AIR - Cooking up clean air in Africa: Reducing air pollution and meningitis risk in Ghana
They're little more than a pile of burning sticks with a stewpot atop them. But these open fires or basic cookstoves have been linked to the premature deaths of 4 million people annually, many of them young children ...http://phys.org/news/2013-01-cooking-air-africa-pollution-me
AIR - Keeping tabs on chemicals in the air: New state-of-the-art samplers, analytical capabilities improve tracer measurements
(Phys.org)-How do pollutants move through different kinds of environments? How far would toxic chemicals released in a terror attack travel? These are the kinds of questions that have motivated "atmospheric dispersion studies" of the Tracer Technology Group (TTG) within Brookhaven's Environmental Sciences Department for more than 30 years ...http://phys.org/news/2013-01-tabs-chemicals-air-state-of-the
ANIMALS - Rare San Francisco river otter stumps researchers
For the first time in decades, a river otter has made San Francisco its home, taking up residence in the ruins of a 19th Century seaside bath near the Golden Gate Bridge ...http://phys.org/news/2013-01-rare-san-francisco-river-otter.
ART - The Most Inspiring Art of 2012
There has been some great art on TreeHugger the past year. These are the pieces that inspired (or wowed) me most in 2012 .
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/culture/Most-Inspiring-
BOOKS - Can Andrew Sullivan make post-industrial journalism pay?
We're only a couple of days into the new year, and already we have a defining media moment: Andrew Sullivan, the star blogger who built a huge following at The New Republic and Time magazine and later moved to Tina Brown's new-media platform The Daily Beast, announced that he is splitting with the Beast and going solo - or rather, taking his small team and setting up his own media entity. Sullivan says he is not taking any outside investment and ...
http://gigaom.com/2013/01/02/can-andrew-sullivan-make-post-i
CLIMATE - Record Temperature Set: Colder than Absolute Zero
Absolute zero is often thought to be the coldest temperature possible. But now researchers show they can achieve even lower temperatures ...http://news.discovery.com/earth/record-temperature-set-colde
CLIMATE - Researchers team up with some 'locals' in Greenland to study rising sea levels
David Holland, a professor in NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has been studying changes in the sea level off the coast of Greenland for years. His work involves collecting data on glacier formation, then developing computer models to project future global sea level change due to melting ice ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-01-team-locals-greenland-sea.htm
EARTH - Stunning New Night Images of United States
Find out what your town looks like from space at night. If you live in a blazing bright area, your view of the cosmos is probably non-existent ...http://news.discovery.com/earth/new-night-images-of-united-s
ECONOMICS - Creating a "Politics of Abundance" to Match Technology Innovation
A provocative new book by two former federal regulators urges President Obama to adopt policies more closely aligned with the power of Moore's Law, in which key measures of computing performance double every two years while price holds constant ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2013/01/03/creating-
ECONOMICS - Fiscal Cliff Deal's Winners
The biggest beneficiaries of last-minute legislation are not who you think ...http://video.forbes.com/fvn/business/fiscal-cliff-hedge-fund
ECONOMICS - How Silicon Valley Helped PlanGrid Lay its Foundation
Why would anyone with a mortgage and family leave a stable job at a big company to go work for a start-up that has a less than 1% chance of surviving for more than a few years? It sounds like a wildly impractical idea -- yet very talented people make that seemingly irrational choice ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/01/04/how-silico
ECONOMICS - The Key to Growth: Transformational Change
Statistics show that most Americans who make a New Year's resolution fail to achieve it. A study by the University of Scranton found that only 46 percent of us maintain our resolutions after six months. Why is it that so many of us fail to make a lasting change? And what are the lessons for businesses and regions ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabagley/2013/01/02/the-key
EDUCATION - Free Harvard class teaches non-lawyers about copyright
Would you like to invoke the authority of Harvard the next time you debate authors' rights or file-sharing? You might have your chance thanks to a new 12-week copyright course that seeks to mimic the experience of a Harvard Law School class. The course, offered via open source learning platform edX, will be taught by Harvard law professor William Fisher III and a gaggle of teaching assistants from the school's Berkman Center for Internet and Soci ...http://gigaom.com/2013/01/03/free-harvard-class-teaches-non-
EDUCATION - How aspiring knitters at Craftsy could inspire online education
You might not be into hemming skirts or stitching quilts, but if you're interested in online education, you may still want to keep an eye on Craftsy. Unlike many of its peers in Silicon Valley, the Denver-based startup clearly doesn't have designs on disrupting formal education. Its core students are women over 40 who want to learn how to knit with beads, make handcrafted sugar flowers or master pants-fitting techniques. The next step for graduat .
http://gigaom.com/2013/01/03/how-aspiring-knitters-at-crafts
ENERGY - New U.S. Wind Power Capacity Might Beat Natural Gas and Coal in 2012
We only have data up to November 30th so far, so we can't be sure what the final 2012 numbers will look like, but for the first 11 months of the year, new installed wind power in the United States adds up to 6,519 megawatts ..
