AIR - New device traps particulates, kills airborne pathogens
A new device called a soft X-ray electrostatic precipitator protected immunocompromised mice from airborne pathogenic bacteria, viruses, ultrafine particles, and allergens, according to a new article ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130131154414.ht
ANIMALS - Ant executions serve a higher purpose, research shows
Natural selection can be an agonizingly long process. Some organisms have a way of taking matters into their own hands, or-in the case of the ant species Cerapachys biroi-mandibles ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-ant-higher-purpose.htm
ANIMALS - Cats and humans suffer from similar forms of epilepsy
Epilepsy affects the very core of our being, our brain. Epileptic attacks can lead to seizures throughout the body or in parts of it. Clouding of consciousness or memory lapses are also possible. The causes are still only partially understood but in some cases brain tumors, infections, inflammations of the brain or metabolic diseases have been implicated ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130201090354.ht
ANIMALS - This is what a fish thought looks like
For the first time, researchers have been able to see a thought "swim" through the brain of a living fish. The new technology is a useful tool for studies of perception. It might even find use in psychiatric drug discovery, according to authors of the study, appearing online on January 31 in Current Biology ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-01-fish-thought.htm
ART - DIY Beer Can Pinhole Camera Takes 6-Month-Long Exposures (Photos)
This DIY pinhole camera project by photographer Matt Bigwood has succeeded in taking some enviable long exposure images ...
BIRDS - Decoded pigeon genome reveals secrets of thier traits and origins
University of Utah researchers decoded the genetic blueprint of the rock pigeon, unlocking secrets about pigeons' Middle East origins, feral pigeons' kinship with escaped racing birds, and how mutations give pigeons traits like a fancy feather hairdo known as a head crest ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-01-decoded-pigeon-genome-reveals-s
BOOKS - If Kids Are Our Future, Our Future Is Ebooks
More people are reading ebooks now than ever and it's changing the complexion of the publishing industry ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2013/01/31/if-k
CLIMATE - More extreme weather predicted in national climate report
Americans can expect more heat waves, heavy downpours, floods and droughts, sea level rise and ocean acidification, according to a draft national climate assessment report that included two Cornell researchers as lead authors ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-extreme-weather-national-climat
EARTH - After the flood: Harnessing the power of mud
(Phys.org)-On the 60th anniversary of the 'big flood' that devastated the coastline of eastern England, new research shows that integrating 'natural' sea defences such as salt marshes with sea walls is a more sustainable and effective method of flood prevention ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-harnessing-power-mud.htm
ECONOMICS - HP cutting at least 850 jobs in Germany
US computer giant Hewlett-Packard said Friday it was closing its enterprise software operation in Ruesselsheim, Germany, in a move eliminating at least 850 jobs ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-hp-jobs-germany.htm
ECONOMICS - Is It The End of Growth in America?
A fascinating report says exactly that, we have reached the end of growth, particularly in America. The growth we think we have is an illusion ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2013/02/01/is-i
ECONOMICS - Taxes and California's War Against Business
There has always been a certain level of competitiveness among the States. Of course, the football rivalry between Michigan and Ohio State is legendary. But, on a more serious note, economic competitiveness goes all the way back to colonial days ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddganos/2013/02/01/taxes-and-c
EDUCATION - Unity College Narrows Focus To Climate Change
The past ten years has seen environmental sciences become more and more popular at universities and colleges the world over, with many tertiary institutions implementing courses designed towards very specific career outcomes.No university, however, has made climate change it's central focus, until now.Unity College, a private college in Maine, has decided to tie every aspect of its curriculum to the mitigation of climate change under the leade .. ...
ENERGY - Exxon, Chevron And Why The Future Of Big Oil Should Include Refining And Chemicals
It seems like Big Oil can weather most economic storms. In a difficult fourth quarter, with flat oil prices and a shale boom in the U.S. keeping natural gas in place, with the world's largest economy contracting and China slowing, Exxon Mobil and Chevron handily beat profit expectations, despite mediocre revenue numbers and decent production figures. With mixed upstream results, both U.S. oil behemoths derived downstream strength from previousl ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2013/02/01/exxon-c
ENERGY - Geothermal Plant Planned For Jamaica
Krishna Vaswani, a geographer and businessman, intends to raise $4 million dollars to finance the construction of a $15 million geothermal power plant. Jamaica currently obtains almost all of its electricity from fossil-fueled and hydroelectric power plants, and most of that is from fossil-fueled power plants. This is one of multiple geothermal projects in the Caribbean.Iceland's Krafla geothermal power plant.Image Source: ThinkGeoEnergy on Fl .. ...
