Here’s how to make a solar cell from silicon: take one solid block of doped silicon, saw it into thin wafers, layer said semiconductors beneath … Making cheap solar cellsRead more
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Posted inAccident / Oil / Spill / ToMl
Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours
“Crew members were cut down by shrapnel, hurled across rooms and buried under smoking wreckage. Some were swallowed by fireballs that raced through the oil … Deepwater Horizon’s Final HoursRead more
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Cleanup of radioactive water
Radioactive tritium that leaked from the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in 2009 into two aquifers below the facility is being removed after months of … Cleanup of radioactive waterRead more
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Drilling for ancient DNA
Scientists are planning an attempt to extract DNA from the “hobbit” Homo floresiensis, the 1-meter-tall extinct distant relative of modern humans that was unearthed in … Drilling for ancient DNARead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / ToMl
From snowstorms to heat waves
Much of the East Coast is still struggling to recover from the massive blizzard that slammed into hundreds of cities and towns from the Carolinas … From snowstorms to heat wavesRead more
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News
Israel Demolishes Palestinian Hotel to Build More Settlements Israel is coming under international criticism for bulldozing the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem to make way … NewsRead more
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EIA Report Officially Bursts ‘Nuclear Bubble’ in the U.S
Dr. Mark Cooper, senior research fellow for economic analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School, issued the following statement … EIA Report Officially Bursts ‘Nuclear Bubble’ in the U.SRead more
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Give nature a chance
[ted id=994] – from ted.com Also give Palestine a chance to live.
Posted inInternational / Politics / ToMl
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, where a general strike has been called to force incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo to cede power. Gbagbo has refused to step aside following … Ivory CoastRead more
Posted inEconomics / Inequality / Tax / ToMl / USA Empire
100 CEOs Have the Retirement Savings of 116 Million Americans
President Barack Obama has called runaway income inequality the “defining issue of our time.” The disparity between exploding corporate profits and stagnating paychecks fueled Bernie … 100 CEOs Have the Retirement Savings of 116 Million AmericansRead more