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/new-wind-power-ca
ENERGY - Superconductors for efficient wind power plants: Researchers develop cooling system for novel generator
(Phys.org)-An efficient, robust, and compact wind power plant with a 10 MW superconducting generator is being developed by partners from industry and science within the recently established EU project SUPRAPOWER. Superconduction enables considerable savings of energy and raw materials. Within SUPRAPOWER, researchers at KIT's Institute for Technical Physics (ITEP) develop a rotating cryostat cooling the superconducting coils down to minus 253°C - ...http://phys.org/news/2013-01-superconductors-efficient-power
GARDENS - Finding Chicago's food gardens with Google Earth
Urban agriculture is promoted as a strategy for dealing with food insecurity, stimulating economic development, and combating diet-related health problems in cities. However, up to now, no one has known how much gardening is taking place in urban areas. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a methodology that they used to quantify the urban agriculture in Chicago ...http://phys.org/news/2013-01-chicago-food-gardens-google-ear
HOMES - Low Energy MZ House in Barcelona Achieves Energy and Cost Efficiency Through Prefab Construction
Read the rest of Low Energy MZ House in Barcelona Achieves Energy and Cost Efficiency Through Prefab ConstructionPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: Barcelona, Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas Arquitectes, low-energy, MZ House, natural ventilation, Passive, Prefab, prefabricated, solar, Solar Power, Spain, wool insulatio .
http://inhabitat.com/low-energy-mz-house-in-barcelona-achiev
MOVIES - Lens maker Cooke Optics to receive technical Oscar
(AP)-The first Oscar recipients of the new year were announced Thursday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ...http://phys.org/news/2013-01-lens-maker-cooke-optics-technic
MUSIC - Vanilla Ice, Why Didn't You Think of This? Swedish Rockers Issue Record Album Made Out Of Ice
Whether this makes any sense is completely another question ...http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/vanilla-ice-why-didnt-you-
SCIENCE - How computers push on the molecules they simulate
Because modern computers have to depict the real world with digital representations of numbers instead of physical analogues, to simulate the continuous passage of time they have to digitize time into small slices. This kind of simulation is essential in disciplines from medical and biological research, to new materials, to fundamental considerations of quantum mechanics, and the fact that it inevitably introduces errors is an ongoing problem for ...http://phys.org/news/2013-01-molecules-simulate.htm
SCIENCE - Large Hadron Collider hiatus sets stage for more discovery
The world's largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a 2-year hibernation in March, aiming to reach maximum energy levels that may lead to more stunning discoveries following the detection of the so-called "God particle. ...http://phys.org/news/2013-01-large-hadron-collider-hiatus-st
SCIENCE - Possibility of surfaces that can be manipulated
A chemist has studied a number of polymer blends that can be used to produce manipulatable surfaces ...http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130104083059.ht
SCIENCE - World's First Lab Inside a Glacier
What's it like to work inside a glacier ...http://news.discovery.com/earth/lab-operates-inside-a-glacie
SOLAR - Solar-Powered Floating Pavilion Prototype Opens For Use In Rotterdam
With the likelihood of sea levels rising significantly in the coming years, the city of Rotterdam has begun experimenting with possible solutions to the problem, including building some floating structures that could function as a replacement to land."The first pilot project is a catalyst for climate change-proof architecture called the Floating Pavilion that consists of three connected hemispheres that look like bubbles anchored within the .. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/03/solar-powered-floating-p
SOLAR - SolarCity Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolarCity Corporation, a provider of clean distributed energy, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 11,500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $8.00 per share. The common stock is expected to begin trading on The NASDAQ Global Market on December 13, 2012 under the ticker symbol “SCTY.” A total of 11,434,988 shares are being offered by SolarCity and 65,012 shares are being offered b ...http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121212006723/en/Sola
SOLAR - SunPower's Big Buffett Deal Triggers Solar Stock Rally
Solar stocks are flying high Thursday morning, spurred on by the news that SunPower has sold its 570-megawatt Antelope Valley properties, a pair of solar generating stations in southern California under a deal which could be worth as much as $2.5 billion. The buyer is MidAmerican Solar, which is owned by MidAmerican Renewables, which in turn is a unit of is a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings...which is owned by Warren Buffett's Berk ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2013/01/03/sunpowers-
SOLAR - Top 10 Solar Power Stories Of 2012
What were the top solar power stories of 2012? Here's my list - chime in below if you think differently or have anything to add.Concentrating solar thermal power plant. Credit: BrightSorce Energy10. Giant US CSP power plants move along as planned, ready for completion in 2013.While we didn't see any big CSP power plants go online in 2012, a lot of work was going on behind the scenes, setting the stage for a boom in such utility-scale solar .. ...http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/31/top-10-solar-power-stori
SOLAR - Warren Buffett Buys World's Largest Solar Project from SunPower for $2.5 Billion
Warren Buffett's utility, which is part of his Berkshire Hathaway holding company, has just announced that it is buying SunPower's Antelope Valley Solar Projects, located in California, for between 2 and 2.5 billion dollars ..
