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Exoplanet aurora: An out-of-this-world sight

Earth's aurorae, or Northern and Southern Lights, provide a dazzling light show to people living in the polar regions. Shimmering curtains of green and red undulate across the sky like a living thing. New ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New sensor network protecting art in NY museum

(AP) -- It will take a good eye to spot them, but dozens of tiny, very modern works of art have been installed near the 15th-century unicorn tapestries and other medieval masterpieces at a New York City museum.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India seeks 'cool jacket' design to help hot labourers

A state in southern India is running a competition for designers to produce an "air-conditioned" jacket for outdoor labourers with prize money of more than 20,000 dollars up for grabs.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Hot town, summer in the city

Heat waves may cause increased mortality but, until now, there has been no single scientific definition for the occasional bursts of hot weather that can strike during the summer months. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Deforestation failure sounds climate alarm

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australia's failure to accurately measure and predict emissions from deforestation, and the difficulty it has had in reducing deforestation, should send a warning signal to the world, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero

Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a key material in ...

Technology / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Swiss team unveil pioneering solar plane

Round-the-world balloooning pioneer Bertrand Piccard unveiled his solar-powered aircraft in Switzerland on Friday, ready for another trend-setting circumnavigation of the globe powered solely by the sun.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (42) | comments 21