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Global Warming Talks Leave Few Concrete Goals - News Analysis - NYTimes.com

The sobering reality behind the G-8 summit was that it ended without an agreement on firm targets.

Researchers open new 'window' on solar energy: Cost effective devices expected on market soon
PhysOrg.com: Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that could allow just that.

Wilkins Ice Shelf hanging by its last thread

PhysOrg.com: The Wilkins Ice Shelf is experiencing further disintegration that is threatening the collapse of the ice bridge connecting the shelf to Charcot Island. Since the connection to the island in the image centre helps to stabilise the ice shelf, it is likely the break-up of the bridge will put the remainder of the ice shelf at risk.

Control switches found for immune cells that fight cancer, viral infection

PhysOrg.com: Medical science may be a significant step closer to climbing into the driver's seat of an important class of immune cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report in Nature Immunology.

A third of reef-building corals face extinction

PhysOrg.com: A third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive global assessment to determine their conservation status. The study findings were published today by Science Express.

Big babies and small families make evolutionary sense

PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- Macquarie University researchers have discovered and modelled the key factors responsible for offspring and family size.

Can microorganisms be a solution to the world's energy problems?

PhysOrg.com: Microorganisms once reigned supreme on the Earth, thriving by filling every nook and cranny of the environment billions of years before humans first arrived on the scene. Now, this ability of microorganisms to grow from an almost infinite variety of food sources may play a significant role in bailing out society from its current energy crisis, according to the Biodesign Institute's Bruce Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, and Rolf Halden.

Weldon's Firm Made Defective-Tank Deal With Iraq | Danger Room from Wired.com

If, someday, there are T-shirts sold in Iraq that read, the United States invaded our country and all we got were these crappy tanks, here is the explanation for what

New legal threat to teaching evolution in the US - opinion - 09 July 2008 - New Scientist

Religious groups hostile to the idea of evolution have adopted a cynical new tactic in Louisiana, says Amanda Gefter

In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog

Reading, watching, discussing and blogging the day's local, national, and international news at The New York Times on the Web.

Whales & Dolphins Inspire a Novel Design for Wind Turbines

The Daily Galaxy -News from Planet Earth & Beyond, is an eclectic text and video presentation of fascinating news and original insights on science, space exploration, technology, and their reflections in popular culture (film, books, events).

Hybrid Medical Animation | Demo Reel 2008
High-end 3D medical illustration and medical animation for marketing professionals engaged in the fields of healthcare, biotechnology & medicine