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Ancient Frozen Moss Revived This is a picture of an Antarctic...

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Ancient Frozen Moss Revived

This is a picture of an Antarctic moss that started to grow again after being frozen for as long as 1,700 years.

A 4.5-foot-long core of frozen bank containing the plant, Chorisodontium aciphyllum, was taken from the South Orkney Islands in the Southern Ocean. Samples were exposed to daily light and temperatures that reached 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

Trading Up: Being Small and Going Global

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Trading Up: Being Small and Going Global

As the global economy rebounds, companies around the world are seeking growth through exports. Only the next generation of exporters will not be companies that have matured in the domestic market, but rather "born global companies" that globalize out of the gates.

The costs of doing international business have never been as low; the opportunity never so great.

A Mighty Wind: Taking U.S. Power Generation by Storm

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A Mighty Wind: Taking U.S. Power Generation by Storm

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Wind farms have delivered 30 percent of all new American power generating capacity for the last five years. Wind also supplied more than 4 percent of all U.S. electricity for the first time in 2013, according to new data published by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). States like Iowa and South Dakota now get more than a quarter of their power from wind.

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First Solar and GE Shape Next-Generation PV Power Plant

March 19, 2014

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A CAVE With A View When some of us need to go to our happy place...

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A CAVE With A View When some of us need to go to our happy place...


Idaho National Laboratory researchers view a subsurface model for geothermal energy modeling in the Computer-Assisted Virtual Environment.

Utility companies can upload LiDAR data to the CAVE to analyze real or planned power line corridors.

Study: Investors Prefer Good Looking Men

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Study: Investors Prefer Good Looking Men

You can't judge a startup by the looks of its founder --- but many potential investors do.

That's the upshot of a newly published study co-authored by MIT researchers, which shows that attractive men have disproportionate success in obtaining venture capital funding for startups, compared with women and with less physically appealing men.

That's Cool: GE and Quirky Release the First Ever Smart AC on Amazon

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That's Cool: GE and Quirky Release the First Ever Smart AC on Amazon

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When Garthen Leslie worked at the Department of Energy, his job was to conserve resources. But at home, his air conditioner was wasting them. “I was tired of choosing between wasting energy or suffering through the stuffy summer heat.” His summertime dilemma got him thinking about developing a smart AC that he could control from his office.

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