Code would force more 'green' building d [ Houston Chronicle ] Apr 29, 2008  Houston builders will have to incorporate 'green' design techniques such as heat-trapping vestibules and 'cool roofs' that deflect sunlight under a proposed new energy code for commercial buildings. Read More ...

Closest Solar probe mission by 2015 [ New Kerala ] May 05, 2008  Washington, May 5: NASA has roped in Applied Physics Laboratory of The Johns Hopkins University for its ambitious Solar Probe mission for sending a spacecraft closer to the sun by 2015. Read More ...

Why are Pinoys dropping dead [ Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism ] May 06, 2008  From pcijor Sun Mar 5 19:25:30 2006 Return-Path: Received: by pcij.org <8.12.11/8.12.9/Submit> id k260PUvR034903; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:25:30 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:25:30 -0500 Message-Id: To: alecks@pcij.org Subject: [INSIDE PCIJ: Stories behind our stories] Spam Karma 2: Simple Digest Report From: alecks@pcij.org Reply-To: ... Read More ...

Magnolia Optical Technologies is Part of [ Centre Daily Times ] May 08, 2008  Magnolia Optical Technologies, Inc. announced today that it is part of the Kopin Corporation team that has been selected for the award of a solar cell development contract from NASA. The Phase II STTR program will develop indium nitride -based quantum dot solar cell technology. Read More ...

NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 30 April 2008 [ SpaceRef ] May 01, 2008  All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Read More ...

Critical Solutions Finalizes Manufacturi [ PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance ] May 05, 2008  CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 5, 2008 -- Critical Solutions Inc. , the designer of renewable energy tower systems announces that the Company has finalized an agreement with Mission Critical Solutions to be the Company's exclusive manufacturer for North America. Read More ...

Farmland Dust Cloud From Ukraine Impact [ Science Daily ] May 06, 2008  Fallow agricultural land and steppe-formation processes are evidently capable of having a much greater effect on global air quality than was previously assumed. This is the conclusion drawn by researchers after examining a dust cloud that formed over parched fields in southern Ukraine and led to extremely high concentrations of particulate matter in Central Europe. On March 24, 2007, the dust ... Read More ...

Wall Street News Alert Hot Stock on the [ Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance ] May 07, 2008  Wall Street News Alert's 'stocks to watch' this morning are: Universal Detection Technology, China North East Petroleum Holdings Limited, Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and Lev Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Read More ...

Bootstrapping the Moon [ SpaceRef ] May 07, 2008  Our mental framework has evolved, in ways not all together positive from the perspective of those of us who believe that the economic development of space is practical and indeed crucial to the continuing development of our planetary civilization. Read More ...

Solar Hot Water on the Cheap [ Environmental News Network ] May 06, 2008  There's a downside to nearly all renewable energy technologies available for homeowners. Cost. Though over time a solar power or small wind system may pay for itself in savings from not buying fuels or power from the grid, the initial outlay for renewable energy is staggering for mere mortals. Despite the wisdom of a penny saved is a penny earned, most Americans consider sales price first, long ... Read More ...

NASA calls on APL to send a probe to the [ Spaceflight Now ] May 07, 2008  The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone - and what it finds could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar wind that influences everything in our solar system. Read More ...

Kopin Selected for Award of NASA Solar C [ SpaceRef ] May 03, 2008  Kopin Selected for Award of NASA Solar Cell Development Contract Read More ...

Free Energy International Inc. announces [ CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance ] May 06, 2008  Free Energy International Inc. is pleased to announce that Refrigerative Supply has become a Western Canada distributor for Free Energy's Thermal Solar Panels. Read More ...

Mission to the Sun [ Universe Today ] May 05, 2008  A mission to the sun is difficult stuff. For 30 years scientists and engineers have struggled with developing a spacecraft that could survive the harsh environment close to the sun, but always ended up running into insurmountable technology limitations or blowing the top off the budget. But now the Applied Physics Lab believes [...] Read More ...

Mailbag Is Fluoride Dangerous? Is a Sola [ Scientific American ] May 09, 2008  Fluoride FindingsA report by the National Research Council is cited as suggesting negative effects of fluoride in 'Second Thoughts about Fluoride,' by Dan Fagin. But the NRC notes that its report was not initiated because of concerns about the low levels of fluoride used in community water fluoridation, nor did it examine that issue. Instead the report is part of a routine review by the ... Read More ...

Sputnik Caledonia, By Andrew Crumey [ Independent ] May 10, 2008  Scalar radiation is something that scientists mess with at their peril, risking critical ruptures in space-time and bringing parallel universes into dangerous conjunction. It's hazardous stuff for novelists, too. They risk producing novels that are just too damn confusing for their own good. Read More ...

NASA Tests HYTHIRM at Sandia's Solar Tow [ Newswise ] Apr 30, 2008  NASA has once again turned to Sandia's National Solar Thermal Test Facility -- aka the Solar Tower -- to help evaluate new technology for future space shuttle missions. NASA's most recent testing series in early March evaluated the HYpersonic AeroTHermodynamic InfraRed Measurements systems. Read More ...

Combatting global warming and carbon dio [ El Defensor Chieftain ] May 09, 2008  From nuclear fission to cloud seeding to carpooling, New Mexico Tech students offered a variety of ways to combat carbon dioxide emissions and global warming at a public seminar April 30. Read More ...