ENERGY - Honeywell Teams Up With Opower To Curb Electricity Demand
Consumer technology company Honeywell have teamed up with the world's leading utility customer engagement solutions company Opower to introduce a new technology that they hope will encourage utilities to attract more homeowners to voluntary programs that will help curb their demand for electricity.The Energy Management Platform is a combination of Honeywell's Wi-Fi thermostat and Akuacom utility management software with Opower's interactive, c .. ...
FASHION - New Fabric Absorbs 340% of Its Weight in Water from Fog or Mist
A new treatment for cotton fabric allows it to absorb an incredible amount of moisture from mist or fog, and then easily release it as pure water ...
GARDENS - Process that controls tomato ripening discovered
(Phys.org)-Everyone loves a juicy, perfectly ripened tomato, and scientists have long sought ways to control the ripening process to improve fruit quality and prevent spoilage ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-01-tomato-ripening.htm
HOMES - Seth Stein Architects Gives a Bomb-Damaged London House a New Lease On Life
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HOMES - Tiny Model Apartment is Full of Transformer Furniture
Is every single one of them going to have a Murphy bed ...
HOMES - What Does the Interior of the World's Largest and Most Expensive Family Home Look Like?
The completion of Antilia - the world's largest and most expensive family home - certainly caused a stir when we first reported on the sky-scraping abode back in 2011, with readers (and we here at Inhabitat) calling the Ambani family out for its excess. While exterior shots could be readily found on the web over the last couple years, not much surfaced when it came to the interior. Well, it looks like Curbed has delivered our first look coupled w ...
MOVIES - Friday funny video: How to use a dual-screen Windows tablet in Starbucks
Let's face it: More often than not, the Apple logo is everywhere at Starbucks. You see it on iPhones, iPads, iPods and MacBooks. Heck, occasionally you see it on a "portable" iMac! But the ol' Microsoft Windows branding appears from time to time, begging the question: How does one blend in with the Apple crowd with such a device? Here's the simple answer from Steve Paine, provided you're using an Asus Taichi 21 in your local coffee shop: I'll be ...
PEOPLE - Germany's Problem with Women
Trouble's brewing in Germany. No, it's not the euro crisis; it's the good kind of trouble: Feminism is finding new life in networked voices online. Last week, a German blogger named Maike Hank put out a simple, defiant call to end harassment and daily sexism with her post, "This Is Not Normal." It resonated deeply with many on Twitter, and people like Nicole von Horst started sharing their own stories: "The doctor tha ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/deannazandt/2013/02/01/germanys-
PLANTS - England Decides Not to Sell Off Public Forests
The government of England has decided that it won't sell 15% of the public forests after all, opting instead to create a more independent trust to manage those forests for future generations ...
PLANTS - Now That Hemp Is Legal in Colorado, What's Next?
Hemp, which is considered to be a wonder-crop by many, is now legal in Colorado. Voters not only gave the thumb up to marijuana in November, but also to its THC-light cousin ...
SCIENCE - Color-Changing Photonic Fibers Created, Inspired By The Bastard Hogberry
A new type of flexible color-changing photonic fiber has been created by reserchers at Harvard University and the University of Exeter. When it's stretched, the fiber changes color, with the color varying from a deep red to a bright blue. The researchers think that the new fiber could be used for the creation of 'smart' fabrics that visibly change color when exposed to heat or pressure. Such fabrics could have a wide variety of potential uses. .. ...
