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Nov 19, 2009
California's Biggest Carbon Emitters
The first official tally is in: The state's biggest industrial carbon emitters by the numbers. If only we didn't need oil or electricity...
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Nov 17, 2009
Closing the Climate Psychology Gap
It's not just what you say, it's how you say it. "The Psychology of Climate Change Communication" is a 54-page guide that attempts to help educators, journalists, and scientists speak more effectively about climate change.
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Astronomy | Nov 20, 2009
Lunar Ice Smack-down a Success!
Posted by Ben Burress
NASA's LCROSS mission found water on the Moon, no bones about it. Though NASA is still analyzing all the data they reaped
from the LCROSS impact event on October 9th, and will be for a long time to come, they seem confident enough about the preliminary
findings to make this a definite declaration of discovery!
Events | Nov 18, 2009
Science Event Pick: Geek Out: Surviving on Mars
Posted by Kishore Hari
The Lawrence Hall of Science presents Geek Out: Mars Survival Challenge, an opportunity to design your own Mars colony under
the guidance of some Martian science experts. Geek Out is a new evening series at LHS for adults only; there will be music,
a cash bar, and plenty of eye-popping science.
Engineering | Nov 16, 2009
Unlocking the Mysteries of Graphene
Posted by Christopher Smallwood
Researchers in Alex Zettl?s group at Berkeley have endeavored recently to isolate suspended membranes of graphene for study
and image them at Lawrence Berkeley Lab?s TEAM 0.5, the world?s most powerful transmission electron microscope (TEM).
Engineering | Nov 14, 2009
Reporter's Notes: A Bumpy Ride for High Speed Rail
Posted by Amy Standen
We'd been wanting to do an update on the California high speed rail project for months now. Luckily, there's no bad time to
cover high speed rail.
Engineering | Nov 13, 2009
Dispatches from Greenbuild 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona
Posted by Jim Gunshinan
It took me about six hours to travel from my bed in Walnut Creek to the Phoenix Convention Center, the location of this year?s
Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. There are more than 1,000 companies and organizations here, representing every
fact of green building.
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Invasive Asian Carp May Be Near Lake Michigan
Two carp species from Asia that have the potential to devastate the Great Lakes ecosystem may be just a few miles from Lake Michigan. If they enter the Great Lakes, they could overwhelm the native fish. David Lodge, director of the Center for Aquatic Conservation at the University of Notre Dame, discusses the tests that show Asian carp may have breached an underwater electric fence on a canal 20 miles south of Lake Michigan.
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Real-Life Physics Problems Star On TV
The stars of The Big Bang Theory are two fictional Caltech physicists, but the physics problems they study are real. Bill Prady, the program's co-creator and executive producer, talks about including real-world science in the script, from dark matter to magnetic monopoles.
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Rethinking The Human Future In Space
With NASA reporting a "significant amount" of water on the lunar surface, is it time to re-examine our priorities regarding living and working in space? Mark Sykes, director of the Planetary Science Institute, talks about why and how people should venture beyond Earth.
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Personalizing Solar Power
Researchers are hoping to improve solar energy installations by coupling a solar panel to an efficient hydrolysis unit that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen. Daniel Nocera of MIT says the approach could lead to personal solar power units that could get many houses off the grid.