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/warren-buffett-bu
SPACE - Astronauts Recycling In Space: NASA Turns Trash Into New Parts
NASA researchers are working on a closed loop system that could turn waste generated during missions into parts for spacecrafts ..
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/astronauts-recycl
SPACE - Testing Einstein's E=mc2 in outer space
(Phys.org)-University of Arizona physicist Andrei Lebed has stirred the physics community with an intriguing idea yet to be tested experimentally: The world's most iconic equation, Albert Einstein's E=mc2, may be correct or not depending on where you are in space ...http://phys.org/news/2013-01-einstein-emc2-outer-space.htm
SUSTAINABILITY - 5 Tips for CIOs: Plan for Hurricanes, Hackers and Aliens?
Google is so serious about its disaster recovery planning that it tests for most scenarios imaginable, no matter how unlikely, including an alien invasion of its offices. You see, nothing puts fear into a CIO like a system outage - it gives new meaning to having a "bad day" at the office ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/rajsabhlok/2013/01/04/5-tips-for
SUSTAINABILITY - It's Not Easy Being Green: Two Designers Explore Sustainability Worldwide (Book Review)
Designers Aart van Bezooyen and Paula Raché tell their story of adventure, people and sustainability ...
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/its-not
TECH - Here's the secret success sauce in Ubuntu's phone platform
Canonical announced a version of Ubuntu for smartphones on Wednesday, showing of the software on a Galaxy Nexus handset. The company is mostly known for its user-friendly Linux desktop operating system: Ubuntu is among the most popular Linux distributions and some hardware makers have sold computers with Ubuntu instead of Microsoft Windows. Canonical expects actual phones running Ubuntu near the end of 2013 although a build for some smartphones, ...http://gigaom.com/mobile/heres-the-secret-success-sauce-in-u
TECH - LG Launches Super-Thin, Energy-Efficient OLED TV
Nearly a full year since the company was awarded Best of Show at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, LG has launched its award-winning 55-inch OLED super-thin television in Korea, with other markets soon to open.The LG Cinema 3D Smart TV is one of the thinnest televisions around, measuring in at the same width of three credit cards at its thinnest point.Described as "virtually borderless" and weighing in at only 16.5 poun .. ...http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/04/lg-launches-super-thin-e
TECH - My 5 Tech Predictions for 2013
I have previously predicted that 2013 will be an odd year. Of this I am certain. All the rest are what you might call "serious conjecture." Maybe one or more will actually come true fully or in part. Then I can call myself a guru. Apple's edge will dull. I have lon ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/shelisrael/2013/01/03/five-tech-
TECH - Revealed: the finalists for the 2012 Crunchies
The finalists for the 2012 Crunchies have been released, and now it's time to decide who should rewarded for their technology innovation and leadership over the course of 2012. The list of honorees follows below, and it's a list packed with newcomers as well as Silicon Valley veterans. Thanks to all for voting in the nomination process, and now that we've narrowed it down to five candidates for each award, don't forget to vote for which person or ...http://gigaom.com/2013/01/03/revealed-the-finalists-for-the-
TECH - Shape Shifting Solar Lamp Looks Like Robot Claw
This solar powered lamp can be twisted into different positions, but all of them look like something found on a space ship ...
