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Researchers unveil innovative solar cooling project

Using solar thermal energy to power an air conditioning unit can be difficult and expensive. But a team of researchers at the University of California, Merced, have added a game-changing advance to the process ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Hot nights can compound danger from heat waves

(AP) -- The killer lurking in the shadows of the current heat wave may be hot nights.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New discovery could pave the way for identification of rogue CFC release

A new discovery by scientists at the Universities of East Anglia and Frankfurt could make it possible in future to identify the source of banned CFCs that are probably still being released into the atmosphere.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Invading camels to be shot in Australian town

(AP) -- Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Heavy ice could delay start of Shell Alaska's Arctic drilling

The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade could postpone the start of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean until the beginning of August, a delay of up to two weeks, Shell Alaska officials said.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Fighting house fires with computer models

(Phys.org) -- Through advanced computer modelling of house fires, mechanical engineers at UNSW are giving fire fighters a new suite of tools to investigate and battle dangerous blazes in time for the traditionally ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fungi shifted plant balance of power

Cooperating with fungi didn't just help the earliest plants spread across a barren, rocky landscape; it also played a decisive role in the rise of more complex plants with roots and leaves that make up most ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Better, stronger, lighter armor

What makes a piece of armor effective? Sure, it needs to be strong, and it should be lightweight. But what is it about a material's composition that gives it such properties? And can we develop materials that ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research discovers metabolic adaptation to high altitudes

When mammals are cold, they can employ physical changes to stay warm -- such as intense shivering. Like any form of aerobic exercise, though, "shivering thermogenesis" is especially challenging at high altitudes ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

WPI research team to conduct tests aimed at better understanding post-earthquake fires

A team of researchers from the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will conduct groundbreaking tests on May 23-25 aimed at better understanding the effects of earthquakes on ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US launches air pollution data in Shanghai

The United States consulate in Shanghai has begun issuing its own pollution statistics, giving a much more pessimistic assessment of the city's air quality than official Chinese data.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Oxygen-separation membranes could aid in CO2 reduction

It may seem counterintuitive, but one way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere may be to produce pure carbon dioxide in powerplants that burn fossil fuels. In this way, greenhouse gases — once isolated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A NASA weather 'Eye in the Sky' marks 10 years

For 10 years, it has silently swooped through space in its orbital perch 438 miles (705 kilometers) above Earth, its nearly 2,400 spectral "eyes" peering into Earth's atmosphere, watching. But there's nothing ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Company offers first independently controlled auto A/C system

(Phys.org) -- Automobile air conditioner maker Denso Corporation has announced a first for cars, an air conditioning system that allows for true independent heating and cooling of driver, passenger and back seat areas, resulting ...

Technology / Engineering

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