Jun 14 2011

Curb Soot and Smog to Keep Earth Cool, Says UN

Tag: Africa,Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing,Animals,Arctic Regions,Asia,Cars,Climate,Climate Change,Coal,Cooking,Death and Dying,Earth,Environment,Exhaust and Emissions,Fossil Fuels,Glaciers,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Heating,Lung Cancer,NASA,Organic,Parks and Forests,Particles,Pigs,Rice and Grains,Science,Scientists,The Sun,Vehicles,Video,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:21 pm
Sharply reducing emissions of soot and smog could play a critical role in preventing Earth from overheating.

Apr 15 2011

Chrysler To Sell Natural-Gas Cars

Tag: Auto,Cars,Chrysler,Dodge,Electricity,Engines,Europe,Green,Heating,Honda,Natural Gas,South America,Summer,Technology,Trucks,Vehicles — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:18 am
The car company joins Honda in selling cars powered by compressed natural gas.

Feb 26 2011

What Would an Interstellar Mission Look Like?

Tag: Careers,Earth,Engines,Gravity,Heating,Leo,Light,NASA,NASCAR,Nuclear Science,Office,Photography,Rockets,Science,Scientists,Space Missions,Spacecraft,Spaceflight,Technology,The Moon,The Sun,Tools,Universe,Vehicles — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 12:12 am
Guest contributor Robert Adams explains his mission analysis role in Project Icarus and discusses how a spacecraft could travel to another star.

Jan 28 2011

Ocean on Saturn’s Moon Full of Gas

Tag: Enceladus (moon),Heating,Hydrogen,Moons,Moons of Saturn,NASA,Orbits,Organic,Saturn,Spacecraft — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:25 pm
The fizzy ocean on Enceladus may be capable of harboring life.

Jan 26 2011

Turn Down the Heat, Lose Weight?

Tag: Heating,Saving Energy — Jessica Marshall @ 8:45 pm
A small adjustment to your thermostat may do more than just save the planet; it could also help trim your waistline.

Sep 16 2010

Parisian Body Heat Warms a Building

Tag: Alternative Power Sources,Geothermal Power,Green Building,Green Tech,Heating,Transportation — Alyssa Danigelis @ 12:43 pm
Heat from commuters traveling the Paris Metro underground will be captured to warm a public housing building above.

Aug 28 2010

New Colorado Ikea Taps Earth for Climate Control

Tag: Cooling,Green Building,Green Tech,Heating — Alyssa Danigelis @ 12:27 pm
Besides inexpensive Swedish furniture, the new Ikea store opening next year in Colorado will have geothermal heating and cooling.

Aug 11 2010

How Saunas Can Become Lethal

Tag: Cooling,Death and Dying,Exercise,Heating,Heating and Cooling,Life Science — Emily Sohn @ 12:12 pm
Some claim taking saunas in moderation can be good for you, but the human body can only take so much heat.

Jul 06 2010

Blue Jeans for Solar Panels

Tag: Alternative Power Sources,Chemistry,Electricity,Electronics,Energy,Green Building,Green Tech,Green Your Electricity,Heating,Home Energy Use,Materials,Materials Science,Off The Grid,Renewable Energy,Solar Power,Weather — Teresa Shipley @ 9:06 pm
Blue jean dye molecules have the potential to revolutionize the solar panel industry.

May 26 2010

Body Beat Brings Down Utility Bills

Tag: Building,Engineering,Heating,Office — Gene Charleton @ 2:20 pm
Swedish engineers have worked out a way to use that body heat for wintertime heating.
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