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/shape-shifting-solar-lamp-
TECH - Sullivan's new Dish raises $333,000 from over 11K people in first 24 hours
On Thursday, Andrew Sullivan pronounced himself "somewhat gob-smacked" by readers' response to his immensely popular blog the Dish leaving the Daily Beast, going independent and charging $19.99 a year. The new Dish has raised $333,000 in the 24 hours following Sullivan's announcement, from "nearly 12,000″ readers. Contributors paid an average of "nearly $8″ more than the $19.99 minimum. 2,050 people shelled out $25; 1,870 rounded up to an eve ...
http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/03/sullivans-new-dish-raises-
TECH - Surrounded By Devices, We Inhabit A World of Increasing User-Centricity
User-centric computing is a theme we can expect to hear articulated in many ways next week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2013/01/04/surrounded-b
TECH - Turning smartphones into secure and versatile keys
It's already possible to open doors using an app -- but we are a long way from seeing widespread acceptance of this in the market. Now, researchers have developed a piece of software that will make the technology even more secure and versatile ...http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130103130949.ht
TECH - Want better Wi-Fi? Maybe you just need a better router.
With the explosion of connected devices in our home and more web-based services running in the background, foreground and even in the actual ground if you have some kind of Wi-Fi based garden sensor system, your router may be the most essential piece of equipment you don't know that you own. Most people tend to stick with the wireless router their broadband provider gave them, but between MIMO, dual-band offerings and fancy software, they've come ...http://gigaom.com/2013/01/04/want-better-wi-fi-maybe-you-jus
URBAN - Destilat Architecture's 3M House is a Cantilevered Woodland Residence in Austria
Destilat Architecture updated this woodland residence in Austria with a modern renovation that features cantilevered volumes set at different heights. The home sits on the bank of the Danube river, surrounded by woods and orchards. The renovation was designed to maximize views out over the foothills of the alps, and the project incorporates an exposed concrete pool cantilevered over a supporting stone wall to create a terraced garden.Read the res ...
http://inhabitat.com/destilat-architectures-3m-house-is-a-ca
URBAN - Luxury Buenos Aires Grand Hotel Aims for LEED Certification
The Buenos Aires Grand Hotel may have just opened in October, but it is already gunning for LEED certification. The modern hotel has all the comfort and amenities of a luxury hotel, with the eco-friendly and energy efficiency of a green hotel. Located in the arty and historic neighborhood of Recoleta, the hotel provides sustainable accommodation in a cultural hotspot.Read the rest of Luxury Buenos Aires Grand Hotel Aims for LEED CertificationPer ...
http://inhabitat.com/luxury-buenos-aires-grand-hotel-aims-fo
URBAN - Meet The Startup Making Snap-Together Office Buildings, Schools And 7-Elevens
Project Frog designs and ships schools, convenience stores and offic ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2013/01/02/meet-the-st
URBAN - Wide Roof on Wooden Teikyo University Elementary School Gathers Heat and Water in Japan
Read the rest of Wide Roof on Wooden Teikyo University Elementary School Gathers Heat and Water in JapanPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "energy efficiency", Daylighting, eco design, green design, Japan, Japanese design, Kengo Kuma Architects, rainwater harvesting system, Recycled Materials, solar gain, sustainable design, Teikyo University Elementary School, Tokyo, Urban desig ...
http://inhabitat.com/wide-roof-on-wooden-teikyo-university-e
URBAN - With Hines La Jolla Project, Net Zero Comes to Larger Office Buildings
In mid-December, Hines - a privately owned international real estate firm - announced that it (with partner J.P. Morgan Asset Management) was proceeding with construction on the largest US net zero office building to date. The 13-story, 415,000 square foot La Jolla building - to be completed in 2014 - will be carbon neutral by combining highly efficient end-use technologies with on-site Bloom Energy fuel cells utilizing directed biogas ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2013/01/02/with-hi
WATER - Transocean Admits Criminal Conduct, Pays $1.4 Billion
Transocean LLC today admitted criminal conduct in its handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and agreed to pay $1.4 billion in criminal and civil fines ...http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2013/01/03/transocea
WIND - Vestas & Gamesa Get Big Boost From U.S. Wind Tax Credit Extension
The United States wind PTC (production tax credit) which was on the verge of expiring, causing firms to rush their wind energy projects has been extended late last night.Vestas is headquartered in Denmark, but the U.S. is a very significant market for the wind turbine leader. Based on the positive wind power news, shares in the Aarhus-based company increased by as much as 13%, the most in five weeks. As of 12:52pm Copenhagen time, they were .. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/02/vestas-gamesa-get-big-bo
WORK - 8 Secrets To Accomplishing More Each Day
Work smarter, not harder. Here's how ...http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ffge45mdj/8-secrets-to-accomp
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