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Network of rapid EV chargers planned for London
Posted: August 27, 2014The Energy Saving Trust and Transport for London (TfL) have announced a new initiative to identify potential sites for rapid electric vehicle charging points across the capital. The scheme organisers…
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Uncontrolled Trash Burning Significantly Worsens Air Pollution
Posted: August 26, 2014Unregulated trash burning around the globe is pumping far more pollution into the atmosphere than shown by official records. A new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research…
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Catching Fog
Posted: August 26, 2014“This is one of the best beers that I have ever tried,” says Andrés Barrera. My friend is enjoying a craft beer called Atrapaniebla — Spanish for fog catcher —…
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Verizon On Track to Be No. 1 Solar-Power Producer Among U.S. Communications Companies
Posted: August 26, 2014Verizon announced today that it will invest nearly $40 million to expand the on-site green energy program that it launched in 2013. This year, Verizon will install 10.2 megawatts of…
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The Magnitude 6.0 NAPA earthquake
Posted: August 26, 2014A strong earthquake hit the Napa valley yesterday. The US Geological Survey has provided a detailed summary of the quake and the possibilities of both strong aftershocks and the remote…
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How Cutting Emissions Pays Off
Posted: August 25, 2014Lower rates of asthma and other health problems are frequently cited as benefits of policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions from sources like power plants and vehicles, because these policies…
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How Geckos can walk on the ceiling
Posted: August 25, 2014Ever wonder how lizards like Geckos can walk up walls and even across the ceiling? Is it sticky feet, anti-gravity, or what? Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a…
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Electricity from silk cocoons?
Posted: August 25, 2014Researchers in India say they have developed a prototype of an energy-harvesting device from the cocoons of a domesticated species of silk moth. They hope to put the technology to…
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How did sea life end up living in outer space?
Posted: August 25, 2014Russian astronauts, or cosmonauts, have discovered living organisms clinging to the exterior of their International Space Station. The microscopic creatures were discovered during a space walk to clean the surface…
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Do we really need to kill wild animals that attack or threaten humans?
Posted: August 24, 2014In Italy, a man foraging for mushrooms was attacked when he happened upon a mother bear and her cubs. Part of a reintroduction and conservation program in Italy’s northern Dolomites,…
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