While the rest of the world was waiting around for that better mousetrap, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a startling breakthrough in battery technology. Continue Reading →
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High-speed rail is all the rage: here, there and everywhere
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High-speed rail seems to be top of mind among the world's transportation wonks and policy makers, with action in the U.S., Europe and, most of all, China. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Economy, Environment, Featured, Nation, World, China, Economy, Environment
Shear beams, engineering and the science of the new Bay Bridge
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Putting aside mind-blowing cost overruns, along with delays at a Chinese steel fabrication plant, engineers and scientists are following the equally mind-blowing construction feats in the eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Continue Reading →
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New tech turns ordinary windows into solar cells
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New thin-film technology could also be applied to other surfaces, turning buildings into power generators. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Economy, Environment, Energy, Environment, News You Might Have Missed, Science, Technology
A damming effect on giant catfish
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The Giant Southeast Asian catfish is in danger of extinction, a recent report concluded. Continue Reading →
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There’s wind in their (renewable) sales
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Zotos International, Inc., of Geneva, N.Y., a company begun years ago as a maker of hair dyes, in July announced plans for a $7 million, 3.3 MW on-site wind power project, 30 percent of which is to be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Continue Reading →
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Wisconsin chancellor takes on Nike and wins big in Honduras
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"It might seem unlikely that the actions we take here in Madison can have a major impact on a multibillion-dollar industry and corporate powerhouses such as Nike." Continue Reading →
Filed under: Democracy & Civics, Economy, Featured, World, Economy, Honduras, Nike, workers' rights
Ethiopian egalitartian community thrives
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Nestled in Ethiopia's rural Debub Gondar Zone exists Awra Amba, a small utopian community in which men cook supper and religious observance is taboo. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Democracy & Civics, Economy, World, Africa, Education, News You Might Have Missed, Women's Rights
Saudis raise the ante in mobile desalination
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Saudi Arabia has pushed forward in its efforts to turn seawater into drinkable water, re-launching the world's largest floating desalination plant. Continue Reading →
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Bundanoon: a new verb—and green movement—from Oz
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"Bundanoon” is a new green verb referencing an Australian town that prohibited bottled drinking water in 2009. Continue Reading →