Fuel cell of the future promises cleaner energy
GLENN CHAPMAN Feb.25,2010
The Sydney Morning Herald
Stealth start-up Bloom Energy has publicly unveiled an innovative fuel cell that promises to deliver affordable, clean energy to even remote corners of the world.
Compact Bloom Servers built with energy cells made from silicon - Read More..
GLENN CHAPMAN Feb.25,2010
The Sydney Morning Herald
Stealth start-up Bloom Energy has publicly unveiled an innovative fuel cell that promises to deliver affordable, clean energy to even remote corners of the world.
Compact Bloom Servers built with energy cells made from silicon - Read More..
Her Company Spells Success in More Than 100 Languages.
Reader's Digest.
It was an international drug trafficking case, one that involved a lot of money and a lot of violence. Undercover agents who had infiltrated the cartel had worn wires and collected evidence for years. A conviction depended on an accurate translation of their tape recordings. READ...
Reader's Digest.
It was an international drug trafficking case, one that involved a lot of money and a lot of violence. Undercover agents who had infiltrated the cartel had worn wires and collected evidence for years. A conviction depended on an accurate translation of their tape recordings. READ...
Two fizzy drinks a week 'can raise your chance of getting pancreatic cancer by 87%' Daily Mail
A study found that consumer two or more calorific soft drinks a week increases the chances of developing the disease by 87 per cent, compared to people who avoid them. READ..
A study found that consumer two or more calorific soft drinks a week increases the chances of developing the disease by 87 per cent, compared to people who avoid them. READ..
Europe's Education Crisis: College Costs Soar. Time Magazine
College students are known for their ability to survive on instant noodles, toast and a shoestring budget. But recently, some students in Ireland have gotten particularly desperate. "I have heard from students who have lived on biscuits stolen from the chaplaincy in their college for a week, students who have lived .... Read Full Story...
College students are known for their ability to survive on instant noodles, toast and a shoestring budget. But recently, some students in Ireland have gotten particularly desperate. "I have heard from students who have lived on biscuits stolen from the chaplaincy in their college for a week, students who have lived .... Read Full Story...
The Perils of Economic Populism
The New Yorker Magazine
It’s been the political equivalent of an intervention: in recent weeks, Democrats have been bombarded with advice about how they should reinvent their economic agenda. The electorate, we hear, wants Barack Obama to be more of an economic populist but less of an ambitious reformer. He has to aggressively..READ...
The New Yorker Magazine
It’s been the political equivalent of an intervention: in recent weeks, Democrats have been bombarded with advice about how they should reinvent their economic agenda. The electorate, we hear, wants Barack Obama to be more of an economic populist but less of an ambitious reformer. He has to aggressively..READ...
Beware economic models predicting growth
The West Australian
Economists are at it again, overestimating the strength of future growth. Yes, those same economic models that failed to warn us the world was on the brink of financial crisis last October are again proving remarkably inept at accurately predicting our...READ..
The West Australian
Economists are at it again, overestimating the strength of future growth. Yes, those same economic models that failed to warn us the world was on the brink of financial crisis last October are again proving remarkably inept at accurately predicting our...READ..
Toxin Tied to Illness Is Found in Baltic Sea.
by Henry Fountain. May 3, 2010
New York Times.
In the 1950s, the Chamorro people of Guam had a very high incidence of a neurodegenerative illness similar to A neurotoxin called BMAA, which is produced by cyanobacteria found in the seeds of an edible plant and accumulates in the food chain, has long been suspected as the cause..READ..
by Henry Fountain. May 3, 2010
New York Times.
In the 1950s, the Chamorro people of Guam had a very high incidence of a neurodegenerative illness similar to A neurotoxin called BMAA, which is produced by cyanobacteria found in the seeds of an edible plant and accumulates in the food chain, has long been suspected as the cause..READ..
It might be unpopular... but BP's survival is crucial to all of us
IT sells some of the priciest petrol at Britain's pumps.
And after the worst oil spill for a generation, BP is currently about as popular in the US as the president of Iran.
More than 22 BILLION british pounds- 18 per cent - has been wiped from its stock market value, hammering investors. Read more
IT sells some of the priciest petrol at Britain's pumps.
And after the worst oil spill for a generation, BP is currently about as popular in the US as the president of Iran.
More than 22 BILLION british pounds- 18 per cent - has been wiped from its stock market value, hammering investors. Read more
Australia: Elderly Residents Living
in Hell
The Daily Telegraph
ELDERLY patients in nursing homes are being fed cold and inedible food, left sitting in urine and faeces and subjected to cruel and at times inhumane treatment from overworked and underresourced carers.
The Sunday Telegraph worked undercover inside two metropolitan nursing homes for three weeks and found that some of Sydney's most vulnerable citizens are being mistreated and left to die inside sterile, cold and smelly aged-care facilities..READ
in Hell
The Daily Telegraph
ELDERLY patients in nursing homes are being fed cold and inedible food, left sitting in urine and faeces and subjected to cruel and at times inhumane treatment from overworked and underresourced carers.
The Sunday Telegraph worked undercover inside two metropolitan nursing homes for three weeks and found that some of Sydney's most vulnerable citizens are being mistreated and left to die inside sterile, cold and smelly aged-care facilities..READ
BP cleanup workers report serious health problems
Workers hired by BP to assist with cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico have begun reporting health problems. Many have complained of symptoms including chest pains, severe headaches, breathing problems, dizziness and nosebleeds. Cleanup crews spend long hours each day on water contaminated by oil and doused with Corexit, the toxic oil dispersant used by BP to break up oil in the water. READ...
