Syndicated Articles

Potential Hazards at Both Ends of the Lithium-Ion Life Cycle

A battery recycling plant in Trail, B.C., in flames. Photo: TMTV Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum - Battery recycling is a delicate business.

Posted on March 6th, 2013
Energy

Nature Writing Competition 2013 – The Winners

Originally Published by The Ecologist – Associate Editor of Resurgence & Ecologist, Susan Clark, reflects on the joys of reading the entries for the 2013 Nature Competition, and the difficulties met by the judging panel in deciding on a winner.

Posted on March 6th, 2013
Education

AIDS researchers and global health community ponder a reported cure

The AIDS Memorial Quilt, as it was unfurled on the Mall in 1992.A look at the history of AIDS in the U.S.: Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier identified HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — in 1983.Originally Published by the Washington Post - AIDS researchers, advocacy organizations and global health officials spent Monday trying to determine whether the report that a baby girl born in Mississippi was cured of the infection is a therapeutic breakthrough or a scientific curiosity.

Posted on March 5th, 2013
Health

Multi-layer Superconductivity

Originally Published by ENN – Superconductivity is a phenomenon of zero electrical resistance, and expulsion of magnetic fields occurring in certain materials when cooled below a characteristic critical temperature.

Posted on March 5th, 2013
Energy, Technology

First mind-reading implant gives rats telepathic power

Photograph of a rat. Image: Nigel Cattlin/Science Photo Library)Originally Published by New Scientist - The world's first brain-to-brain connection has given rats the power to communicate by thought alone.

Posted on March 4th, 2013
Technology, Would You Believe?

NASA Probe Locates Earth’s Third Radiation Belt

Originally Published by ENS – NASA’s twin Van Allen Probes, robotic satellites launched last August, have now revealed a previously unknown third radiation belt around the Earth.

Posted on March 4th, 2013
Earth Observation, Technology

New ISS Eyes See Rio San Pablo

satellite imagery of the Rio San Pablo river. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory.Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - ISERV Pathfinder camera system may eventually provide needed Earth observations to developing countries.

Posted on March 3rd, 2013
Earth Observation, Ecosystems

‘Extinction crisis’ focus for CITES

Originally Published by BBC News – Delegates from 178 countries will review the convention on international trade in endangered species (CITES) amidst an unprecedented extinction crisis.

Posted on March 3rd, 2013
Biodiversity

The Best—And Craziest—Ideas at the ARPA-E Future Energy Pitching Session

Crazy wind turbine from ARPA-E. Credit: IEEEOriginally Published by IEEE Spectrum - The Altenera BreezeBee is a wind turbine that doesn't turn. Okay, so it's not really a turbine. It is instead a grouping of vibratory "reeds."

Posted on March 2nd, 2013
Energy, Technology

A scaly crisis: why we must act now to save reptiles

Originally Published by The Ecologist – Anna Taylor summarises the findings of the most extensive research ever conducted on the global status of reptiles.

Posted on March 2nd, 2013
Biodiversity