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Rare Earth Elements: The World is Rapidly Running Out and China Has Most of The Remaining Supply

By Guest PostAugust 2, 2010Economy, Politicscell phones, chinese economy, green economy, green technology, hybrid car batteries, rare earth elements

Most people have no idea what rare earth elements are, but a wide array of the technologies that we use every single day are dependent on them. (more…)

New Insights into How Stem Cells Determine What Tissue to Become

By Guest PostAugust 1, 20101 commentSciencechristopher chen, immunofluorescence image, jianping fu, matrix, mesenchymal stem cell, microposts, regenerative therapies, silly putty, stem cells

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Within 24 hours of culturing adult human stem cells on a new type of matrix, University of Michigan researchers were able to make predictions about how the cells would differentiate, or what type of tissue they would become. Their results are published in the Aug. 1 edition of Nature Methods.

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Improving Global Health: Five Engineering Strategies

By Guest PostJuly 31, 20105 commentsHealthkathleen sienko, medical care, nicaragua, osman palma, sofia merajver, sustainable health technologies, tejkaran gill

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— After researching more than 600 health-related technologies and traveling to Nicaragua to observe medical care there, University of Michigan graduate students have identified five keys to developing sustainable health technologies in resource-limited settings such as developing nations.

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IBM Opens the First Multipurpose Cloud Computing Center in Poland

By Guest PostJuly 29, 20101 commentTechnologycloud computing, czeslaw smutnicki, ibm, information technology, it, Nanotechnology, pawel panecki, poland, robotic, Wroclaw, wroclaw university of technology

WARSAW, Poland & WROCLAW, Poland – 29 Jul 2010: IBM Poland (NYSE: IBM) and the Wroclaw University of Technology today announced an agreement to establish the first university cloud computing center in Poland. As part of the partnership, the Wroclaw University of Technology will create a new academic curriculum, making cloud-focused courses available to more than 1500 students.

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Ordinary Soot Key to Saving Arctic Sea Ice

By Guest PostJuly 29, 20101 commentEnvironmentarctic warming, fossil fuel soot, global warming, ordinary soot, renewable electric power, solar radiation

WASHINGTON — The quickest, best way to slow the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice is to reduce soot emissions from the burning of fossil fuel, wood and dung, according to a new study. (more…)

IBM and Tridium, Inc. to Develop New Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings

By Guest PostJuly 28, 20101 commentEnvironment, Technologycommercial buildings, david bartlett, efficiency, gas pumps, honeywell automation and control solutions group, hvac, ibm, ibm maximo asset management enterprise, internet protocol for smart objects, ipso, Java, niagara, retail structures, sedona, smarter buildings, smarter planet, software, steve fey, tivoli monitoring for energy management, tridium

*IBM and Honeywell division collaborate to advance ‘smart’ technology for structures*

ARMONK, N.Y., – 28 Jul 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) said today it plans to work with Tridium, Inc. to develop new technology and solutions that will allow companies to maximize efficiency of their new and existing buildings and facilities while keeping an eye on profits.

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Three Year Investigation of Military Munitions Sea Disposal Site Completed

By Guest PostJuly 28, 2010Environment, Weaponsdeep-water, edgewood chemical biological center, environet, environmental protection, hi-05 project, human health, m47 100-pound bombs, manoa, margo edwards, military, pearl harbor, pisces, risk, sea disposal site, seafloor, soest, tad davis, tnt, university of hawaii, us coastal waters

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) completed a three-year long investigation of Sea Disposal Site Hawaiʻi Number 5 (HI-05), a deep-water military munitions disposal site in U.S. coastal waters approximately 5 miles south of Pearl Harbor, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.

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Social Networking Sites Reach a Higher Percentage of Women than Men Worldwide

By Guest PostJuly 28, 2010Culture, TechnologyComscore, digital world, female Internet user, gender-specific differences, linda boland Abraham, smartphone, Social networking sites, web usage, women on the web, women online usage, YouTube

*comScore Releases Report, Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet*

Reston, VA July 28, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a global report on women’s online usage titled, Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet, which provides an in-depth analysis of the female Internet user, highlighting key trends by Internet activity, worldwide region and digital channel.

Among its results, the report found that social networking sites reach a higher percentage of women than men globally, with 75.8 percent of all women online visiting a social networking site in May 2010 versus 69.7 percent of men. To download a copy of Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet, please visit: www.comscore.com/WomenOnTheWeb

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