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8 September 2010, 4:24 am
Cow Rumen Bacteria Provide Groundbreaking Knowledge For Biofuel Industry
They make use of the rumen bacterium as a model, as "it's one of the most efficient machines to deconstruct plant matter," said Isaac Cann, associate professor in the U of I Department of Animal Sciences and member of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI).
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8 September 2010, 3:33 am
Aesthetically Pleasing Solar Powered Slates Offered by UK Company
Today's practical solar panels are also aesthetically unpleasant, because they are usually bulky and usually ruin a home's looks (unless you really want it to look geeky). Heritage Solar Slate, a UK-based company, proposes solar cells that are identical to classic roofing slates, fully weather proof and aesthetically pleasing.
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8 September 2010, 3:21 am
The Death Defeating Solar Panel | Groundbreaking Nanotechnology
 Life: once you're past your early twenties it becomes a war of attrition.
Nagging little things start to plague your existence .. a sprained ankle one year, a stiff calf every morning the next. A few too many beers and slowly a spare type starts to inflate uncontrollably around your middle. Suddenly you're forty and will never be able to run as fast as you could half a lifetime ago. Eek!
Wouldn't it be nice to be a solar panel instead? Not only could you laze around in the sun all day but once in a while a chap will come along and clean you. If you're very lucky, you may be one of the snazzy self-healing solar panels MIT have invented .. that would really be cool! (more…)
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8 September 2010, 3:08 am
Parisian Metro Passengers Will Provide Heat to Nearby Public Housing Project
A project started in Paris aims to harvest the heat generated by the people passing in the metro to help heat a public housing project in the city center. The building is located in the famous rue Beaubourg, close to the Pompidou museum, and is currently undergoing an environmentally-friendly renovating project.
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8 September 2010, 2:13 am
Wave Hub Become UK’s First Offshore Wave Energy Site and World’s Largest
Wave Hub is the name of one of the world's biggest wave energy generation test site. It has been installed off Cornwall’s northern coast and is the UK's first offshore wave energy site. Wave Hub will allow four wave energy generator systems to be evaluated simultaneously. The systems also have a total capacity of 20 MW.
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8 September 2010, 2:09 am
Guinea Pigs Producing Biogas for Peruvian Family
More than 400 pounds of guinea pig poo is processed into methane and a liquid product that then farmers can feed the plants with. They use the classic anaerobic digestion.
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