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mothernaturenetwork:
A few notes on the singular legacy of Ray Anderson, sustainability pioneer Ray Anderson was among the first corporate leaders to not just talk sustainability but make it the bottom line of his business. He passed away this week, leaving a legacy as green and inspirational as any in modern history.
smarterplanet:
Antennae gathers ambient energy from TV transmissions
As I just recently posted about, the world is awash in electromagnetic radiation - and all of that radiation is essentially wasted energy. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology believe they can harness this energy cheaply, a breakthrough that could revolutionize wirelessly powered devices. The antennae, which can be printed from an inkjet printer with special conducting ink, cover frequencies from FM radio to radar. They can be connected to tiny power converters, storing the energy in capacitors or batteries. The researchers successfully powered a temperature sensor, using only the TV signal from a station 1/3rd of a mile away.
The future applications of this technology could include sensors that detect explosives in airports or structurally unsound buildings, powering themselves and relaying information back to us. And the best part is, if you ask very politely, the nerd pictured above will hand deliver an antennae to you!
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ruineshumaines:
Lava fountain of Mt Etna volcano (by volcanodiscovery)
My ask box is feeling lonely, someone should ask me a question. ANYTHING
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Chicago from the sky… (by shimmishim)
That awkward moment when Uncle Voldy wants a hug...
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For the past 20 years, scientists have used a variety of colored fluorescent proteins, derived from jellyfish and corals, to visualize cells and their organelles and molecules. But using fluorescent probes to peer inside live mammals has posed a major challenge. The reason: hemoglobin in an animal”s blood effectively absorbs the blue, green, red and other wavelengths used to stimulate standard fluorescent proteins along with any wavelengths emitted by the proteins when they do light up. To overcome that roadblock, the laboratory of Vladislav Verkhusha, Ph.D., associate professor of anatomy and structural biology at Einstein and the study”s senior author, engineered a fluorescent protein from a bacterial phytochrome (the pigment that a species of bacteria uses to detect light). This new phytochrome-based fluorescent protein, dubbed iRFP, both absorbs and emits light in the near-infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum – the spectral region in which mammalian The researchers targeted their fluorescent protein to the liver – an organ particularly difficult to visualize because of its high blood content. Adenovirus particles containing the gene for iRFP were injected into mice. Once the viruses and their gene cargoes infected liver cells, the infected cells expressed the gene and produced iRFP protein. The mice were then exposed to near-infrared light and it was possible to visualize the resulting emitted fluorescent light using a whole-body imaging device. Fluorescence of the liver in the infected mice was first detected the second day after infection and reached a peak at day five. (See accompanying image.) Additional experiments showed that the iRFP fluorescent protein was nontoxic.
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lookhigh:
Earthrise, by Bill Anders, 1968
The crew of Apollo 8 was armed with still and movie cameras to photograph the Moon; but the most enduring image of their mission is this photograph of their own home, planet Earth.
According to Anders, the astronauts saw the horizon vertically—not horizontally—with the lunar surface to the right. (National Archives)
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the federal government will invest $60 million in three major studies examining the effects of climate change on forests and crops. The studies are designed to prepare foresters and farmers with information and strategies to aid...
ripvoldemortsnose:
Seems legit.
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Church of the Saint Family, Bratislava, Slovakia
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faqyeahgreen:
Chesapeake NG Ventures Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, invested $155 million in Sundrop Fuels, Inc. a gasification-based drop-in biofuels company.
faqyeahgreen:
Researchers from University of Illinois conducted a study and found that grass that grows all year round will yield more ethanol output and lesser greenhouse gases emissions.
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The Crack of Dawn
United States April 17, 2011
By NASA astronaut Ron Garan
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