Climos, a start-up that plans to mitigate climate change by stimulating plankton growth, said on Wednesday that it has raised a series A venture capital round of $3.5 million.
I was expecting this, as I knew that Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager for Internet Explorer would be speaking about - and demonstrating - IE8 at MIX on Wednesday. Microsoft has released the first beta version of Internet Explorer 8 to the public, with a warning that this first release is intended for developers.
Big industries are waging an intense lobbying effort to block new, tougher limits on air pollution that is blamed for thousands of heart attacks, deaths and cases of asthma, bronchitis and other breathing problems.
Research from ancient sediment cores indicates that a warming climate could make the world's arctic tundra far more susceptible to fires than previously thought. The findings are important given the potential for tundra fires to release organic carbon - which could add significantly to the amount of greenhouse gases already blamed for global warming.
Greenpeace on Wednesday published a report called "Searching ... for Green Electronics." The results of the report show what we should probably already have known: electronics, at least now, are decidedly un-green.
While the US Department of Energy has spent $57.5 billion over the past 30 years for research & development on advanced energy technologies such as Ethanol, solar and wind power the nation’s energy usage has not dramatically changed—fossil fuels today provide 85% of the nation’s energy compared to 93% in 1973.
The RoboSwift is characterised by the continuously variable shape of its wings, known as ‘morphing' wings, which are modelled on the wings of the swift bird. These wings make the aircraft, like its living model, very maneuverable and efficient. As a result, the RoboSwift is the first aircraft in the world to have the wing properties of living birds.
