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How corporations are crippling U.S. prosperity By David Worthington | October 15, 2012 A dearth of competition in major U.S. industries and a government that’s policy making has been severely corrupted by moneyed interests has led to depressed wages and stifled innovation, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist says in a new book. In essence, you’re …
Early detection is key when it comes to tackling breast cancer but getting screened more than once a year can be impractical, especially for women under 40. Now, one medical company hopes to make spotting tumors as easy as getting dressed in the morning. The First Warning System is a “smart bra” designed to catch …
There are 6 billion cell phone subscriptions worldwide There are now almost as many cell phone subscriptions as people. A new report on global technology development by the International Telecommunication Union found that there were 6 billion mobile subscriptions at the end of 2011 — 7 billion people inhabit Earth. China and India each have …
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A building system that can shrink the size of hospitals and schools Holedeck, created by Spanish architects Alarcon + Asociados, offers an alternative. The system allows for all of the unsightly but vital elements of a busy building, from pipes to cables to ventilation ducts, to be incorporated within the floor structure itself. This means …
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Designing the grid for renewables By Chris Nelder | October 3, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT Americans have been repeatedly told a series of lies about accommodating renewables onto the power grid: That it can’t handle large amounts of intermittent power generation. That standby fossil-fueled capacity must be maintained at 100 percent of demand for those …
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The latest renewable energy: Liquid air By Mark Halper | October 2, 2012, 3:52 AM PDT EXTRACTS: Air, that invisible ampleness all around us, could hold on to energy from wind turbines that spin at night when we don’t need the electricity, and then release it later, the BBC reports. All you have to do is …
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Using salt water to power our batteries By Channtal Fleischfresser | October 1, 2012, 3:05 AM PDT One of the main foundations of the electric battery packs powering our cell phones and electric vehicles is lithium, a pricey, lightweight metal that is one reason why electric batteries remain so expensive. According to an analyst for …
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