08/11/2010 05:26
From hair products to laundry detergents to diapers, we live in a world of fragrance that might be making us sick, suggests a new study, even when those scents come from products that claim to be natural and pure.
In an analysis of 25 of the most commonly used scented products -- including...
08/11/2010 05:21
KUCHING, Nov 6 (Bernama) – A project to clean Sungai Sawarak will be carried out by the federal government, through the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, under the Tenth Malaysia Plan, Sarawak Housing and Urban Development Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg said...
08/11/2010 05:19
You've probably heard of thin-film solar power, but scientists from Los Alamos and Brookhaven National Laboratories made new light-harvesting material that's actually transparent. Solar electricity from the whole house, anyone?
A team led by physical chemist Mircea Cotlet created a...
08/11/2010 04:49
GEORGE TOWN: Come Jan 1, plastic bags will be practically banned state-wide.
The move – an extension of the current “No Plastic Bag Day” in shopping centres and hypermarkets on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays – means that no plastic bags can be used every day by almost all business sectors.
The...
26/10/2010 02:54
SINGAPORE — Singapore on Thursday urged Indonesia to take action on forest fires on Sumatra island as air pollution reached health-threatening levels in the neighbouring city-state.
“It is a matter of very serious concern as a health hazard that has not just affected Singapore but also the...
26/10/2010 02:52
In the second in our series examining REDD we report how ambiguous forest definitions are putting the future success of forest protection schemes in doubt and allowing logging companies to destroy biodiverse habitats
The current lack of a working definition of what degraded forest or land is...
26/10/2010 02:42
What's the little dam that's an energy
SHAFT!
The shaft power plant dam, that is. An innovative new design could put clean, river-friendly power within reach of everyone.
Hydroelectric power doesn't produce greenhouse gases and once built a dam can provide electricity for decades.
But, dams...
26/10/2010 02:39
Scientists at Case Western Reserve University have whipped up an alternative to insidious petroleum-derived styrofoam packaging using a combination of clay and milk protein.
The scientists, led by macromolecular science and engineering professor David Schiraldi, took the cow milk protein casein and...
26/10/2010 02:32
Excess materials, building supplies, recyclables and scrap metal have one big thing in common. They're lonely. And what's worse, they usually get heaped onto the trash pile with the rest of the rejects. That's not good for them and not good for us, because it's not good for the planet....
26/10/2010 02:31
It's ultimate dream: Take human waste and turn it into one of the most ubiquitous materials around, plastic. The Sacramento-based startup Micromidas has the technology to do it. And no, their polymer doesn't stink.
When Micromidas CEO John Bissell and his colleagues were undergrads at UC...
