January 2010
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Scientists Create 'Venus Flytrap' that Snares... →
“…a stunning new breakthrough has just surfaced that may make cleaning up radioactive waste easier and much more efficient—and the solution takes its inspiration from one of everyone’s favorite creepy plants. Researchers have developed a material that opens its pores to let in its intended prey—the radioactive ion cesium—then “snaps shut” to entrap...
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Scientists Sucessfully Test World’s First... →
“The Danish National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy has successfully tested the world’s first wind turbine with a built-in laser-based anemometer.
A laser-based anemometer allows the wind turbine to “see” the wind before it touches the blades. With this information, the turbine can optimize both its position and the blades to use the wind more efficiently. It also increases the...
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Future Farmers Feed on Detroit's Vegetative State... →
“The collapse of the auto industry has done a number on Detroit. Laid-off workers seem to continuously multiply. Abandoned houses line many city blocks. But with the destruction of one industry comes the opportunity for another one to grow in its ashes: farming.
Michigan entrepreneur John Hantz invested $30 million in his Hantz Farms project, which takes aim at 5,000 acres of Detroit land...