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| Plasma Venture to Turn Medical Waste into Energy Waste Management Inc. is teaming with a startup, InEnTec, to commercialize a technology that turns waste into energy.The new joint venture, S4 Energy Solutions, which was unveiled late last month, will try to commercialize plasma gasification technology developed in the 1990s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. [More] Presented By:You Need the Speed of Norton 2009Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it?s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo rss.sciam.com |
World Waiting for U.S. Congress to Pass Climate Bill Pressure is mounting on President Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats to show significant progress on global warming legislation in time for a major U.N. climate summit in December."The Danes, the Chinese, the Europeans, the Australians, the Japanese--everybody is almost singularly focused on what is the United States going to bring to the table," said Jake Schmidt, international policy director at the Natural Resources Defense Council. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Indoor Air Alert: Ozone Reacts with Human Skin to Produce Potential Irritants When it's smoggy outside, the ozone (O 3 ) responsible for the murk slips indoors, too, wafting through doors or ventilation systems. Once inside, the volatile oxygen molecule reacts with carpets, chemical cleaner residue and human skin. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Countdown to Copenhagen: Despite doubts about a treaty, 2009 shapes up as pivotal year for renewable energy Beginning with the Obama administration's $70-billion commitment to ramping up the U.S.'s reliance of wind, water and solar power (not to mention hybrid vehicles) in February through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and ending with December's international climate conference in Copenhagen , this year promises to be pivotal in the worldwide development and adoption of renewable energy sources. Pivotal in the sense that 2009 could go down as the moment the green revolution gained substantial footing thanks to a swelling of political and financial support or as a colossal missed opportunity due to power grabbing and misguided policy. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Another Reason to Save Coral? Reefs Are Responsible for Ocean Biodiversity The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth. It might also represent the most prolific cradle for new types of animals on the planet, according to new research published in the January 8 edition of Science . [More] rss.sciam.com |