http://www.youris.comyouris.com The sun provides more than enough energy for all our needs, if only we could harness it cheaply and efficientlyFri, 25 Feb 2011 16:08:37 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/New_Technology_For_Cheaper_More_Efficient_Solar_Cells.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/New_Technology_For_Cheaper_More_Efficient_Solar_Cells.kl The European Commission has drawn up a plan to cut planet-warming transport emissions to "at least 60%" of 1990 levels by 2050, but environmentalists say it lacks urgency – and travellers and transport companies alike will foot the billFri, 25 Feb 2011 16:06:19 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Passengers_Polluters_Will_Pay_For_Green_Transport_Says_EU.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Passengers_Polluters_Will_Pay_For_Green_Transport_Says_EU.kl How severe can climate change become in a warming world? Worse than anything we've seen in written history, according to results of a study recently appearing in the journal Science.Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:04:10 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Ancient_Catastrophic_Drought_Leads_To_Question_How_Severe_Can_Climate_Change_Become.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Ancient_Catastrophic_Drought_Leads_To_Question_How_Severe_Can_Climate_Change_Become.kl Women entrepreneurs got an important nod from the European Commission in its review of the Small Business Act this week, and advocates hope it signals renewed energy and funding for EU initiativesThu, 24 Feb 2011 21:29:12 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/EU_To_Start_Mentoring_Scheme_For_Businesswomen.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/EU_To_Start_Mentoring_Scheme_For_Businesswomen.kl Knowing that it is impossible to catalog all the carcinogenic exposures a person has had in life and then assess them, Brown University researcher Carmen Marsit is looking for a more precise way to predict individual susceptibility to cancerWed, 23 Feb 2011 18:04:22 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Blood_Test_May_Find_Markers_Of_Bladder_Cancer_Risk.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Blood_Test_May_Find_Markers_Of_Bladder_Cancer_Risk.kl Howay the drillers, as work begins on two kilometre borehole to heat Newcastle science park and city centre buildingsWed, 23 Feb 2011 17:58:27 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Newcastle_Geothermal_Energy_Project_Promises_To_Heat_Up_The_Toon.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Newcastle_Geothermal_Energy_Project_Promises_To_Heat_Up_The_Toon.kl Connie Hedegaard sets out short and long term measures designed to improve emissions trading scheme securityWed, 23 Feb 2011 17:57:02 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/European_Commission_Moves_To_Beef_Up_Carbon_Trading_Security.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/European_Commission_Moves_To_Beef_Up_Carbon_Trading_Security.kl MIT engineers have designed a new type of nanoparticle that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:49:23 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/MIT_Engineers_Design_New_Nanoparticle_That_Could_Lead_To_Vaccines_For_HIV_Malaria_Other_Diseases.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/MIT_Engineers_Design_New_Nanoparticle_That_Could_Lead_To_Vaccines_For_HIV_Malaria_Other_Diseases.kl In a major scientific breakthrough, a new blood pressure measurement device is set to revolutionise the way patients' blood pressure is measuredTue, 22 Feb 2011 12:08:21 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Groundbreaking_Technology_Will_Revolutionize_Blood_Pressure_Measurement.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Groundbreaking_Technology_Will_Revolutionize_Blood_Pressure_Measurement.kl EADS Innovation Works, the Group’s corporate research arm, is working with university researchers to find a new solid state storage system for hydrogen. This technology would make it possible to use hydrogen as a clean alternative to traditional hydrocarbon-based fuels in aeroplane and car enginesTue, 22 Feb 2011 12:05:26 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Nanotechnology_Could_Pave_The_Way_For_Hydrogen_Fuels.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Nanotechnology_Could_Pave_The_Way_For_Hydrogen_Fuels.kl Europe can revitalise its economy by a massive burst of investment in green technologies aimed at reducing emissions by 30% by 2020 on 1990 levels, according to a major new report promoted by the German Environment MinistryTue, 22 Feb 2011 12:03:56 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/A_New_Green_Economy_Is_Within_EuropeS_Grasp_Report.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/A_New_Green_Economy_Is_Within_EuropeS_Grasp_Report.kl Climate change is already having an effect on the safety of the world's food supplies and unless action is taken it's only going to get worse, a Michigan State University professor told a symposium at this year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceTue, 22 Feb 2011 12:01:40 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Climate_Change_Affecting_Food_Safety.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Climate_Change_Affecting_Food_Safety.kl Government poised to support moving clocks forward an hour all year round in new tourism strategyTue, 22 Feb 2011 11:53:25 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/UK_Ticks_Towards_CarbonSaving_Time.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/UK_Ticks_Towards_CarbonSaving_Time.kl Global green investment drive 'would pay off in terms of jobs, cleaner air and energy use' Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:05:10 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Green_Economy_Needs_Two_Per_Cent_Of_Every_NationS_Income_Says_UN.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Green_Economy_Needs_Two_Per_Cent_Of_Every_NationS_Income_Says_UN.kl New technology has made it possible to examine living cells in a microscope while at the same time collecting information that can be used to create mathematical models of the cells’ behaviour – a new field of research known as ‘systems microscopy’Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:36:05 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/EU_Initiative_In_Research_Into_Living_Cancer_Cells_In_Time_And_Space.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/EU_Initiative_In_Research_Into_Living_Cancer_Cells_In_Time_And_Space.kl As experts increasingly express doubts about the EU's "hesitations" and communications failures, Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger has announced plans for an "energy roadshow".Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:34:00 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Oettinger_Plans_Energy_Roadshow_Amid_Doubts_On_EU_Communication.