Articles in the Science/Environment Category
Posted in Science/Environment on 14 March 2010
Efficiency can contribute the most energy “supply” while reducing costs and greenhouse gases and increasing energy security
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The need to address climate change and the expected surge in energy demand from the developing world have moved energy efficiency to the top of the agenda for government and business, according to a new comprehensive [...]
Posted in Science/Environment on 9 March 2010
B&W Pantex is partnering with West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) to study the effects of wind turbines and associated infrastructure on wildlife at Pantex. The contract for evaluating the wind farm’s effects on wildlife began this past fall and will continue through the next five years.
The Pantex Site Office is in the process of [...]
Posted in Science/Environment on 6 March 2010
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Wilmington, Del., – DuPont announced the launch of a new family of products – DuPont™ Zytel® PLUS nylon – that can significantly extend the performance life of automotive under-the-hood components, enabling further replacement of metals with high performance plastics for lightweighting of vehicles.
“Performance demands in the automotive industry continue to increase as [...]
Posted in Science/Environment on 5 March 2010
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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a system that speeds and simplifies the use of DNA to identify fish species in food products, making this highly-accurate technique feasible for routine verification of seafood labeling and detecting species substitutions.
The Agilent Fish Species Identification method matches samples to a species DNA database. [...]
Posted in Science/Environment on 5 March 2010
MCLEAN, Va., PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — SAIC, Inc. (NYSE: SAI), a scientific, engineering, and technology applications company, will issue its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2010 earnings press release after close of market Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Management will discuss the financial results in a conference call beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern.
Analysts [...]
Posted in Science/Environment on 4 March 2010
Annual List Ranks Monsanto No. 31 among Major U.S. Companies, Best in Agricultural Products Industry
ST. LOUIS, — For the third year in a row, Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) was named today to Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine’s list of “100 Best Corporate Citizens” for 2010. Monsanto ranks No. 31 overall and leads the agricultural products sector [...]
Posted in Science/Environment, Technology on 13 June 2009
Lawn care professionals are using hybrid remote control commercial mowers to increase productivity by replacing a bunch of men, equipped with 2-stroke weed eaters, with one hybrid remote control commercial mower. Elderly and disabled people are able to have the joy and satisfaction of maintaining their own lawn again. These hybrid remote control lawn mowers [...]
Posted in Science/Environment on 27 May 2009
The longlist for this year’s Royal Society Prize for Science Books the world’s most prestigious award for science writing has been announced today. The judges selected a longlist of thirteen books:
What the nose knows: The science of scent in everyday life by Avery Gilbert (Crown Publishers)
Bad science by Ben Goldacre (Harper Perennial)
The Age of [...]
Posted in Science/Environment on 27 May 2009
Aphids and albatrosses might have more in common than meets the eye, according to scientists writing today in the journal Interface. By studying aphids’ every move, British scientists have revealed an intricate pattern in how they walk. The finding will help scientists understand the movements of large mammals and birds and has important implications for [...]
