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OPEN (Organization for Pakistani Entrepreneurs) Silicon Valley is holding their Forum ‘09 this Saturday, June 13th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. This year, the forum will include a Cleantech track that will bring business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers together to discuss different perspectives of clean and sustainable technologies for the future. If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and want a new and interesting perspective on the subject, head out to Mountain View this Saturday. Tickets are $55 in advance and $95 on-site, but OPEN was kind enough to offer Green Options readers a bargain discounted price of $40. The discounted tickets can only be purchased through this link: http://tinyurl.com/OPENforum-DISCOUNT. Here is a brief overview of the Cleantech panel sessions: Session I: Where’s the Green in Clean? Investment Opportunities, Valuations and the Funding Gap in Cleantech. Session II: Innovations in Energy: Via

Green building is about healthy settings with visual appeal. The goal is to create rooms for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual benefits. That means avoiding things like airborne allergens, chemicals, and clutter. Yet the study of indoor air pollution can get complex. Hence, no surprise of this month’s announcement that the LEED accreditation system introduced by the U.S. Green Building Council was revamped. of this story »

A College Park solar technology startup is receiving $150,000 in federal stimulus funds as part of an effort to push forward more mainstream use of solar photovoltaic products.

[NEWS] SALT LAKE CITY, June 11 /PRNewswire/ — Clinical Innovations has launched its new disposable circumcision device, the AccuCirc, to help clinicians provide precise, consistent and reliable circumcision outcomes. Touted as the only significant innovation in circumcision of the past 50 years, the AccuCirc utilizes revolutionary technology to protect the glans, ensure adequate hemostasis, and deliver the precise cut of the foreskin in a single actuation.   The AccuCirc uses two innovative…

Results confirm graphene's potential for future nano-electronics and photonics

SMA America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of global solar technology leader SMA Technology AG, has announced the hiring of Dave Wojciechowski as director of sales.

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. says it has reached two major manufacturing milestones in the development of its flagship PB150 PowerBuoy wave energy device.

(Inderscience Publishers) Bioremediation of industrial sites and petrochemical spillages often involves finding microbes that can gorge themselves on the toxic chemicals. This leaves behind a non-toxic residue or mineralized material. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution, researchers in China describe studies of a new microbe that can digest hydrocarbons.

(University of California - Davis) UC Davis researchers will receive $2.8 million in new grants to study the use and impacts of nitrogen, a hero of the agricultural revolution that is increasingly viewed as a worrisome source of water and air pollution and potent greenhouse gases.

(Oklahoma State University) Dr. Regina DeWitt, an assistant research professor in the department of physics, has received a $496,000 grant from NASA. The two-year award funds further development of a miniature optical dating instrument (ODIN), which can be used for dating the surface of Mars. DeWitt will partner with ICx Nomadics, an international sensor development company, on the project. Dr. Stephen McKeever, OSU's vice president for research and technology transfer, is also a co-investigator on the project.