 Solar Lily Pads Gently Floating And Gathering Energy on the River Clyde May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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The preeminent Glasgow, Scotland based architecture firm ZM Architecture has big ideas for attracting solar energy in a very aesthetic manner. The proposed Water Lily Solar panels for the Clyde River in Glasgow ... | |
Small bioelectricity plants dirtier than large ones, says study May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Small-scale community based bio-power plants produce higher levels of emissions per unit of electrical output than large facilities, according to new research presented at a major sustainable energy conference today. | |
What to do on the Web When the Economy Goes South? Web of Misery Holds the Answer May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The economic downturn might have a positive effect on the rise of some Internet sites according to researchers at UC Riverside’s Sloan Center for Internet Retailing. | |
 Leveling the gaming field May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students makes it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a level field with their sighted friends. | |
 Rensselaer student invents alternative to silicon chip May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 86 vote(s)
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Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 ... | |
 Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to 21st century science May 13, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today. | |
 Soldered lenses May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Lenses in optical devices are kept in place by adhesives. This can cause problems when the microscopes and cameras are employed inside a vacuum, as the adhesives may release gases that contaminate the lenses. ... | |
Face-to-face or Facebook? May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Can online networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, help new students settle into university social and academic life and minimise the chance of them withdrawing from their courses? | |
 Space scientist says texting is four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope. | |
 Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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A Silicon Valley start-up called E-Fuel is showing exactly how ethanol can live up to its name as "the people´s fuel." The company recently announced that it will soon start selling a home ethanol system, ... | |
 Powering up IT for professional learning May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The study and implementation of technology-enhanced professional learning has been fragmented. Now European researchers have linked such ‘islands’ of knowledge into a thriving, collaborative community. | |
 Flies' eyes could enhance robot vision May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Robots with flies' eyes could take advantage of the insect’s vision system to better locate the edges and boundaries of objects. This ability could help robots perform a variety of tasks more quickly and accurately ... | |
 New gas sensors for monitoring carbon dioxide sinks May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A novel gas sensor system makes it possible to monitor large areas cost-effectively the first time. The patented gas sensor is based on the principle of diffusion, according to which certain gases pass through ... | |
 Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness ... | |
 80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer in the US May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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Green Vehicles, a company based in San Jose, California, has recently revealed that it will begin selling two lithium-ion-powered electric vehicles early this summer. The three-wheeled TRIAC is a highway-capable ... | |
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