Monthly Archives: May 2009

Make your own biofuel

As the debate over ethanol heats up with creation of a federal biofuels working group and a new Renewable Fuel Standard, a Texas company has made it easier for businesses, farms and municipalities to produce their own. EFS ‘Mini-Refinery’ Automated … Continue reading

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Conveyor Belt Concept of Ocean Water Circulation is Probably Wrong

The familiar model of Atlantic ocean currents that shows a discrete “conveyor belt” of deep, cold water flowing southward from the Labrador Sea is probably not correct. New research led by Duke University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution relied … Continue reading

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Astronauts complete tricky Hubble surgery

In a historic and daring feet astronauts opened up and installed new electronics on one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most important instruments on Saturday. But NASA must now wait for the results of a battery of tests to see … Continue reading

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Andes Mountains Are Older Than Previously Believed

The geologic faults responsible for the rise of the eastern Andes mountains in Colombia became active 25 million years ago—18 million years before the previously accepted start date for the Andes’ rise, according to researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research … Continue reading

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