By innovation2 on Apr 13, 2008 in Project Energy, Science Digest / Science Daily | 0 Comments
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ScienceDaily (Apr. 10, 2008) — People could live in glass houses and look at the world through rose-tinted windows while reducing their carbon emissions by 50%, thanks to QUT Institute of Sustainable Resources (ISR) research.
Professor John Bell said QUT had worked with a Canberra-based company Dyesol, which is developing transparent solar cells [...]
By ron on Mar 24, 2008 in Project Energy, Science Digest / Science Daily | 0 Comments
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ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2008) — Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products — from semiconductors and air conditioners to car exhaust systems and solar power technology — that run [...]
By ron on Mar 24, 2008 in Science Digest / Science Daily | 0 Comments
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ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2008) — In a series of studies, UBC Asst. Prof. Elizabeth Dunn found that individuals report significantly greater happiness if they spend money “pro-socially” — that is on gifts for others or charitable donations — rather than spending on themselves. Her findings will appear in [...]
By ron on Mar 18, 2008 in Innovation, Science Digest / Science Daily | 0 Comments
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ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2008) — A traditional windmill which drives a pump: that is the simple concept behind the combination of windmill/reverse osmosis developed by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in The Netherlands. In this case, it involves a high-pressure pump which pushes water through a membrane using approximately 60 [...]
By ron on Dec 31, 2007 in Science Digest / Science Daily | 0 Comments
ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2007) — A chair that undulates, a mouse that vibrates, a monitor suspended over a desk on a movable arm. These are some of the kinds of newfangled ergonomic products that Alan Hedge, international authority on office ergonomics, studies to see if they can prevent repetitive motion injuries among the estimated 100 [...]