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Oettinger_Plans_Energy_Roadshow_Amid_Doubts_On_EU_Communication.kl Coating a lattice of tiny wires called Nanonets with iron oxide (rust) creates an economical and efficient platform for the process of water splitting -- an emerging clean fuel method that harvests hydrogen from waterFri, 11 Feb 2011 14:31:45 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Nanonets_Give_Rust_A_Boost_As_Agent_In_Water_SplittingS_Hydrogen_Harvest.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Nanonets_Give_Rust_A_Boost_As_Agent_In_Water_SplittingS_Hydrogen_Harvest.kl Cancer researchers have discovered that a type of regulatory RNA may be effective in fighting ovarian cancerFri, 11 Feb 2011 14:28:50 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Discovery_May_Lead_To_Turning_Back_The_Clock_On_Ovarian_Cancer.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Discovery_May_Lead_To_Turning_Back_The_Clock_On_Ovarian_Cancer.kl The new Feed In Tariff in Britain has produced an increased level of interest in small wind farms.Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:52:34 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/GL_Garrad_Hassan_Launches_Onshore_Wind_Resource_Mapping_For_UK.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/GL_Garrad_Hassan_Launches_Onshore_Wind_Resource_Mapping_For_UK.kl EU leaders agreed to merge and strengthen energy networks at their first ever energy summit on 4 February, giving a boost to the renewable energy industry and helping to curb Europe's growing reliance on fossil fuelsTue, 08 Feb 2011 17:48:43 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Energy_Summit_Grapples_With_Fossil_Fuel_Habit.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Energy_Summit_Grapples_With_Fossil_Fuel_Habit.kl The same properties that make engineered nanoparticles attractive for numerous applications -- small as a virus, biologically and environmentally stabile, and water-soluble -- also cause concern about their long-term impacts on environmental health and safety (EHS)Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:44:36 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/New_Technique_Controls_Sizes_Of_Nanoparticle_Clusters_For_Environmental_Health_And_Safety_Studies.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/New_Technique_Controls_Sizes_Of_Nanoparticle_Clusters_For_Environmental_Health_And_Safety_Studies.kl A new way of splitting layered materials to give atom thin "nanosheets" has been discovered. This has led to a range of novel two-dimensional nanomaterials with chemical and electronic properties that have the potential to enable new electronic and energy storage technologiesMon, 07 Feb 2011 15:59:42 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/New_Nanomaterials_Unlock_New_Electronic_And_Energy_Technologies.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/New_Nanomaterials_Unlock_New_Electronic_And_Energy_Technologies.kl In Spain it is relatively common to come across petrol stations surrounded by houses, particularly in urban areasMon, 07 Feb 2011 15:55:58 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Petrol_Stations_Pollute_Their_Immediate_Surroundings.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Petrol_Stations_Pollute_Their_Immediate_Surroundings.kl Many plants produce toxic chemicals to protect themselves against plant-eating animals, and many flowering plants have evolved flower structures that prevent pollinators such as bees from taking too much pollenMon, 07 Feb 2011 15:49:42 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Secret_Life_Of_Bees_Now_A_Little_Less_Secret.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Secret_Life_Of_Bees_Now_A_Little_Less_Secret.kl Large wind farms are being built around the world as a cleaner way to generate electricity, but operators are still searching for the most efficient way to arrange the massive turbines that turn moving air into powerMon, 07 Feb 2011 15:47:30 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Better_Turbine_Spacing_For_Large_Wind_Farms.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Better_Turbine_Spacing_For_Large_Wind_Farms.kl European Union leaders are holding their first ever energy summit today (4 February) but the policy agenda looks likely to take a backseat to pressing issues such as Egypt and the eurozone debt crisisFri, 04 Feb 2011 10:00:50 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Energy_Summit_Runs_Low_On_Sparks.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Energy_Summit_Runs_Low_On_Sparks.kl A constellation of different stem cell populations within our skin help it to cope with normal wear and tearFri, 04 Feb 2011 09:58:56 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Stem_Cell_Origin_Of_Skin_Cancer_And_The_Genetic_Roots_Of_Malignancy_Unmasked.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Stem_Cell_Origin_Of_Skin_Cancer_And_The_Genetic_Roots_Of_Malignancy_Unmasked.kl Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a biohybrid photoconversion system -- based on the interaction of photosynthetic plant proteins with synthetic polymers -- that can convert visible light into hydrogen fuelFri, 04 Feb 2011 09:57:32 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Tall_Order_SunlightToHydrogen_System_Works_Neutron_Analysis_Confirms.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Tall_Order_SunlightToHydrogen_System_Works_Neutron_Analysis_Confirms.kl A study led by the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) has studied precipitation trends in Spain's 10 hydrological basins over the 1946 to 2005 periodWed, 02 Feb 2011 20:15:19 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Rain_In_Spain_Is_On_The_Decline.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Rain_In_Spain_Is_On_The_Decline.kl Severe injuries from fire result in over 320,000 deaths each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Experts believe that most of these deaths could be avoided with surgery. But surgical intervention becomes complicated when there isn't enough skin left to graft on the most damaged part of the burn victim's bodyWed, 02 Feb 2011 20:11:43 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Fresh_Technology_For_New_Cell_Creation.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Fresh_Technology_For_New_Cell_Creation.kl Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Hong Kong have discovered that high levels of a particular protein in cancer cells are a reliable indicator that a cancer will spreadWed, 02 Feb 2011 20:05:56 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Level_Of_Tumor_Protein_Indicates_Chances_Cancer_Will_Spread.klhttp://www.youris.com/Picked_Up/Level_Of_Tumor_Protein_Indicates_Chances_Cancer_Will_Spread.kl