SCIENCE - Gap geometry grasped: New algorithm could help understand structure of liquids, how they flow through porous media
Theoretical physicist Moumita Maiti and colleagues at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India, have now implemented an algorithm for analysing void space in sphere packing, where the spheres need not all be the same size. This method, about to be published in European Physical Journal E, could be applied to analyse the geometry of liquids present between multi-sized spheres that are akin to a model for por ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-gap-geometry-grasped-algorithm-
SCIENCE - Listening to electrons: New method brings scaling-up quantum devices one step closer
(Phys.org)-We're now one step closer to quantum computing becoming a reality thanks to research led by a team of University of Sydney physicists, who have found a new way to detect changes in charges smaller than one electron ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-electrons-method-scaling-up-qua
SOLAR - "Game-Changing" Solar Invention Announced
Holographic film used with highly efficient solar cells to create "game-changing" solar panel.I have seen my share of outstanding solar innovations, such as concentrated solar setups using tiny gallium arsenide cells that achieve an astounding 42% efficiency. However, I've been eagerly waiting for an outstanding innovation made from more abundant materials such as silicon.The main reason is that silicon is the second most abundant element in t .. ...
SOLAR - $9 Million In New DOE Funding For "Big Data" Analytics To Spur Deployment, Reduce Costs Of Solar PV
As part of the Obama Administration's SunShot Initiative, the US Department of Energy (DOE) today (January 30) announced it will invest around $9 million spread across seven projects in six states that entail making use of new "Big Data" analytical tools to accelerate solar energy deployment and realize further reductions in solar energy costs.The funding will be for research teams in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Ca .. ...
SOLAR - 400MW Solar Project In San Antonio Has Begun Construction
Construction has now begun on OCI Solar Power's 400MW solar energy project located in San Antonio, Texas.The first phase, named Alamo I, is expected to be completed by the middle of 2013. It will feature 41 MW of solar photovoltaic capacity. The project was announced last July after OCI Solar Power struck a 25-year power purchase deal with CPS Energy.Once completed, the project will be "one of the largest municipal utility solar projects in th .. ...
SOLAR - 7 projects looking to use big data to cut the cost of solar power
The Department of Energy is putting a collective $9 million into 7 projects being developed at universities and government labs that will us big data to lower the cost of solar in various ways. The projects, at places like Yale, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, will be focused on using analytics to lower the cost of solar installations and making solar cells more efficient. Apple's massive solar farm in North Carolina, photo by WCNC- ...
SOLAR - A Startup Charts A Path To Make Cheaper Solar Cells
MIT-spinoff 1366 Technologies on Wednesday celebrated the opening of a demonstration solar factory, the success of which will be necessary for the startup to access a $150 million federal loan guarantee to build a 1-gigawatt manufacturing plant ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2013/01/30/a-startup-
SOLAR - Haiti's Solar Powered Hospital
Maintaining steady electricity flow in hospitals is literally an issue of life and death. In places where electrical power is unreliable, hospitals are forced to rely on generators, even in the midst of surgery or with patients on ventilators. So what's a hospital in Haiti supposed to do?Install 1,800 solar panels on the roof, of course. And that's exactly what Partners in Health (PIH) and Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) recently di .. ...
SOLAR - How the Rural Poor Are Becoming a Market for Solar Power
A new generation of succesful for-profit, mission-driven businesses are serving energy-hungry communities across the globe ...
SOLAR - Sungevity Seals Up $125 Million In Financing
Sungevity, one of the top online photovoltaic (PV) retailers and solar service companies, recently shored up $125 million in new financing to boost its business.Image Credit: Sungevity Car via WikiCommons (Some Rights Reserved)According to PV Magazine, $40 million comes as equity financing from Brightpath Capital Partners. Meanwhile, a "leading commercial" bank as well as Energy Capital Partners are providing $85 million in project financing.S .. ...
SOLAR - Super-Efficient Solar Cells Possible Through Use Of Exotic Form Of Silicon, Generating More Than One Electron-Hole Pair Per Photon
By utilizing an exotic form of silicon, silicon BC8, it is very likely possible to significantly raise the efficiency of solar cells, according to new research headed by the University of California, Davis.Solar cells currently in use generate one electron-hole pair for every photon that hits them, and are capable of a theoretical maximum efficiency of 'only' 33%. But by utilizing nano-particles of an exotic form of silicon known as silicon BC .. ...
