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Many Tricks Can Save Electricity

The electric bill this winter is more than a car payment, and you've decided to take action. But if you're not well-schooled, it's best to take some advice from the pros before stalking heat-saving products up and down the ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Small fire at Japan nuclear lab; no radiation leak

A building housing an experimental nuclear reactor in Japan caught fire Tuesday, but there was no leak of radioactive materials, officials said, amid nervousness over Japan's atomic industry.

Technology / Other

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

What your new home will look like in 2015

The fact that the average American home is slowly but surely shrinking - and will most likely continue to do so if and when the country shakes off its current financial woes - isn't exactly revolutionary news. But when ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In Seattle, work starts on 'greenest' office building

These days, there are plenty of "green" buildings, with solar heating, insulated windows, self-generated electricity. But what would it take to construct an office building at competitive leasing rates that generated its ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Improved buildings could make a big dent in climate change

The construction and operation of buildings accounts for approximately 40 percent of all U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases. The most-used building material in the world, concrete, is used to construct many of the nation’s ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

How to save energy and stay cool during a heat wave

Nature doesn't appear willing to cut consumers a break. Neither does the economy.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Avoid risking children's health during home energy retrofits, renovations, experts urge

Home energy retrofits tackle climate change and when done right they should make homes healthier, while aiding families struggling with utility bills.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Texan builds artful, green homes out of trash

Texas home builder Dan Phillips transforms trash into artful treasures, creating intricate floor mosaics with wood scraps, kitchen counters from ivory-colored bones and roofs out of license plates.

Technology / Other

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Down the Lunar Rabbit-hole

A whole new world came to life for Alice when she followed the White Rabbit down the hole. There was a grinning cat, a Hookah-smoking caterpillar, a Mad Hatter, and much more. It makes you wonder... what's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Chicken house attics can be tapped to warm broilers

Reducing the cost of keeping broiler chickens warm could result from research by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and university cooperators.

Technology / Other

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists Make Temperature-Regulating Coffee Mug

(PhysOrg.com) -- A well-insulated mug may keep your coffee somewhat warm, but now scientists have designed a high-tech mug that can keep drinks hot or cold at the perfect temperature for up to half an hour. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 17 weblog


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