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Bacteria 'munching' on Titanic: scientists

In less than 30 years, there may be nothing left of the Titanic but a heap of "rusticles," warns researcher Henrietta Mann, who has spent four years researching bacteria gnawing on its sunken hull.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Breakthrough furnace can cut solar costs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar cells, the heart of the photovoltaic industry, must be tested for mechanical strength, oxidized, annealed, purified, diffused, etched, and layered.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

The art of precision cooking -- in space

If you think it's tough to make Baked Alaska or a delicate soufflé or some other temperature-sensitive dish in your kitchen at home, imagine the painstaking task of trying to cook to perfection 250 miles ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iron legacy leaves soil high in manganese

(PhysOrg.com) -- Iron furnaces that once dotted central Pennsylvania may have left a legacy of manganese enriched soils, according to Penn State geoscientists. This manganese can be toxic to trees, especially ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Applied Materials Introduces Critical Via Liner Technology for 3D Chip Packaging

Applied Materials, Inc. today added to its extensive line of 3D chip packaging solutions with the launch of its Applied Producer InVia dielectric deposition system. Using a unique CVD process, the InVia system ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Making Steel Recycling Greener

A new process developed by Siemens cuts the energy required to recycle steel and also lowers carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Home heating efficiencies offer 'hat trick' of savings: study

Improving the energy efficiency of Maryland homes heated by natural gas would generate a "hat trick" of economic and environmental benefits over the next 10 years, including more than 80,000 new jobs, savings of hundreds ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Energy efficiency standards for appliances should include upstream costs

The U.S. Department of Energy should consider gradually changing its system of setting appliance energy-efficiency standards to a full-fuel-cycle measurement, which takes into account both the energy used to operate an appliance, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Going green: Entire Swedish city switches to biofuels to become environmentally friendly

Though a fraction of Chicago's size, this industrial city in southeast Sweden has plenty of similarities with it, including a long, snowy winter and a football team the town's crazy about.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (61) | comments 5

Home sets example for environmentally friendly living

When Larry and Lauri Kraft decided to add a great room and three-season porch to their 1959 split-level home in St. Louis Park, Minn., they chose "green" remodeling to protect their children's health.

Technology / Other

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0