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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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Biology | Nov 21, 2009
Reporter's Notes: Building an Artificial Leaf
Posted by Lauren Sommer
When I began this story, it seemed pretty simple. I'd heard that scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab were working
to mimic photosynthesis and create a man-made version of the process that could supply us with renewable energy.
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.
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Museum: Galileo's Fingers, Tooth Found
Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.
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Scientist: 'Don't Give Up' On Stopping Asian Carp
Two Asian carp species that could devastate the Great Lakes ecosystem may be a few miles from Lake Michigan. To halt their migration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built an underwater electric fence on a canal 20 miles south of the lake. But tests conducted by David Lodge at Notre Dame indicate that they have gotten close to the lake despite the barrier.
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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.
