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  • Resolving To "Live Greener" Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 8:25PMEach year at this time, we review our gardening and landscaping progress-our successes and disappointments-in order to set priorities for the coming year. This year, we are thinking about it in the context of our goal of "living more green."
  • Star light star bright Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:00PMTHIS year sees a good balance between work and play, but it may take a while to find what you need. Find out what your stars have in store.
  • Hubble Telescope To Get One More During International Year Of Astronomy Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:09PMby Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 03, 2009 From troubled beginnings nearly 18 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy and its stunning images have stirred the imaginations of people around the globe.
  • Did Dark Matter Power Early Stars? Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:46PMThe first stars to light the early universe may have been powered by dark matter, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Michagan, Ann Arbor call these very first stars "Dark Stars," and propose that dark matter heating provided the energy for these stars instead of fusion. The researchers [...]
  • Last tune-up for Hubble telescope before space shuttle launch Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 11:58AMWashington, Jan 1 : From a fuzzy beginning nearly 20 years ago, Hubble Space Telescope has now revolutionised astronomy, its stunning images stirring global imagination.
  • Hubble telescope gets ready for launch Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:46AMWASHINGTON: From a fuzzy beginning nearly 20 years ago, Hubble Space Telescope has now revolutionized astronomy, its stunning images stirring global imagination.
  • Arts and theater calendar Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:08AMPROFESSIONAL THEATER
  • Mark your calendar: Space Champs Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 5:51AMStar light, star bright, first heavenly body I see tonight is one of any number of fabulous stars, planets, comets and other galactic denizens on display during a show at the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium on the UMaine campus in Orono.
  • Truckee utility tackling conservation Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:30AMEnergy conservation is off to good start; water conservation is up next
  • Year in review Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 9:01PMHere are the top local stories of 2008. The way choices were picked was 10 points for the first story, 9 points for the second story and so on.
  • Flextronics expected to be full capacity by July Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 7:09PMAs an electronics manufacturer packs up its old facility in south San Jose, workers are getting comfortable in the new, northeast Morgan Hill building.
  • Top 10 Martin County stories of 2008 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 6:55PMCheck out the top 10 Martin County stories of 2008 as chosen by TCPalm readers and by staff members.
  • Macworld 2009 Set to Serve as Launching Pad for Significant New Product Announcements Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:46PMIDG World Expo today announced that when Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 opens next week, many of the more than 450 companies exhibiting will premier the latest innovations for the Mac platform. Macworld runs from January 5-9, 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
  • Macworld 2009 Set to Serve as Launching Pad for Significant New Product Announcements Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:22PM FRAMINGHAM, Mass.----IDG World Expo today announced that when Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 opens next week, many of the more than 450 companies exhibiting will premier the latest innovations for the Mac platform.
  • Gold nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:11PM(PhysOrg.com) -- Using tiny gold particles and infrared light, MIT researchers have developed a drug-delivery system that allows multiple drugs to be released in a controlled fashion.
  • Solar-powered generators provide light Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 10:25AMJones and his sister, Debra, formed Spirit of the Sun Solar Systems last summer in Cornville, Ariz. in hopes of selling custom-built solar generators to construction companies, recreational-vehicle enthusiasts and others who rely on gas-powered units.
  • County officials look for savings Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 10:24AMA white sedan rolling by a parking shelter seems insignificant.
  • Big project, big noise: Students create new musical instrument Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 9:38AMThe auditorium at Pasadena Memorial High School was filled with a tapestry of sounds on Wednesday evening.
  • Nigeria: Niger Delta Problem is Not Resource Control But Resource Management - Okocha Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 8:56AMMr Eloka Peter Okocha is the Action Congress, AC, gubernatorial candidate in the last elections. In this interview with Sunday Vanguard, he speaks on the crisis rocking the party in Delta State.
  • Trio works on affordable, eco-friendly housing project Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 8:06AMDespite a decline in housing prices, Nevada County still lacks affordable homes for many working class people - but three local men have joined forces to meet the need.
  • A made-in-lab Sun for endless energy Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 7:26PMLondon: Scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore are attempting to create an artificial Sun on Earth – an achievement that will provide answer to the world’s impending energy shortage.
  • The rising sun Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 7:10AMState help will be available early in 2009 for homeowners installing solar energy systems.
  • Panasonic and SANYO Agree to Capital and Business Alliance Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 7:00AMPanasonic Corporation (NYSE:PC)(TOKYO:6752)(“Panasonic”) and SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6764)(“SANYO”), upon the resolutions of the meetings of their respective Boards of Directors held on December 19, 2008, today announce that they have entered into the Capital and Business Alliance Agreement. Panasonic will aim to acquire the majority of the voting rights of SANYO assuming full dilution ...
  • Lebedev crushes Adamovich! Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 6:43AMFormer Russian light heavyweight champion Denis Lebedev (16-0, 11 KOs), now competing as a cruiser, ended 2008 with a bang. Three hours ago, at ARBAT fight club in Moscow, Russia, Lebedev decked his opponent Dmitry Adamovich (14-21, 6 KOs) seven times en route to a classy fourth-round TKO win.
  • Panasonic and SANYO Agree to Capital and Business Alliance Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 6:41AM OSAKA, Japan----Panasonic Corporation and SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. , upon the resolutions of the meetings of their respective Boards of Directors held on December 19, 2008, today announce that they have entered into the Capital and Business Alliance Agreement.
