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Fighting ecological invaders efficiently

Siemens is using a special water-treatment technique to make ship traffic more environmentally friendly. By disinfecting the ballast water in ships, a system named Sicure protects marine environments from ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanocrystal-coated fibers might reduce wasted energy

(Phys.org) -- Researchers are developing a technique that uses nanotechnology to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components to potentially recover energy wasted in factories, power plants and cars.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fukushima leak may have flowed into Pacific: TEPCO

About 12 tonnes of radioactive water has leaked at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with the facility's operator saying Thursday that some may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan PM: No individual to blame for Fukushima

No individual can be held responsible for the nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima, Japan's prime minister said Saturday, insisting everyone had to "share the pain".

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 13

Fears for safety at Fukushima one year on

To some of the men who earn as little as $100 a day to work inside Japan's Fukushima Daiichi, the plant at the centre of a year-old nuclear disaster is far from safe -- despite the official line.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7

Japan's Fukushima reactor may be reheating: operator

Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said Sunday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

First plants caused ice ages: research

New research reveals how the arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages. Led by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford, the study is published today (February 1, 2012) in Nature Geoscience.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Japan studies flora and fauna near Fukushima plant

Japanese scientists are studying how radiation has affected plants and animals living near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, according to an official.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Physicists cool semiconductor by laser light

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have combined two worlds – quantum physics and nano physics, and this has led to the discovery of a new method for laser cooling semiconductor membranes. Semiconductors ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

PNNL's Olympus supercomputer advances science, saves energy

A new, 162-Teraflop peak supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is helping scientists do more complex, advanced research in areas such as energy storage and future ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan

About 2,000 demonstrators hit the streets of Yokohama on Saturday calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster that sparked the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (8) | comments 44

Quick-cooking nanomaterials in microwave to make tomorrow's air conditioners

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for creating advanced nanomaterials that could lead to highly efficient refrigerators and cooling systems requiring no ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Flipping an egg carton of light traps giant atoms

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an egg carton of laser light, University of Michigan physicists can trap giant Rydberg atoms with up to 90 percent efficiency, an achievement that could advance quantum computing and terahertz ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Japan launches new spy satellite

Japan launched a new spy satellite into orbit on Monday amid concerns over North Korea's missile programme and to monitor natural disasters in the region, officials said.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tokyo 'not doing enough' for Fukushima: Greenpeace

Fukushima's residents are being left to their fate and not enough is being done to protect them against radiation nine months after Japan's tsunami, environment group Greenpeace said Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0