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Berkeley Lab Study Shows Significantly Higher Potential for Wind Energy in India than Previously Estimated

By Guest PostMarch 29, 2012Environmentamol phadke, berkeley lab, China, electricity, gw, India, jayant sathaye, julie chao, mnre, potential, ranjit bharvirkar, renewable energy, united states, western india, wind energy, wind power

A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates— about 20 times and up to 30 times greater than the current government estimate of 102 gigawatts. This landmark finding may have significant impact on India’s renewable energy strategy as it attempts to cope with a massive and chronic shortage of electricity.

“The main importance of this study, why it’s groundbreaking, is that wind is one of the most cost-effective and mature renewable energy sources commercially available in India, with an installed capacity of 15 GW and rising rapidly,” says Berkeley Lab scientist Amol Phadke, the lead author of the report. “The cost of wind power is now comparable to that from imported coal and natural gas-based plants, and wind can play a significant role in cost effectively addressing energy security and environmental concerns.” (more…)

‘Bed-of-Nails’ Breast Implant Deters Cancer Cells

By Guest PostMarch 26, 2012Healthbed of nails, blood vessel, breast cancer, brown university, cancer tumor, cell, cell function, chemical analysis, electron spectroscopy, lijuan zhang, malignant, michael platek, nanoscale, Nanotechnology, plga, protein, regrowth, thomas webster, tumor, united states, university of rhode island, vegf

Researchers at Brown University have created an implant that appears to deter breast cancer cell regrowth. Made from a common federally approved polymer, the implant is the first to be modified at the nanoscale in a way that causes a reduction in the blood-vessel architecture that breast cancer tumors depend upon, while also attracting healthy breast cells. Results are published in Nanotechnology.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer. Of those, many will undergo surgery to remove the tumor and will require some kind of breast reconstruction afterward, often involving implants. Cancer is an elusive target, though, and malignant cells return for as many as one-fifth of women originally diagnosed, according to the American Cancer Society. (more…)

Another Vertebrate Species Reported Extinct from the Hawaiian Islands

By Guest PostMarch 22, 2012Naturearchipelago, blue tailed skink, chris brown, cnrs, copper striped, cryptic extinction, emoia impar, extinction, hawaiian islands, ivan ineich, kauai, lizard, marcia mcnutt, maui, napali coast, oahu, oryx, Paris, robert fisher, skink, species, tropical, tropical pacific, united states, vertebrate species

HONOLULU – A species of lizard is now extinct from the Hawaiian Islands, making it the latest native vertebrate species to become extirpated from this tropical archipelago.

The copper striped blue-tailed skink (Emoia impar) — a sleek lizard with smooth, polished scales and a long, sky-blue tail — was last confirmed in the Na’Pali coast of Kauai in the 1960s. But repeated field surveys on Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawai’i islands from 1988 to 2008 have yielded no sightings or specimens. (more…)

Walk of A Lifetime Promotes Organ Donation

By Guest PostMarch 21, 2012General, Health, Mediafirefighter, harry kiernan, kidney, liver, los angeles, new haven, new york, organ donation, sukru emre, united states, vietnam veteran, walk of 2012

Donating part of his liver and a kidney to two different recipients was not enough for Harry Kiernan. The Vietnam veteran and firefighter is now taking his efforts to raise awareness about organ donation many steps further by walking across the United States.

Kiernan’s 3,300-mile journey began on March 19 at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where a kick off ceremony for “Walk of 2012,” took place under the Donate Life flag near the hospital’s entrance. (more…)

Confidence in Climate Data: Using 3 Million-Year-Old Records

By Guest PostMarch 20, 2012Uncategorized21st century, ar5, atmospheric co2, China, climate, climate conditions, fossils, france, geologic period, Germany, global warmth, ipcc, Japan, marci robinson, marcia mcnutt, million years, north atlantic climate, north atlantic data, norway, pliocene, pliocene conditions, pliocene temperature, pliomip, test models, trace gases, united kingdom, united states, university of bristol, university of leeds

How do we understand what’s happening today by looking back millions of years?

Scientists are looking at what climate conditions were like 3.3 to 3 million years ago, during a geologic period known as the Pliocene, and they are confident in the accuracy of their data.

The Pliocene is the most recent period of sustained global warmth similar to what is projected for the 21^st century. Climate during this time period offers one of the closest analogs to estimate future climate conditions. (more…)

New Labor-Tracking Tool Proposed To Reduce C-Sections in First-Time Moms

By Guest PostMarch 16, 2012Healthabortions, c sections, cervix, cesarean, childbirth, dystocia, dystocia diagnosis, emily caldwell, gray area, hormonal intervention, jeremy neal, labor, labor assessment, labor tracking tool, linear process, nancy lowe, oxytocin, painful scarring, partograph, pregnant women, stillbirths, united states

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have designed a new version of a labor-tracking tool for pregnant women that they predict could reduce the use of hormonal intervention during labor and lower the number of cesarean sections performed on low-risk, first-time mothers.

The tool, called a partograph, takes into account the most recent research findings that suggest labor is not a linear process, but is instead slower during earlier labor and accelerates gradually as labor advances. A diagnosis of abnormally slow labor is the No. 1 reason that C-sections are performed in low-risk births by first-time moms. (more…)

U.S. Citizenship May Be Determined At Random

By Guest PostMarch 12, 2012Politicsact, americans, civics knowledge, data, fate, immigrant, immigration officer, immigration services, michigan state university, naturalization, noncitizenship, paula winke, sat, test, united states, us citizenship, uscis

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The fate of nearly half a million immigrants hoping for U.S. citizenship may have been determined randomly, at least in part, according to a new study by a Michigan State University researcher who found the high-stakes civics test isn’t a reliable measure of civics knowledge.

To be awarded citizenship, immigrants must correctly answer six of 10 questions on the verbally administered civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test, said Paula Winke, assistant professor of second language studies. (more…)

What Makes Ticks Tick?

By Guest PostMarch 11, 2012Healthanaplasmosis, antibiotic therapy, apple, arthritis, babesiosis, bacterium, climate change, dengue fever, disease, durland fish, european ancestry, evolution, infectious diseases, iPhone, lyme disease, maine, malaria, michigan, minnesota, neurological problems, North America, Pennsylvania, placebo, ticks, united states, virginia, west nile virus, wisconsin

Durland Fish has researched ticks and their associated diseases for decades. A professor in the Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health, he has, among other things, contributed to the discovery that the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has European ancestry and that the disease, once nearly eradicated in North America, roared back with reforestation. More recently he helped develop a Lyme disease “app” for the iPhone and other Apple devices that provides users with detailed information about tick populations in any given area in the United States and even comes with a video on how to safely remove a tick. He has also worked on mosquito-borne West Nile virus and dengue fever. Students selected Fish as the school’s mentor of the year in 2010. (more…)

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