EARTH Portation curated news: Earth Portation News August 1st

ANIMALS
- INSECTS Researchers find wasps are the key to yeast's ability to survive through winter
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-wasps-key-yeast-ability-survive.html#ajTabs

- INSECTS Camouflage: Moths Seek out Best Hiding Places

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120731123521.htm

CLIMATE
- Powerful Storms, Climate Change Linked to Ozone Layer Depletion & Increased UV Radiation
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/powerful-storms-climate-change-linked-ozone-layer-depletion-increased-uv-radiation.html

- Richard Muller: 'Humans Are Almost Entirely The Cause' Of Climate Change

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/29/richard-muller-climate-change-humans-koch_n_1715887.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000040

EARTH
- earthquakes map
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

ECONOMICS
- Flexibility And Intangibles, Not Energy Efficiency, Will Drive LEDs Market, Report Says
http://www.forbes.com/sites/justingerdes/2012/07/31/flexibility-and-intangibles-not-energy-efficiency-will-drive-leds-market-report-says/

ENERGY
- "My Plug" Cuts Electricity Waste via Text Message
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/my-plug-controls-your-electronics-text-message.html

GARDENS

- How to Protect a Community Garden From Thieves
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/how-protect-community-garden-thieves.html

HOMES
Mechatronics & Electrical power Engineering

- Could you live in a "nano" house of 500 square feet?

The Sierra Club

Could you live in a "nano" house of 500 square feet? Visit our slideshow of these miniature homes. http://sc.org/LLUdVc

MOVIES

- Going Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7nI57gjhVd8

MUSIC

- Samsung launches Music Hub in US

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-samsung-music-hub.html

PLANTS

- 3 Houseplants for Water Conservationists

http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/3-houseplants-water-conservationists.html

- Rapid Assessment of Plant Drought Tolerance Possible With New Method

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120730095301.htm

SCIENCE
- Mathematicians Develop New Method for Describing Extremely Complicated Shapes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120730094136.htm

- A Giant Step in a Miniature World: Electrical Charge of Nano Particles Measured

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120730094816.htm

- Wrinkled surfaces could have widespread applications

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-wrinkled-surfaces-widespread-applications.html

- New vigour in quest for Higgs boson

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-vigour-quest-higgs-boson.html

- Physicist Bends Light Waves on Surfboards
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120731202814.htm

- SOUND PICTURES

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=327204494035908&set=a.221116684644690.49632.100002390802732&type=1&ref=nf http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/482036_327204494035908_1911080933_n.jpg

SOLAR

- India's Solar Power Passes 1 Gigawatt Mark, As Nation Has Worst Blackout in Past Decade

http://www.treehugger.com/energy-policy/india-solar-power-passes-1-gigawatt-worst-blackout-past-decade.html

- Record Efficiency for Next-Generation Solar Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120729142319.htm

- Recharge in the Great Outdoors

http://earth911.com/news/2012/07/25/rechargeable-devices-for-outdoors/

- Solar Thermal Magazine

Ultra flexible and super thin solar cell technology receives certification

http://www.solarthermalmagazine.com/2012/07/29/solopowers-second-generation-flexible-modules-certified-ul-iec-standards/

SPACE

- 100 Years of Cosmic Rays Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120731201214.htm

SUSTAINABILITY

- Doing Away With Disposable Packaging

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/foodie-paradise-starts-do-away-disposable-packaging.html

- Plastic

'A 16-year-old Egyptian scientist has found a way to turn her country's plastic waste into $78 million of fuel! Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad has found that an inexpensive catalyst could be used to create $78 million worth of biofuel each year. Egypt’s plastic consumption is estimated to total one million tons per year, so Azza’s proposal could transform the country’s economy, allowing it to make money from recycled plastic.

Read more: Egyptian Teenager Unveils Plan to Turn Plastic Waste Into $78 Million of Biofuel! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building' http://inhabitat.com/16-year-old-egyptian-scientist-finds-way-to-turn-plastic-waste-into-78-million-of-biofuel/

TECH

- COMPUTERIZED WOMAN PUT TO WORK AT THE AIRPORT

http://truththeory.com/2012/07/30/computerized-woman-put-to-work/

- Samsung copied 'every element' of iPhone: Apple

http://phys.org/news/2012-07-samsung-element-iphone-apple.html

- Clif Bar Rewards Twitter Users for Getting Outside

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/clif-bar-rewards-twitter-users-getting-outside.html

- Water Strider Insect Inspires Water-Hopping Robot

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/water-strider-insect-inspires-water-jumping-robot.html

URBAN

- A New Way To Look At The Quality Of Our Cities: Walk Appeal

http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/new-way-look-quality-our-cities-walk-appeal.html

- Smart Space Building Prefab Micro-Units in San Francisco