SOLAR - Video Replay: Home Solar Hangout With 1BOG, Veterans United, & CleanTechnica
Here's a video replay of today's 'Home Solar Hangout On Air' hosted by Veterans United. Dave Llorens of 1BOG and I answered questions about solar power incentives, going solar, and more. Unfortunately, SolarCity couldn't make it, but I think it was still a very useful chat for a lot of people. Check out the video replay here:Video Replay: Home Solar Hangout With 1BOG, Veterans United, & CleanTechnica was originally published on: CleanTechn .. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/30/home-solar-hangout-1bog-
SPACE - VISIONS: Seeing the aurora in a new light
On a cold February night in Poker Flat, Alaska, a team of scientists will wait patiently for the exotic red and green glow of an aurora to illuminate the sky. Instead of simply admiring the view, this group from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center of Greenbelt, Md., and The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, Calif. will launch a sounding rocket up through the Northern Lights. The rocket could launch as early as the night of Feb. 2, 2013, but the ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-visions-aurora.htm
SUSTAINABILITY - Resiliency Portfolio Standards: Turning Smart Grids into Strong Grids
When prairies burn, they don't die ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/02/01/resil
TECH - Amazon makes it cheaper to move your stuff between regions
It's a truism among Amazon Web Services customers that it's not the cost of storage or compute that gets you, it's the data transfer charges. Thursday night, Amazon launched price cuts that will make it considerably cheaper for you to move your stuff between AWS regions. Amazon typically recommends that large customers distribute workloads between Availability Zones. Making it cheaper to move data between regions could encourage customers to dist ...
TECH - Awesome Keyboard Idea
If you enjoy cool concept items you wish existed but that are not likely to see production, check out the E-inkey Keyboard Concept, designed by Maxim Mezentsev & Aleksander Suhih. The keyboard (hypothetically) uses E-inky technology (as diagramed below) to create a keyboard whose keys are customizable and responsive to the programs you are using ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2013/01/31/awes
TECH - Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich invests £70M in Truphone
Russian billionaire investor Roman Abramovich has plunked down £70 million (U.S. $110 million) for a big piece of London's Truphone, an international mobile operator that charges local rates for calls made in other countries. Abramovich's new 23.3 percent stake in Truphone isn't quite as impressive as his outright ownership of the world-famous Chelsea Football Club (that's soccer to us Yanks). But the investment is a huge vote of confidence to a ...
TECH - Next-generation HD videoconferencing will provide immediate public benefits
The patient, who sees her neurologist regularly for "memory coaching" to counter the effects of short-term memory loss, never has to leave home for her appointments. The doctor, who is 40 minutes away, never has to leave his office. They "meet" by video ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-next-generation-hd-videoconfere
TECH - Which borough has the fastest 4G in NYC? Sorry Manhattan, it's the Bronx
Manhattan may have the most high-powered corporations in the world, but it doesn't even have the most powerful mobile data networks in New York City. That distinction goes to the borough on the other side of the Harlem River. A recent round of speed and performance tests in New York from RootMetrics revealed that data speeds from mobile broadband networks averaged 13.5 Mbps, nearly 2 Mbps faster than any in any of the other four boroughs. The hom ...
URBAN - HASSELL to Transform Shipping Containers and Pallets into an Urban Coffee Farm in Melbourne
The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is coming to Australia in the first week of March and the Young Designers at HASSELL have created the Urban Coffee Farm and Brew Bar as a centerpiece for this year's festival. This urban intervention will transform the steps of the amphitheater at Melbourne's River Yarra into a literal coffee jungle in to abstractly demonstrate the journey that coffee takes to get to Australia.Read the rest of HASSELL to Trans ...
URBAN - Heller Street Park & Residences: Award-Winning Sustainable Housing by Six Degrees Architects in Melbourne
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WIND - Wind Energy Hits Over 30% Of Denmark's Electricity Consumption At End Of 2012
The big wind news of the past year that we keep trumpeting is that US wind power accounted for more new US power capacity in 2012 than coal (which actually declined), natural gas, nuclear, solar, or anything else. It made up 42% of new power capacity additions in the US last year.Wind turbines and bicyclist in Denmark via ShutterstockBut another huge wind power stat from Denmark is also worthy of a trumpet or two. Wind provided enough electric .. ...
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