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Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, research shows.

Posted on November 19th, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Image source: Chevy Volt, pre-production image with Solar World logo
Will Bail-out Prevent Development of Greener Cars?
The German company SolarWorld, offered approx. 1 billion euros (US $ 1.3 billion) in cash and credit for the German assets of Adam Opel GmbH, a unit of General Motors Corp (GM) Wednesday. General Motors European spokesperson Karin […]

Posted on November 19th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

photo: Stefanie Seskin
Two weeks ago, the world’s largest ethanol producer, Verasun, filed for bankruptcy. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg: According to an Omaha, Nebraska investment banker (quoted in the Des Moines Register) the number of ethanol plants filing for bankruptcy could rise from 16 so far this year to as many as […]

Posted on November 19th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Photo via Meraki
Tired of trying to find a decent café with free WiFi, or waiting in front of the library until it opens so you can hop online and check email? Meraki, a company big on getting Internet access to everyone, is working to make finding a free connection while out and about a whole […]

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Photo via godwin d
It’s quickly becoming common knowledge that the efficiency of a charger plays a big role in the energy consumption of a device. Energy Star makes this very clear, and so does Motorola’s history in making efficient chargers for cell phones.
According to Reuters, “The [cell phone] industry has become the world’s […]

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Photo via Neeta Lind
National Geographics is launching into video games, something we’re a bit surprised hasn’t already happened considering the teaching potential behind them. The games have been built in conjunction with recent articles and television programs launched by the nature icon.
The first game is already available and more are on their way. But, […]

Posted on November 19th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

photo: Brent Danley
While few people would doubt that wind power shows great promise, where new wind farms get built is often a contentious issue, with one of the issues being (of course) impact on wildlife and the environment. That’s where the newly formed American Wind Wildlife Institute comes in. The group of 20 wind power […]

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Photo via Cleantechnica
Slap a sticker on your cell phone and consider it charged. Well, that’s the goal of myFC, anyway.
The Swedish-based company is working to make charging hand-held devices incredibly easy and efficient, and they’ve devised the FuelCellSticker, which could be just such a solution. …

Posted on November 19th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

A freakishly quiet moment on Istanbul’s roads.
Despite the difficulties involved in comparing gallons to liters and converting from one currency to another, the price of gas in our respective countries somehow seemed to come up frequently as a topic of conversation in my Turkish classes. And there was no easier way to get my fellow […]

Posted on November 19th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None