Several influential environmental groups are gearing up to sue the Obama administration for refusing to regulate US coal mines as major emitters of methane, a greenhouse gas that many scientists say is fueling climate change. Ashley ...
In the ice-cold cargo hold of a pirate tuna vessel in the Pacific, I have somehow lost my shoe. Frozen tuna fins slice my unshod foot as I fumble around on all fours, reaching into the gigantic, frigid pile. I had boarded the pirate ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, fish
The San Francisco Bay is a frenzy of rapturous seagulls, cormorants so gorged they can barely take flight, sea lions bellowing and porpoises?spinning. The herring have returned to?spawn. Humans are getting in on the action, too. A ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling ...
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LED lighting has accomplished some great things since its introduction to the lighting market over the past few years. Sure LEDs were around before then, but the incandescent squeeze is what really prompted alternative forms of lighting to ...
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It's something which males have grappled with for centuries - but now scientists seem to have finally found a simple yet effective way of making men more visually attractive to women. And the answer lies not with lotions and potions, as you ...
FX Networks, owner and operator of a national network in New Zealand, has selected Infinera Corp's DTN-X platform for its nationwide network. Infinera, of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, is a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical ...
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Keith Emery, a principal scientist at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been awarded the William R. Cherry Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Emery received the award ...
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On 19 June at the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 39) in Tampa, FL, scientist Myles Steiner at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) reported record energy conversion efficiency of ...
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Covering a roof or a facade with standard solar cells to generate electricity will change a building’s original appearance—and not always for the better (this idea to coat buildings with graphene kicks the problem up another ...
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IDBS has entered into an agreement with informatics firm Vivenics to introduce a now Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) approach for the Pivot Park, a science park in Netherlands. It is expected that the users will be benefited from the local ...
UK-based food company c, which is based on the red pigment of tomatoes (Lycopene), for the industrial production of new more efficient health valuable food extracts, vitamins and minerals. Mediterranean and Mexican diets, which involve ...
Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Queen Mary University of London have developed a new breast cancer test, dubbed as PAM50, to help women avoid unnecessary chemotherapy. The ...
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Shell's hopes for a new gas-to-liquids mega project on the US Gulf Coast would benefit from much-improved process efficiencies, but any resulting cost savings could be limited by the need to build most of the plant outside the US, Shell ...
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RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA reflected on its role in helping land NASA's Curiosity rover safely on Mars as program managers say the mission is reaching a key ...
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