" Scientists in the United States have invented a battery that can charge in seconds, promising a revolution in power storage that could also help green cars and renewable energy. The advance allows lithium-ion...
created by nukegingrich | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 803 views | 39 recommendations | 6 comments
A leading company working in the field of Gene sequencing has said that every baby born after one decade will have their DNA mapped. The Human Genome Project, which published its first rough sequence of mankind's genetic code in 2001, cost an estimated $4billion...
We have seen it before, one environmental solution leads to another problem. A chemical used in British Columbia to try and end the pine-beetles wrath has been discontinued and now testing for arsenic (a known...
created by TFleming | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago 131 views | 7 recommendations | 1 comment
Can Man City show their rival that they are now more solid under Mark Hughes?"Mark Hughes has been assured by Manchester City’s new owners that they will not put him under pressure to fill his squad with Galacticos when the transfer window opens in January.With the Abu...
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I thought this was such a fascinating project. Not totally sure it is a good idea! But so thought provoking, as good design projects are, and I love the imagery that accompanies the project. " Revital Cohen's final project at the Design Interactions department looked at...
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I'm skeptical as to whether you can create a zero carbon resort, but I like Bransen's environmental consultancy business. I don't know why other consutancies like Accenture, etc. don't pursue this more...
created by kferaday | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 338 views | 17 recommendations | 6 comments
These guys are going to have the worst real estate problem in the US...."Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has announced the next step in its multi-faceted plan to transform the company, with a decision...
created by Leonard Brody | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 609 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
The big clubs are homing in on him now, funny that a Spanish Club should go for the Russian after todays semi final."Barcelona bid for Arshavin Reuters June 26, 2008...
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" WASHINGTON, May 27, 2008 – When Army Col. Thomas J. McGrath arrived in Kandahar, Afghanistan, last year as the commander of the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command, he stopped in on a police checkpoint. Of the 25 Afghan police manning the point,...
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A UK-based health expert has warned about the dangers of chemicals found in common household and industrial materials which, unavoidably, are also found in medical care institutions. I've always had that queasy feeling when in hospitals." Unknown to many,...
It's official, the Maoists have taken power in Nepal. The process will now move forward in creating an entirely new government from scratch and abolishing the monarchy. A truly amazing thing to witness."Former communist rebels won the most seats in Nepal's new governing...
German artist Gregor Schneider, is again starting controversy with his latest art exhibit, in which he plans to showcase a dying person."The artist, whose previous works have included a disturbing recreation of...
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"One of Turkey's top prosecutors has raised stiff objections to lifting a ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities.
This slam to the plan is the latest statement in a simmering debate on a government plan to abolish the restriction.
'To place the use of an article of...