Prince Charles as a Young Bachelor

March 15, 2011 by greenspeak

Source: LIFE – In LIFE News

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British lawyer uses Facebook to serve court summons

March 15, 2011 by greenspeak

A lawyer has used Facebook to serve a court summons, in what is believed to be the first such case in Britain. Source: Technology

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Partial Meltdowns Led to Hydrogen Explosions at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

March 15, 2011 by greenspeak

Just after 6 AM local time on Tuesday in Japan, a sound like an explosion was heard near the suppression pool of reactor No. 2 at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This followed an explosion March 11 that ripped the roof off reactor No. 1 and another at reactor No. 3 on March [...]

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America’s Naval Hardware

March 15, 2011 by greenspeak

Source: LIFE – In LIFE News

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Fast Facts about the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

March 15, 2011 by greenspeak

Why was Japan’s March 11 earthquake so big? One answer is the large size of the fault rupture as well as the speed at which the Pacific Plate is continuously thrusting beneath Japan, U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) scientist Tom Brocher told KQED News. People felt shaking in cities all over Honshu, Japan’s main island. [More] [...]

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Boost solar cell efficiency with organic material at nanoscale

March 15, 2011 by greenspeak

Stanford chemical engineering professor Stacey Bent is researching solar cell designs using nano-scale organic materials that boost the power conversion efficiency.  … …   “Bent’s students tried several different organic molecules in an attempt to learn which ones would most increase the efficiency … But she found that the exact molecule didn’t matter – just having [...]

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Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9

March 14, 2011 by greenspeak

Most ambitious attempt yet to take on Google Chrome and Firefox. Source: Technology

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Earthquake in Japan: June 1948

March 14, 2011 by greenspeak

Source: LIFE – In LIFE News

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Wood Smoke Wafts Up Health Concerns

March 14, 2011 by greenspeak

NORDEN, Calif. – On a frosty evening in the Sierra Nevada, smoke curling from the chimney of the Clair Tappaan Lodge is a welcome sight to chilly snowshoers and cross-country skiers. Gathering by the massive stone hearth at this landmark Sierra Club mountain hostel, guests relax in the warmth and aroma of the crackling log [...]

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Anyone Remember ‘No Nukes’?

March 14, 2011 by greenspeak

“Three of the world’s chief sources of large-scale energy production — coal, oil and nuclear power — have all experienced eye-popping accidents in just the past year. The Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion in West Virginia, the Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the unfolding nuclear crisis in [...]

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