Kansas City Star: Look for state lawmakers to renew their fight over two proposed coal…
Month: December 2008
United States: Malibu’s vanishing Broad Beach a sign of rising sea levels, experts say
LA Times: Broad Beach has long been a scenic backdrop to Malibu’s public access wars….
Ireland: Is electric the road ahead?
Meath Chronicle: The Opel-General Motors HydroGen4’s fuel cell stack uses 440 single cells which combine…
Japan won’t join int’l eco-agency
Yomiuri Shimbun: The government has decided not to join the International Renewable Energy Agency, a…
United Kingdom: Revealed: The cement that eats carbon dioxide
Guardian: Cement, a vast source of planet-warming carbon dioxide, could be transformed into a means…
Risk Takers, Drug Abusers Driven By Decreased Ability To Process Dopamine
For risk-takers and impulsive people, New Year’s resolutions often include being more careful, spending more…
Cracking A Tough Nut For Semiconductor Industry
Researchers have developed a method to measure the toughness of the thin insulating films that…
Small Molecules, Large Effect: How Cancer Cells Ensure Their Survival
Scientists have identified a molecular mechanism used by cancer cells to “defend” themselves against chemotherapeutics…
Aphids Leave Old Exoskeletons Near Their Colonies, As Decoys
By leaving the remains of their old exoskeletons, called ‘exuviae’, in and around their colonies,…
Genes That Made 1918 Flu Lethal Isolated
By mixing and matching a contemporary flu virus with the “Spanish flu” — a virus…