AFP - In Trina Solar's
brilliant white factory
in eastern China, masked
workers in lab coats turn
silicon wafers into solar
power cells capable of
harnessing the sun's
clean and limitless
energy.
AP - Fears that giant,
voracious species of carp
will get into the Great
Lakes and wipe out other
fish have led to rising
demands that the
government close the
waterway connecting the
lakes to the Mississippi
River — an
unprecedented step that
...
AP - Scientists can start
using taxpayer dollars to
do research with 13
batches of embryonic stem
cells and the government
says dozens more cell
lines should be available
soon, opening a new era
for the potentially
life-saving field.
McClatchy Newspapers -
WASHINGTON —
Promises by the U.S. and
other industrialized
countries to cut the
emissions causing global
warming are insufficient
to avoid the worst
effects of climate
change, the United
Nations climate chief
said Wednesda...
AFP - New Zealand Prime
Minister John Key said
Thursday he would attend
this month's UN climate
change summit in
Copenhagen due to growing
momentum towards reaching
a deal.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY,
Dec. 2 (HealthDay News)
-- Thirteen stem cell
lines
have been added to the
pool that scientists can
use for taxpayer-funded
research, and many more
such lines will soon be
made available, U.S.
health officials
announced Wedn...
AP - Fears that giant,
voracious species of carp
will get into the Great
Lakes and wipe out other
fish have led to rising
demands that the
government close the
waterway connecting the
lakes to the Mississippi
River — an
unprecedented step that
...
LiveScience.com - For
many people "rural" is
synonymous with low
incomes, limited economic
opportunity, and poor
schools. However, a
recent study found that
much of rural America is
actually prosperous,
particularly in the
Midwest and Plains.