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Scientists design adaptive material with tunable transparency and wettability; applications in pipelines, textiles, optical systems

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As shown in the diagram, when stretched, the material confers the ability to reversibly “pin” droplets of water. Sitting at rest, the material is smooth, clear and flat; droplets of water or oil on its surface flow freely off of the material. Source: Wyss. Click to enlarge. SEAS Staff Scientist Alison Grinthal, Ph.D.;

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ADB Study Finds Annual Economic Losses in Southeast Asia from Climate Change Could be More Than Twice the Global Average

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Climate change is exacerbating water shortages, constraining agricultural production and threatening food security, causing forest fires and coastal degradation, and increasing health risks. Under a high emissions scenario, the annual mean temperature in the four countries is projected to rise 4.8°C

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

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Email « Daily Sprout GE Looking to Tap $2 Trillion of Stimulus Spending » Leave a reply Name (required) Email (required, will not be published) Website Notify me of follow-up comments via email. Earth2Tech] Omniture Launches Viral Video Measurement [NewTeeVee] Can New York Save Broadband?

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars. So far, President Barack Obama has announced no new federaleffort to promote the fuel, and federal funding for hydrogen fortransportation use in the 2009 budget dropped to $177.7 millionthis year from $211.9

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EPFL/Technion team develops “champion” nanostructures for efficient solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen

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-Fe 2 O 3 (hematite) electrodes that achieve the highest photocurrent of any metal oxide photoanode for photoelectrochemical water-splitting under 100?mW?cm Its efficiency was such that gas bubbles emerged as soon as it was under a light stimulus. 2 air mass, 1.5 global sunlight. Warren, Kislon Voïtchovsky, Hen Dotan, Celine M.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. DE (1) Agricultural offsets (1) Always On Going Green (1) Applied Materials (1) Appropedia (1) Aqua Resources Fund (1) Arnold Schwarzenegger (1) BMWG.F (1) 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Aren’t we just exchanging one nonrenewable resource for another? Unfortunately, there is very little specific funding for wireless transmission in the stimulus bill that was just signed by the USA President. February 17, 2009 8:23 am Link Where are you going to get enough lithium to make all of these batteries? Follow the money.

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