Workers hired by BP to assist with cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico have begun reporting health problems. Many have complained of symptoms including chest pains, severe headaches, breathing problems, dizziness and nosebleeds. Cleanup crews spend long hours each day on water contaminated by oil and doused with Corexit, the toxic oil dispersant used by BP to break up oil in the water. READ...
Our mission of self-destruction
How many nations around the world set out on well-orchestrated missions of self-destruction? How many attempt to destroy individuals who can best serve them and their people, as systematically as we are doing? And what can one say about the state of a people who go about killing teachers and doctors in targeted shootings that are... READ
How many nations around the world set out on well-orchestrated missions of self-destruction? How many attempt to destroy individuals who can best serve them and their people, as systematically as we are doing? And what can one say about the state of a people who go about killing teachers and doctors in targeted shootings that are... READ
One man’s initiative ensures water-security in drought condition
Planting lakhs of trees, designing hundreds of check dams, and evolving new techniques of irrigating tree saplings in dry regions are feats of an out-of-the-box thinker named Mr. Premjibhai Patel, Rajkot, Gujarat.
Mr. Patel’s tree planting efforts first started from Rajkot, but soon spread to states such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan…. READ FULL STORY…
Planting lakhs of trees, designing hundreds of check dams, and evolving new techniques of irrigating tree saplings in dry regions are feats of an out-of-the-box thinker named Mr. Premjibhai Patel, Rajkot, Gujarat.
Mr. Patel’s tree planting efforts first started from Rajkot, but soon spread to states such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan…. READ FULL STORY…
Kyrgyzstan: Women Are a Hidden Population of Drug Users
Six months ago, Gulya started taking methadone to kick her 17-year drug habit. The drug, administered clinically at a government-run health center, silences her cravings to inject heroin, making it possible for her to care for her two children.
"It helps me," Gulya said. "It doesn't give me withdrawal ? I don't run around trying to find drugs, or READ..
Six months ago, Gulya started taking methadone to kick her 17-year drug habit. The drug, administered clinically at a government-run health center, silences her cravings to inject heroin, making it possible for her to care for her two children.
"It helps me," Gulya said. "It doesn't give me withdrawal ? I don't run around trying to find drugs, or READ..
Underwater noise levels affecting marine mammals: expert
“The underwater noise levels today are ten times more than they were a few decades ago, which is a serious worry for life on land and water because sustainable ocean space makes way for sustainable land space,” said S.K. Bhattacharya, Head, Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras. READ FULL STORY...
“The underwater noise levels today are ten times more than they were a few decades ago, which is a serious worry for life on land and water because sustainable ocean space makes way for sustainable land space,” said S.K. Bhattacharya, Head, Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras. READ FULL STORY...
Ancient legends once walked among early humans?
Wild, hairy, folks who fought griffons and nomads - have paleontologists unearthed mythic figures of folklore?
Siberia's Denisova cave held the pinky bone of an unknown early human species, a genetics team reported in March. The Naturejournal study, led by Johannes Krause of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, offered no answer for what happened to this "archaic" human species, more than one million years old and living near their human and Neanderthal cousins as recently as 30,000 years ago.
…..READ FULL STORY..
Wild, hairy, folks who fought griffons and nomads - have paleontologists unearthed mythic figures of folklore?
Siberia's Denisova cave held the pinky bone of an unknown early human species, a genetics team reported in March. The Naturejournal study, led by Johannes Krause of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, offered no answer for what happened to this "archaic" human species, more than one million years old and living near their human and Neanderthal cousins as recently as 30,000 years ago.
…..READ FULL STORY..
Beijing Sees Window of Opportunity in South Asia
BEIJING -- In 2003, China formulated the "Peaceful Rise," a foreign policy framework for how it would re-emerge as an influential player in the new multilateral order. The most recent demonstration of how Beijing is putting this vision into practice is the ongoing four-nation tour to South Asia and the Asia-Pacific by China's vice president and potential future leader, Xi Jinping.
Xi has visited Bangladesh, Laos, New Zealand and Australia, with a separate visit to Myanmar promised in the near future. Taken together, the deals he has signed on the tour shed light on China's principal strategic....... READ FULL STORY....
BEIJING -- In 2003, China formulated the "Peaceful Rise," a foreign policy framework for how it would re-emerge as an influential player in the new multilateral order. The most recent demonstration of how Beijing is putting this vision into practice is the ongoing four-nation tour to South Asia and the Asia-Pacific by China's vice president and potential future leader, Xi Jinping.
Xi has visited Bangladesh, Laos, New Zealand and Australia, with a separate visit to Myanmar promised in the near future. Taken together, the deals he has signed on the tour shed light on China's principal strategic....... READ FULL STORY....
Klieglights on Classical Tamil
World Classical Tamil Conference will mark a new phase of consolidation, growth Tamil, which has the oldest literature among living languages, will be the focus of the festival of letters coming up in Coimbatore. Beginning on June 23, the five-day event organised by the Tamil Nadu government will celebrate the glory of Tamil with special focus on Classical Tamil. Nearly 3,000 delegates from 50 countries will deliberate on the uniqueness … READ …
World Classical Tamil Conference will mark a new phase of consolidation, growth Tamil, which has the oldest literature among living languages, will be the focus of the festival of letters coming up in Coimbatore. Beginning on June 23, the five-day event organised by the Tamil Nadu government will celebrate the glory of Tamil with special focus on Classical Tamil. Nearly 3,000 delegates from 50 countries will deliberate on the uniqueness … READ …