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SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Nov 9, 2006 @ 12:50pm neoform

Associated Press -- The question goes something like this: How many toilet flushes does it take to power a light bulb? There's really no answer, but Salt Lake City is exploring a pilot project that would convert sewer waste into energy to run a heating a cooling system in a.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- The government is inviting communities in the UK to volunteer to host radioactive waste from the country's half-century of nuclear power. Local authorities are urged to consult widely before coming forward, and may win financial support. Ministers h.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu May 8, 2008 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- People are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales, research suggests. The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) found that salad, fruit and bread were most commonly wasted and 60% of all dumped food was untouche.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Apr 17, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- Washington University engineers using imaging technology have found that vigorous mixing helps microorganisms turn farm waste into alternative energy. Hog and cow manure is a persistent pollutant from industrial-sized barns and feed lots, but can becom.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

BBC News -- Plastic waste in the oceans poses a potentially devastating long-term toxic threat to the food chain, according to marine scientists. Studies suggest billions of microscopic plastic fragments drifting underwater are concentrating pollutants like DDT... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Mar 17, 2008 @ 8:24am neoform

BBC News -- Major firms should be asked to sign up to voluntary "responsibility deals" to cut waste, the Conservatives say. The party says existing EU rules only are not wide-ranging enough and are "propping up our throwaway culture". The former Tory MP and Asd.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Mar 1, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

Yahoo News -- Is Thomas Edison's most famous invention, the incandescent light bulb, about to fizzle into obscurity? Thanks to global warming, the ban-the-bulb movement is gaining strength. Australian officials and European lighting manufacturers have announced phas.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Oct 17, 2006 @ 9:34am neoform

New Scientist -- It was the nightmare many had been expecting. Five years ago, hard on the heels of 9/11, someone sent anthrax spores through the US mail to journalists and politicians. Five people died, and at least 17 more got sick. The culprit was never caught... Read More