Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Findings, December 2009

Columns, December 2009, page 22-23.

A See Change in Contact Lenses
Electrical engineering professor Babak Parviz is developing bionic contact lenses.

Record Grant Connects Oceans to Internet
UW's largest-ever federal award will enable ocean scientists to access deep-sea study sites anytime, anywhere.

Green Energy Branches Out
Harnessing the power of trees.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Is Local Food Better?

World Watch, Vol. 22, No. 3, May/June 2009. (Cover article.)

Yes, but not in the way most people think. This article digs into the complexities of life-cycle analysis in an effort to move the conversation beyond food miles to a broader understanding of the carbon footprint of what we eat.

Read the full text here.

Friday, April 1, 2005

Fueling Restoration

Conservation Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, April-June 2005.

A new biomethanol production system links ecological restoration to the hydrogen economy.

Read the full text here.