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Cancer drug research is entering a new era which will mean more successful drugs for patients, says a charity.

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Detroit appears to be on the road to receiving a bailout of its own, and this story is just another example of why the Big Three are in so much trouble in the first place. According to the New York Times, “HYBRID versions of the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango seem likely to secure […]

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Gen Coel neighborhood of Heerlen, Image credit: France24, Remko Scheepens
We recently published a post about a mine heat project just beginning. (See:- Yellowknife To Re-Purpose Gold Mine For Heat Extraction.) Like, wind mills, it turns out, Holland is already on top of this idea,using it as a basis for community redevelopment.
“The “Mine […]

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Beachcombing becomes Filiz Ateş and Christiane Alaettinoğlu–and anyone who puts on one of their driftwood brooches, necklaces, or rings.
The two artists and friends gather materials on the beaches near their home in Alanya, on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, and sell the finished products under the name Yalos Alanya, from the Greek word that locals have adopted […]

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: 1

Duke Energy has plants to generate 5,000 megawatts of electricity from wind projects located primarily in the West, Southwest and Midwest. As an early entry, Duke is putting 14 turbines on a ridge along Happy Jack Road west of Cheyenne, Wyoming, to provide 30 megawatts of wind-generated electricity to the Cheyenne area. Via:Wyoming […]

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Gen Coel neighborhood of Heerlen, Image credit: France24, Remko Scheepens
We recently published a post about a mine heat project just beginning. (See:- Yellowknife To Re-Purpose Gold Mine For Heat Extraction.) Like, wind mills, it turns out, Holland is already on top of this idea,using it as a basis for community redevelopment.
“The “Mine […]

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Despite having written at length (some might say excessively) about the sorry fate of Yosemite’s dwindling glaciers and the Sierra snowpack, I’ve always felt as though my posts were missing something — a certain audio/visual oomph, you might say. Though I’m much too busy to visit Yosemite in person these days (I intend to do […]

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None