News tagged with green products
UN warns 25 pct of world land highly degraded
(AP) -- The United Nations has completed the first-ever global assessment of the state of the planet's land resources, finding in a report Monday that a quarter of all land is highly degraded and warning the trend must be ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Wind energy creating a problem with military and weather radar
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the push for creating green energy, giant windmill farms are becoming more and more common for electricity production. However, the National Weather Service and the United States Air ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Ore. town uses geothermal energy to stay warm
(AP) -- When snow falls on this downtown of brick buildings and glass storefronts in southern Oregon, it piles up everywhere but the sidewalks. It's the first sign that this timber and ranching town is like few others.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 20, 2010 |
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Termite enzymes could be boon to cellulosic ethanol: research
Termite spit may soon help fill our gas tanks. University of Florida researchers have isolated two enzymes termites use to break up lignin, a tough plant material that is major problem during the production of cellulosic ...
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Eat your greens: they can prevent the ill-effects of toxins in foods
(PhysOrg.com) -- LLNL researchers have found that a small dose of chlorophyll or chlorophyllin, found in green leafy vegetables, could reverse the effects of aflatoxin poisoning, a potent, naturally occurring ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Scientists Use Self-Assembly to Make Molecule-Sized Particles With Patches of Charge
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Shrubby crops can help fuel Africa's green revolution
Crop diversification with shrubby legumes mixed with soybean and peanuts could be the key to sustaining the green revolution in Africa, according to a Michigan State University study.
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Swiss parliament approves nuclear plant phase out
The Swiss parliament's upper house on Wednesday approved plans to phase out the country's nuclear plants over the next two decades in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 28, 2011 |
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BMW to power Leipzig factory by wind energy
German auto giant BMW plans to build four wind turbines to power a factory with enough electricity to assemble hundreds of vehicles a day, auto newspaper Automobilwoche will report on Monday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 21, 2011 |
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'Synthetic biology' could replace oil for chemical industry
Vats of blue-green algae could one day replace oil wells in producing raw materials for the chemical industry, a UC Davis chemist predicts.
Sep 14, 2011 |
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New study shows how spikes in nitrite can have
A new study provides insight into how a short burst in nitrite can exert lasting beneficial effects on the heart, protecting it from stress and assaults such as heart attacks. In this study, just published in Circulation Re ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Fungi reduce need for fertilizer in agriculture
The next agricultural revolution may be sparked by fungi, helping to greatly increase food-production for the growing needs of the planet without the need for massive amounts of fertilizers according to research presented ...
May 23, 2011 |
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Deutsche Bahn, RWE sign renewable electric contract
German national railway Deutsche Bahn (DB) and power company RWE signed on Monday a 15-year hydro-electric supply contract worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.9 billion).
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 25, 2011 |
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Spain approves country's largest biomass plant
Spain's government Monday approved the construction of the country's largest biomass plant, the renewable energy group Ence announced Monday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Green cleaning solutions: Manufacturers are making more planet-friendly products, consumers are buying them
Maybe 2011 is the year a clean start means returning to Grandma's scrubbing ways and getting down on hands knees with simple baking soda and vinegar. Or maybe it means staring down that supermarket aisle of cleaning products ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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