Breaking Into the Super Collider
Slashdot Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:44 PM PDT
BuzzSkyline writes "A group of physicists went AWOL from the American Physical Society conference in Dallas this week to explore the ruins of the nearby Superconducting Super Collider. The SSC was to be the world's largest and most ambitious physics experiment. It would have been bigger than the LHC and run at triple the energy. But the budget ran out of control and the project was scrapped in ... |
Earth Hour 2011: What Businesses Are Participating, Which Are Trying But Failing
Fast Company Magazine Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:33 PM PDT
On Saturday night between 8:30 and 9:30, you may notice that world seems darker. Don't panic, it's just Earth Hour, the WWF-sponsored event designed to raise awareness about how much energy we use. The relative merits of the event in terms of energy saving and symbolism aside, Earth Hour has grown impressively in the last four years, from a Sydney, Australia-only event to a global holiday ... |
Is life in a green office better?
Budapest Business Journal Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:27 PM PDT
In a word, yes. While some think that making offices greener is just greenwash, those who work in a more energy-conscious work environment say that developing or renting green offices really is more than just a clever marketing trick. And research underpins the concept, too. |
New entropy battery pulls energy from difference in salinity between fresh water and seawater
PhysOrg Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:25 PM PDT
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers, led by Dr. Yi Cui, of Stanford and Dr. Bruce Logan from Penn State University have succeeded in developing an entropy battery that pulls energy from the imbalance of salinity in fresh water and seawater. Their paper, published in Nano Letters, describes a deceptively simple process whereby an entropy battery is used to capture the energy that is naturally ... |
Constellation to provide green energy for feds
INO News Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:23 PM PDT
(AP:BALTIMORE) Constellation Energy Group Inc. says it has signed a 20-year contract to help the U.S. State Department meet federal green energy goals. |
California clean energy: "No on 23" is back
Los Angeles Times Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:23 PM PDT
Former Secretary of State George Shultz and San Francisco hedge fund manager Thomas Steyer are resurrecting the successful alliance between clean-tech businesses and environmental groups that defeated Proposition 23 last November. The new non-partisan group, calling itself “Californians for Clean... |
Explore Harford: Harris talks about energy policy
Baltimore Sun Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:22 PM PDT
Vowing to support efforts by Republicans in Congress to rein in the federal deficit and reduce the national debt, Maryland Congressman Andy Harris told a group of his Harford County constituents Friday that there is also no reason why the United States should have to be dependent on foreign energy. |
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