It's a drill that shoots frickin' laser beams
by Michael Keller
And it was built by a company called Foro Energy with funding assistance from the Department of Energy's advanced research projects agency, ARPA-E. The agency says the innovation makes drilling for petroleum and geothermal sources of energy faster and cheaper.
Climate change presents a real economic liability of increased risks to growth and productivity of American business. However, the silver lining in all the dire news about climate change is the opportunity for the private sector to not only quell the rising tide, but do it profitably.
Last year, World Wildlife Fund and CDP conducted a landmark study---The 3% Solution---that outlines how reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is smart business.
The first production HondaJet business jet took off from an airstrip at Honda Aircraft's global headquarters in Greensboro, NC, last Friday. The flight was part of FAA certification and the company expects the aircraft will enter service in 2015.
Wing feather of an African Darter immersed in water (blue) and an oil (red). Note feather repels water in blue surface's downward curve and gets wetted by oil as evident in red surface's upward curve.
Structure of the U6 RNA--Prp24 complex highlighting the interlocked RNA-protein topology, aspartate bridged base pair, and extensive interactions of RRM2 with the conserved U6 ACAGA sequence.
"A woman is economically empowered when she has both the ability to succeed and advance economically and the power to make and act on economic decisions." --- International Center for Research on Women, 2011.
A few years ago, Matt Webster decided to dispatch with the annual birthday surprise dilemma and asked his wife whether she'd like as a gift an activity monitor. She was not impressed.
The problem wasn’t him asking, but the technology itself. "If it doesn't automatically track the calories I eat, then I don't want it," she told him.
