GREEN with envy? We list the top 10 universities in Australia, according to their environmental credentials.
Jamelle Agbuis Jan 02, 2012
If doomsday soothsayers are to be believed, the world has less than a year to exist because everything's going to end on December 21, 2012.
ranina sanglap Dec 31, 2011
British scientists have discovered an astonishing range of creatures living in one of the most inhospitable regions of the deep sea.
ranina sanglap Dec 30, 2011
Australia's federal government announced on Friday that it would extend financial assistance to communities hit by ex-tropical cyclone Grant. The money could be used to repair damaged bridges and roads and to help the battered areas recover.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 30, 2011
As far as the old saying “waste not, want not” goes, people have long been practicing the act of conservation –utilize of everything that can be used so as not to waste anything in the process. But this old motto comes to life as news of elephant poop being turned into paper makes headlines.
Lord Jorrel Polintan Dec 29, 2011
The Australian weather bureau cancelled on Thursday a cyclone watch it made for Cape York in Queensland. The bureau explained its move to changes in ex-tropical cyclone Grant.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 29, 2011
Amid the spate of train accidents in Australia involving shipment of minerals, BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) assured on Thursday that the route it would take to move toxic products from its Olympic Dam expansion is safe.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 29, 2011
Anyone who's ever flown knows the drill before take-off. Seatbelts on and turn off all electronic devices. However according to a study conducted by U.S.A Today more people are refusing to turn off their electronic devices even during take-off, flight and landing. What are the effects of these electronic devices to a plane? Will they really cause a plane to drop out of the sky?
ranina sanglap Dec 29, 2011
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has granted Natcore a license to develop its patented black silicon technology. Natcore expects to deliver the first commercial black silicon product in 2012.
ranina sanglap Dec 29, 2011
Many beaches in Sydney will remain closed until Wednesday as waves of up to four meters created by ex-tropical cyclone Fina hit the coast.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 27, 2011
A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana has created a new material called "solar paint" which could pave the way for cheaper solar cell technology.
ranina sanglap Dec 23, 2011
Farmers in 10 of Murray-Darling Basin's 23 communities would allow the flooding of their lands' easement covering more than 1 million hectares.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 23, 2011
Heavy rains and flooding since Tuesday have killed 23 people in Tanzania's capital of Dar es Salaam prompting President Jakaya Kikwete to call on residents in affected valleys and lowland areas to evacuate.
Windsor Genova Dec 23, 2011
A former whaling captain warned that Japan's annual whale hunt in Antarctica could hurt Australia's $300-million-a-year whale-watch industry.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 23, 2011
The changing climate has made it more difficult to predict weather patterns that could either be damaging to life and property. Some architects from the U.S. and Asia have devised the latest of designs in order for homes to withstand the wrath of Mother Nature.
Christine Gaylican Dec 22, 2011
China, earnest in its campaign to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions through 2015, has set a pollution reduction goal for 2012.On Wednesday, the world's second-largest economy, which happens to be also the world's biggest energy consumer, announced that for the coming year 2012, it aims to reduce by 2 per cent its sulfur dioxide (SO2) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) as well as ammonia nitrogen by 1.5 per cent, apart from maintaining zero-growth in the emission of nitrogen oxides, the...
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Dec 22, 2011
The Western Australian government rejected on Wednesday the application of LD Operations to run a coal mine at Osmington hear Margaret River.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 22, 2011
It was a bad year of Australia's insurance industry which had to pay out more than $4 billion in insurance claims due to the natural calamities that battered the country in 2011.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 22, 2011
Fiscal crisis stricken Germany, by far the eurozone's largest single investor in renewable energy, is all the more getting serious to wipe out its coal usage by 2020.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Dec 21, 2011
Researchers hope to assess the potential impact of global warming on marine ecosystems by examining tiny worms that inhabit the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Genalyn Corocoto Dec 21, 2011
Every day scientists and inventors are discovering new technologies that will change the world in ways that we can't imagine. Here are some of the current technologies that will inevitably change the way we live in the future.
ranina sanglap Dec 21, 2011
Scientists have found clues on the formation of the mysterious Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, also known as “ghost mountains, that is buried deep beneath the ice sheet surrounding Dome Argus, the highest ice feature in Antartica.
Genalyn Corocoto Dec 20, 2011
Effective Jan. 1, China will start implementing a modified Vehicle and Vessel Tax Law that imposes a corresponding higher tax levy for vehicles with an engine size of 2 liters and above.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Dec 20, 2011
New study claims that letting babies cry — without intervening — could lead to higher incidences of ADHD, anxiety and developmental disorders.
Jamelle Agbuis Dec 20, 2011
Republicans in Congress have delayed part of a 2007 law that would require U.S. light bulbs to be more energy-efficient, scoring a symbolic victory.
Jamelle Agbuis Dec 20, 2011
Climate change will result to a massive shift in the Earth’s vegetation by 2100 when the world’s greenhouse gas emissions would have doubled, a new study revealed, based on a computer model to project how the world’s vegetation would shift in the next three centuries.
Genalyn Corocoto Dec 19, 2011
Embryonic cells and sperm collected from two species of coral that live in the Great Barrier Reef are being preserved in frozen repository that could someday restore some of the corals to the reef.
ranina sanglap Dec 19, 2011
Can second-hand coke be as dangerous as second-hand smoke? This will be a new area for research as a new study has found that regions with high level of cocaine and marijuana use have higher concentrations of cocaine in the atmosphere.
Genalyn Corocoto Dec 19, 2011
From being regarded as a largely dead science, cold fusion has grabbed the attention of mainstream media and the scientific community when high-profile demonstrations in Italy allegedly showed a cold fusion device generating 470 watts for five hours. The device, called the E-Cat or Energy Catalyzer was developed by Andrea Rossi, Italian inventor and entrepreneur and Sergio Focardi, a physicist at the University of Bologna. The E-Cat reportedly fuses nickel and hydrogen at low temperatures to rel...
ranina sanglap Dec 19, 2011
Hydraulic fracturing or fracking has come under fire lately. The process involves fracturing rocks by pressurized fluids to release petroleum, natural gas, coal seam gas and other substances.
ranina sanglap Dec 17, 2011
