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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biofuels, Climate Change, Engineering, Environment, Featured Articles, Geology, Greenovation, Math, Politics, Science Policy, Solar, Video, Wave Power, Wind on 01 25th, 2012 | 1 Comment

State of the Union Skimps on Science

For those expecting President Barack Obama to expound on the accomplishments of his laundry list of science and innovation policy he outlined in last year’s State of the Union, there were a few nods to but no specifics in this third State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. As Forbes reported...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Environment, Greenovation, Inventions, SciArt, Scientainment, Solar, Video on 10 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Artist to Build a Glacier in the Desert

For artist Ap Verheggen there is a fine line between art and experiment. Last year the Dutch artist placed two sculptures on icebergs and intends for them to float off the coast of Greenland, sending a message about how climate change is also changing culture. That was a project he called cool(E)motion....

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Discoveries, Solar, Space, Video on 08 16th, 2011 | 1 Comment

NASA Mission to Jupiter to Unlock Secrets of Planet Formation

A space probe carrying some Lego astronauts is on a five-year trip to Jupiter. The Juno mission launched without a hitch on August 5 and began its journey to the largest planet in the solar system. With the end of the 30-year space shuttle program, the new face of NASA is space probes not astronauts....

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Greenovation, Solar, Video on 08 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Sunny Outlook for Solar Energy

The Hawaii Electric Company (HECO) placed solar panels on the roof of the Easter Seals building on Oahu, making the non-profit agency the solar installation that pushed them over the 20 megawatt mark. Each megawatt of electricity produced from photo voltaic cells powers about 800 homes. Cities around...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biofuels, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Politics, Science Policy, Solar, Space, Video on 01 26th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Science Underpins Innovation in State of the Union

The 2011 State of the Union address, delivered by President Barack Obama, painted a solid picture of the future. Not surprisingly the President finds a secure and prosperous future filled with scientific and technological innovation. To create more jobs, he stresses better education including concentration...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Politics, Science Policy, SciLebs, Solar, Video on 12 6th, 2010 | No Comments

President Obama Defeats Archimedes Death Ray

In an exclusive interview with CBS News’ Bill Plante, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from “MythBusters” talk about President Obama’s appearance on the popular Discovery Channel show on December 8. In the episode the two myth-busting men are summoned to the White House and receive...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate Change, Environment, Greenovation, SciClips, Solar on 01 25th, 2010 | No Comments

The Sun’s Hot Solar Promise

The sun is one-stop shopping when it comes to finding an unlimited supply of power. But harnessing light and turning it into electricity has proven to be a tricky and expensive proposition. But if we could squeeze our huge thirst for power from the sun, one way to go may be something called “solar...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Engineering, Environment, Greenovation, Solar, Video on 01 7th, 2010 | No Comments

A House of Cards in the Columbian Jungle

Dedicated environmentalists, or eccentric architects? Nearly a decade ago, the Jimenez family moved from the Colombian city of Cali to a humble home in the jungle made entirely out of paper. They keep cool, cook, do laundry and demonstrate how to live off the grid by generating their own energy.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Engineering, Solar, Space, Video on 11 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Contest Begins Elevator Race to Space

Engineers compete and test the potential reality of the science fiction concept of space elevators. The AP’s John Mone on why leaving the Earth, may not require rocket science.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Environment, Featured Articles, Greenovation, Politics, SciClips, Science Policy, Solar, Video, Wind on 09 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

President Obama Vows to Fight Climate Change

President Obama Addresses UN Climate Summit In what could be considered his most strongly-worded warning about the threat of climate change, U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations that there is little time to act before permanent environmental damage is irreversible. In a stirring speech,...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Biology, Climate, Climate Change, Environment, Featured Articles, RawAudio, Solar, Weird Weather on 06 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Dr. James Lovelock Warns

British naturalist Dr. James Lovelock has some strong words for the world. The futurist warns that the Earth is a living organism that is undergoing massive changes. He believes the Earth is sick and in order to heal itself it may need to get rid of a few billion people. But Dr. Lovelock delivers his...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Featured Articles, Greenovation, Physics and Chemistry, Solar, Video on 06 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

World’s Most Powerful Laser Unveiled

The world’s most powerful laser was dedicated at the Livermore National Laboratory in California. It’s designed to shore up the nation’s aging nuclear weapons and could help generate a powerful clean new energy source. The National Ignition Facility will begin focusing almost 200 giant...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate Change, Greenovation, Solar, Video on 04 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Harvesting the Sun in Israel

For families of this Israeli kibbutz – weaning themselves off the national power grid and transitioning to renewable power is an important task.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Climate Change, Greenovation, Solar, Video, Wind on 12 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Carbon-free City Under Construction

Watch the video Carbon-free City Under Construction. The first city in the world to be completely carbon free is being built in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi. When it’s finished, there will be no cars and all of the city’s energy will come from the sun and wind.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Engineering, Environment, Greenovation, Solar, Video on 12 4th, 2008 | No Comments

Solar Car Completes World Tour

Solar Taxi Crosses Finish Line, courtesy of REUTERS/Kacper Pempel The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the U.N. climate talks Thursday, arriving in Poznan, Poland with the message that clean technologies are available now to stop global warming. A Swiss teacher...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Engineering, Environment, Greenovation, SciClips, Solar on 12 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment

4 Solutions 4 Climate Change

Ecoclub Surya in London, courtesy of Club4Climate The 14th annual United Nations Conference on Climate Change gets underway in Poznan, Poland this week. The two-week long conference will focus on ways the world can adapt to the changing Climate. And, for the first time a world exhibit on Technologies...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Environment, Greenovation, Solar, Video on 09 12th, 2008 | No Comments

Solar Taxi Powers Through New York

A Solar-powered taxi made a stop in New York as part of its trip around the world. The Swiss schoolteacher who designed it, says he hasn’t spent a penny on gas. Louis Palmer is finishing up his global solar tour after logging over 28,000 miles. He promised his mother he’d be home for Christmas.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Engineering, SciClips, Solar, Wind on 09 3rd, 2008 | No Comments

Sunflower Houses

Dynamic Tower, Dubai, courtesy of Dynamic Architecture A home that orients toward the sun is considered heliotropic. But there are a few homes that rotate, to actually follow the sun. Those mimic Mother Nature and are an example of biomimicry. Even though they are rare, rotating homes are popping...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate Change, Engineering, SciClips, Solar on 08 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment

SciFoo Pushes Science Into the Future

Indoor Camping at Google, photo by Jim Hardy Ideas don’t happen in a vacuum. They need the nurturing hand of interaction and communication to be planted. The best way to foster the constant growth of ideas is by putting those having them in the same room. And, give them free reign. That’s...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Greenovation, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Solar on 07 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments

Tellurium Heats Solar Race

Image courtesy of PeriodicTable.com The rare metal (that no one has heard of) called tellurium could become a viable alternative to silicon as a base element in solar panels. But is there enough to meet rising solar energy demand without forcing up prices of the already expensive alternative energy...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Greenovation, SciClips, Solar, Video on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

The Solar Car Challenge

SolarWorld1 from Bochum University of Applied Sciences in Germany

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, SciClips, Solar on 07 24th, 2007 | No Comments

Lightbulb Moment

Christiana Honsberg and Allen Burnett courtesy of University of Delaware Solar energy could change the way electricity flows in the very near future. And, Very High Efficiency Solar Cells (VHESC) could pave the way to that brighter future, now that cells with 50 percent efficiency are in sight. ...

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