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Electric car conversion business booming
Rising fuel prices have been painful for many small-business owners across the country.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Hybrids getting revved
"Experts" have long been saying the popularity of hybrid vehicles is waning, in parallel to lower gas prices. Say it ain't so? It ain't.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Overgrazed grasslands tied to locust outbreaks
While residents of the United States and much of Europe think of locust plagues as biblical references, locust swarms still have devastating effects on agriculture today, especially in developing countries ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Thai floods ripple through global supply chain
Thailand's worst floods in decades may gradually be subsiding but ripples will be felt by companies and consumers for months to come, analysts say, underlining the fragility of the global supply chain.
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Breathless in the Megacity
Megacities offer the enticing prospect of employment and the benefits of an urban infrastructure – but they also expose their inhabitants to high levels of air pollution. Together with an Indian Partner ...
Sep 23, 2011 |
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Consumer Reports: Best, worst new cars for fuel economy
Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assigns a fuel economy rating to all new vehicles, Consumer Reports magazine conducts its own independent testing. The magazine recently concluded testing on 2011 models ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Life on a dollar a day
Imagine, for a moment, that you must live on 99 cents per day. How would you manage it? For roughly 850 million people around the globe, this is not a hypothetical question; those people really have daily ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Bighead carp snagged in St. Croix River
It's an ugly brute with a gaping mouth and eyes that hang low on the bottom of its face. Someday soon, with two of its equally odious cousins, it could take over Minnesota's rivers and lakes, squeezing out native species. ...
Apr 22, 2011 |
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Noise cancellation system helps give GMC crossover one of the quietest interiors
The technology that makes high-end noise-cancelling headphones coveted by frequent flyers and iPod audiophiles is helping GMC Terrain owners save gas. Active noise cancellation does double duty on Terrain. ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Researchers work to develop a vehicle that can be driven by the blind
Last Saturday, a blind driver dodged cardboard boxes thrown in front of him while driving a modified Ford Hybrid Escape around the Daytona International Speedway. He had only seconds to react to the obstacles.
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Tracing families' escape from poverty
For all the detailed tools developed to study finance in past decades, relatively few scholars have brought those methods to bear on a pressing social question: How do poor people manage their finances?
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Driving while blind? Maybe, with new high-tech car
(AP) -- Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-fetched notion a reality.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 02, 2010 |
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