells-out-instantly.html


PLANTS - New Computational Method for Timing the Tree of Life
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121106102048.htm


SCIENCE - Quantum kisses change the color of nothing
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-quantum.html

SCIENCE - Looking Through an Opaque Material
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121107132742.htm

SCIENCE - Quantum Kisses Change the Color of Nothing
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121107132908.htm

SCIENCE - Obama's Victory Also a Win for Science Funding
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/obamas-victory-also-win-science-funding.html


SOLAR - Best Solar Chargers to Have for Emergencies
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/best-solar-chargers-have-emergencies.html

SOLAR - Solar: America's Fastest Growing Job-Creation Engine?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/11/05/solar-americas-fastest-growing-job-creation-engine/

SOLAR - Solar and Wave-Powered Wave Glider Survives Hurricane Sandy, Transmits Dramatic Weather Data
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/solar-wave-powered-wave-glider-survives-hurricane-sandy.html


TECH - AT&T to expand wireless, wired broadband reach
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-att-wireless-wired-broadband.html

TECH - Clear as ... paper? Scientists 'see' through solid layers
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-paper-scientists-solid-layers.html

TECH - Fireflies Inspire Better, Cheaper LEDs
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/fireflies-inspire-better-cheaper-leds.html

TECH - New Portable Device Enables RNA Detection from Ultra-Small Sample in Only 20 Minutes
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121107200026.htm
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-portable-device-enables-rna-ultra-small.html

TECH - Computer Science Grad Student Develops 'Musical Heart'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121106125454.htm

TECH - iRock Rocking Chair Charges Your Apple Device
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/irock-rocking-chair-charges-your-apple-device.html

TECH - Breakthrough: Smartphones Use Half the Power
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/smartphones-could-use-half-power-new-technology-breakthrough.html

TECH - Butterfly Wings Inspire High-Tech Surfaces
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121107122457.htm
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-butterfly-wings-high-tech-surfaces.html

TECH - New Partnership Aims to Make LEDs Cost Competitive
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferkho/2012/11/07/new-partnership-aims-to-make-leds-cost-competitive/


URBAN - Prefab, Add-On Homes to Make Suburbs Denser
http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/alternative-social-housing-prefab-add-homes-densify-suburbs.html

URBAN - It's Not Just About Standing Desks: The "Anti-Sitting Movement" Spreads Everywhere
http://www.treehugger.com/health/its-not-just-about-standing-desks-anti-sitting-movement-spreads-everywhere.html


WIND - Wind power cheaper and clean than nuclear power says UK scientist group
http://www.examiner.com/article/wind-power-cheaper-and-clean-than-nuclear-power-says-uk-scientist-group?cid=db_articles

WIND - Cuba's Two Wind Farms Survive Hurricane Sandy
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2012/11/06/cubas-two-wind-farms-survive-hurricane-sandy/