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Ottawa To Investigate Snow-Powered Air Conditioning’s Potential : TreeHuggerphoto: David Carroll A couple weeks ago we heard that New Chitose Airport, on the Japanese island of Hokkaido plans on using snow, kept cool throughout the summer under insulating materials, to chill the airport’s cooling system in the
Toronto Zoo wants to turn poo into energy
The Toronto Zoo has hatched a plan to turn animal feces into fuel.
If Detroit Falls, Foreign Makers Could Be Buffer - NYTimes.com
Experts say the foreign carmakers could take control of the industry and its supplier network more quickly than is understood.
A Computing Pioneer Has a New Idea - NYTimes.com
Steven J. Wallach’s newest effort in computing design is intended to tackle one of the principal limitations in the world of supercomputing.
Observatory - Drip Irrigation May Not Be Efficient, Analysis Finds - NYTimes.com
A new analysis suggests that subsidies and other policies that encourage conservation methods like drip irrigation can actually increase water consumption.
For Tasmanian Devils, Hope Against Facial Tumor Disease - NYTimes.com
A deadly cancer has preyed on the Tasmanian devil, causing it to be listed as endangered, scientists have begun an experimental inoculation program.
New bacteria discovered in raw milk
PhysOrg.com: Raw milk is illegal in many countries as it can be contaminated with potentially harmful microbes. Contamination can also spoil the milk, making it taste bitter and turn thick and sticky. Now scientists have discovered new species of bacteria that can grow at low temperatures, spoiling raw milk even when it is refrigerated. According to research published in the November issue of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, the microbial population of raw milk is much more complex than previously thought.
Micro Fuel Cells Get Closer to Replacing Batteries
PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile electronics have the potential to offer digital luxuries beyond our imagination, but they will never get there on today’s lithium ion batteries. Power has been the weak spot in the development of more advanced mobile electronics, and the need for power will become even more important as devices feature more energy-sapping applications.
Exploring a Christmas Superstore in Michigan - NYTimes.com
It’s always Christmas in this corner of Michigan.
Pirates take 'super tanker' towards Somalia - CNN.com
Pirates who hijacked a crude oil tanker off the coast of Kenya are approaching a Somali port, the U.S. Navy said Monday.
Oswald co-worker no longer silent about JFK assassination role | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News
The Dallas Morning News Latest News page contains stories about the Dallas-Fort Worth area and stories of broad interest to Texans.
Searaser device in uphill battle for clean energy - Times Online
A device that harnesses the power of the sea to push water uphill has been
developed to provide cheap renewable electricity.
Bark Beetles Kill Millions of Acres of Trees in West - NYTimes.com
From New Mexico to British Columbia, an infestation of mountain pine beetles is turning a blanket of green forest into a blanket of rust red.
Unsold Foreign Cars Hogging Space at a California Port - NYTimes.com
Unwelcome by dealers and buyers, thousands of cars are being warehoused on crowded port property, creating a vivid picture of a paralyzed auto business.
New filtering technology has environmental, industrial applications
PhysOrg.com: Materials engineers have created a new type of membrane that separates oil from water and, if perfected, might be used for environmental cleanup, water purification and industrial applications.
Mathematica Users Get 100x Performance Boost From NVIDIA CUDA
PhysOrg.com: At SC08, Wolfram Research will demonstrate a new version of Mathematica, the world’s most powerful general computational software, that integrates CUDA, NVIDIA’s parallel GPU computing architecture. This new version is expected to give Mathematica users an unprecedented performance increase of 10-100X in numerical computing, modeling, simulation and visual computations, without the need to learn or write C code.
New Wind Turbine Technology To Be 50% More Efficient | Device Daily
Official Google Blog: LIFE Photo Archive available on Google Image Search
Half of primary-care doctors in survey would leave medicine - CNN.com
Nearly half the respondents in a survey of U.S. primary care physicians said that they would seriously consider getting out of the medical business within the next three years if they had an alternative.
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