  • PSC Approves Savings for Electric Ratepayers Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 1:27AMToday, the PSC ordered that there will be no increase in electric rates and a slight decrease in gas rates for Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC) and Wisconsin Power and Light (WP&L) customers in 2009.
  • Winter Solstice — Sunday morning Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 10:36PMThe following sun and moon data for Dec. 18, 2008 is provided by the United States Naval Observatory. Sunrise: 7:17 a.m. Sunset: 4:53 p.m. Moonrise: 10:56 p.m. Dec. 17.
  • Foundation surprises teachers with grants Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 3:48PMIt is the holiday season – and members of the Pasadena ISD Education Foundation were in a giving mood recently.
  • Green activists find new ally in US unions Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 3:45PM(AP:POZNAN, Poland) Some U.S. labor groups that have long feared environmental campaigns as a threat to American jobs are starting to see advantages in going green.
  • How to have a greener Christmas Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 2:15PMWhich is more green when it comes to buying greenery?The annual eco-argument pits those who use an artificial tree against those who buy real Christmas trees.Artificial trees can be reused year after year and save gasoline that would have been used to drive to the tree lot or tree farm.Also, though not necessarily an environmental benefit, people allergic to pine needles are better off using an ...
  • True archetype: Natural Bridges National Monument Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 2:14PMNatural Bridges National Monument - This monument of slickrock, ancient rock writing, American Indian ruins and three natural bridges is one of the most remote and least populated places in the lower 48 states.
  • Öko-Kapitulation? Guardian: Let’s get real on the environment Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 11:30AMEin hoch interessanter Artikel – denn Kapitulationsforderungen von Gläubigen waren bisher selten in der Klimadiskussion. Nun versucht es interessanterweise ausgerechnet David Appell im Guardian.
  • Beauty : Block party Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 3:27PMThis summer make sure you apply sunscreen all over your body - not forgetting those over-exposed hands and feet - keep your skin moisturised and fake it rather than bake it! …
  • European Stocks Post Weekly Gain; Lafarge, Holcim, Rio Advance Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 8:33AMDec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose this week, led by construction companies and commodity producers, on speculation a U.S. stimulus plan will prevent a prolonged recession in the world’s largest economy.
  • The Guide to local arts and exhibitions Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 6:30AMCELEBRITY REVEALED: RARE AND UNPUBLISHED IMAGES OF FILM LEGENDS | Munster
  • Roach wants to train Donaire Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 6:09AMTOP Rank promoter Bob Arum said that trainer Freddie Roach is interested in training International Boxing Federation/International Boxing Organization flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, who is being lined up for a title fight against World Boxing Organization super flyweight champion Fernando Montiel in March, either in Manila or Macau.
  • All aboard for cash infusion Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 5:06AMA surge in federal spending over the next two years may provide an opportunity to complete long-planned proposals to convert Route 29 into a boulevard and extend light rail to the Statehouse.
  • Predicted planet seen Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 2:13AMIn 2006, astronomer Alice Quillen of the University of Rochester predicted that a planet of a particular size and orbit must lie within the dust of a nearby star.
  • Heating with different sources Thursday, December 11, 2008 @ 11:31PM Littletonians find other means than gas and oil to stay warm.  
  • Officials: Obama chooses energy, enviro posts Thursday, December 11, 2008 @ 2:25AM President-elect Barack Obama intends to round out his environmental and natural resources team with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and three former Environmental Protection Agency officials from the Clinton administration.
  • NASA studies health risks of space travel Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 10:09AMPHILADELPHIA — Space shuttle commander Christopher Ferguson and his crew took a small but crucial step for space travel in the past two weeks, enlarging the International Space Station so it can house six astronauts instead of three.
  • Community Calendar Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 9:49AMThursday 4
  • fence Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 10:01PMANGEL FIRE — This week the Angel Fire Village Council will consider taking a major step toward determining the shape of Angel Fire’s future.
  • Ascent Solar achieves efficiency milestone Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 8:42PMLITTLETON, USA: Ascent Solar Technologies Inc., a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, has achieved greater than 9.5 percent efficiency for its flexible Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenide (CIGS) monolithically integrated modules.
  • Study explains dark spots on Venus Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 8:20PM The clouds are parting on Venus as new images reveal more about the structure of a dense layer that enshrouds the hot planet.
  • Snowmass: a hotbed of housing Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 8:14AMSNOWMASS - Tara Walker was born and raised in Snowmass Village and has spent several seasons working for Aspen Skiing Co. But this winter, she was having trouble finding housing she could afford.
  • Wight & Company Wins Seven Awards for Design, Engineering and Construction of Public Projects Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 1:00PM DARIEN, Ill.----Wight & Company, a leader in integrated architecture, engineering and construction solutions for the built environment, has won six awards for its public projects.
  • stargazing Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 11:12AMRetired Journal Gazette copy editor June Gladfelter of the Fort Wayne Astronomical Society tracks the northeast Indiana sky for Sci-Tech.
  • How to invest in 2009 - Pt. II Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 8:21PMEasy being green? With credit markets tight and commodity prices plummeting, renewable energy may seem like a risky bet these days. But there are other clean-tech plays that don’t depend on the roll-out of massive solar parks and wind farms.
  • Breakthrough Technique Unlocks Secret Of Plasmas Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 8:13PMResearchers have developed a technique that brings scientists a big step closer to unlocking the secrets of the most abundant form of matter in the universe.