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Place wind turbines in farmers’ fields, study says
Can the U.S. meet the Department of Energy goal of 20% wind energy by 2030? New research suggests placing wind turbines in farmers' fields.
April 15, 2011
How bacterial dirigibles might someday target disease
Tiny bacterial factories dubbed “bacterial dirigibles” might someday deliver disease-fighting chemicals straight to a targeted body part - like your intestine.
April 14, 2011
Video of The Elements, sung by Tom Lehrer
There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium ...
April 13, 2011
Fukushima severity rating same level as Chernobyl
The Fukushima situation has not changed, but the rating on the severity scale has been raised from 5 to 7, highest level on an international scale.
April 12, 2011
Energy audit by Sanjay Sarma: the first citywide
An energy audit of a house typically takes hours. But Sarma's new method can conduct an energy audit of a building in only seconds.
April 12, 2011
All Star Trek available in July 2011 for Instant Watch over Netflix
This new deal between CBS and Netflix will make Netflix the first service to offer commercial free Star Trek.
April 9, 2011
College students crave media
Nearly 1,000 college students from 10 countries wrote blog posts describing how they handled a day disconnected from media.
April 8, 2011
Steven Fries: Emerging countries as drivers for global growth
Emerging markets such as India and China will want their fair share of all forms of energy, including the traditional fossil fuels and renewables.
April 8, 2011
In the category of Best Lab Song, the award goes to …
BioTechniques, The International Journal of Life Science Methods, does more than publish scholarly articles. It also hands out awards for "Best Lab Song".
April 7, 2011
UK study suggests mother’s happiness more important to children than father’s
An early result from a long-term study of 40,000 households in the UK suggests that a mother's happiness is key to the happiness of children.
April 3, 2011
