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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has turned his attention to controlling the weather. Five U.S. Patent and Trade Office patent applications, made public on July 9, propose slowing hurricanes by pumping cold, deep-ocean water in their paths from barges. If issued, the patents offer 18 years of legal rights to the idea for Gates and co-inventors, including climate scientist Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

World's Largest Retailer to Demand Suppliers to Measure Environmental Cost of Products

Wal-Mart plans to demand that all its suppliers measure the environmental cost of making their products so it can calculate and post an eco-rating for each item.

A new study suggests that diet is an important route of exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). PBDEs are a class of flame retardants that are commonly found in consumer products such as polyurethane foam, electronics and textiles.

Smart grid network company Silver Spring Networks Inc. on Wednesday named Judy Lin chief product officer. (CSCO) (EFII) (VRSN)

[NEWS] China-Biotics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHBT) (“China-Biotics”, “the Company”), a leading Chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. Fourth Quarter 2009 Highlights -- Net sales increased 18.9% year...

We are not going back to the pleistocene age of the hunter-gatherers. Instead experts indicate that the world’s population will increase from approximately six billion to nine billion by 2050--all to be fed, clothed and even fueled by agricultural products. What’s more, as people rise out of poverty, higher living standards such as greater meat consumption and personal mobility will place even more demand on food crop production (wheat, rice), animal feed (corn, soybeans), fiber (wood, cotton) and fuels (sugarcane, switchgrass). How can agriculture’s output expand so dramatically without significantly increasing its environmental footprint, especially reckless deforestation to clear land for farming? Like contemplating office space in Manhattan, we must find a way to grow vertically, by increasing crop yields.Agriculture is not natural; it is a human invention. It is also the basis of modern civilization. Yet agriculture is not uniform in its practices or productivity

XT-2000 Orange Oil has enhanced their product to a new higher concentration of Orange Oil that is 95 percent pure d-limonene. This is by far the highest concentration of any orange oil products on the market today.

This product enables the accurate monitoring and splitting of optical signals in polarization maintaining fiber.C, L and S bands available.

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that its Applied SEMVisionT G4 Defect Analysis platform has been honored with the prestigious Editors' Choice Best Product Award by Semiconduc...