Brainicane

Scientists have made a discovery which could reduce the toll of death and liver damage caused by paracetamol overdoses.

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Scientists have said they may be narrowing down the hunt for the cells which are the source of bowel cancer.

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Photo courtesy of Pearl Ave Library
For the first time ever, glass art, technology, and solar power have been combined into one unified, pioneering work—it’s called “Solar Illumination I: The Evolution of Language” and it’s a vibrant, electric, head-turning piece. And what does it all do? It powers a single LED lamp inside the adjacent San […]

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Photo Credit of Henry Paulson: Goodman/VanRiper Photography
The economy is crashing all around us, but the green movement is offering a bright ideas to rebuild the United States. But should we trust the call for a green economy? The last ten years saw a rebirth of excitement for the environment as huge amounts of debt […]

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

GM’s After-Volt, “OW” Prototype, Flint MI R&D Center. Image credit:Tuning Fever, Flintstones Car
Gasoline consumption associated with moving the extra weight carried by US citizen drivers and passengers was estimated with a fairly sophisticated-looking math model, making comparison to population characteristics of the 1960’s.
In 2006, Jacobson and McLay found cars and light trucks consumed […]

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Photo courtesy of Wheels 4 Life
Here’s a fantastic charity idea: give folks in developing nations who are in dire need of transportation access to just about the greenest way to get around there is. We’re talking bicycles, of course.
Wheels 4 Life works to find people in poor countries who have the greatest need for […]

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

The Dragon Millipede is one of the recently discovered specimens found in the area of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. This area had been kept under wraps with political turmoil for many decades. It was not until the 90’s when scientists were welcomed into these relatively uncharted territories for research.
So far researchers have been […]

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Photo courtesy of Pearl Ave Library
For the first time ever, glass art, technology, and solar power have been combined into one unified, pioneering work—it’s called “Solar Illumination I: The Evolution of Language” and it’s a vibrant, electric, head-turning piece. And what does it all do? It powers a single LED lamp inside the adjacent San […]

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

www.ntdtv.com reports from Ota City, some 80 kilometers north of Tokyo, one of Japan’s sunniest spots. Since 1998, the city has invested in solar power, and Mika Hiroshima says her electrical appliances are mostly powered by solar energy: when t…

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under Science and Technology. Comments: None