http://www.youris.comyouris.com Models integrating air quality and climate change data will help reaching compliance with new emission targetsMon, 14 May 2012 15:08:36 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Latest_News/Juggling_With_Air_Pollutant_Data.klhttp://www.youris.com/Latest_News/Juggling_With_Air_Pollutant_Data.kl An international team of astronomers has confirmed the existence of a planet that could have perfect conditions for life, outside our solar system.Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:41:04 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Space/EarthLike_Planet_Discovery.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Space/EarthLike_Planet_Discovery.kl An international team of astronomers has discovered a planet beyond our solar system which could have perfect conditions for life.Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:10:40 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Space/Second_Earth_Discovery.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Space/Second_Earth_Discovery.kl A new dashboard made of flexible plastic and oxide layer could in the future be integrated into the car front window to give the driver direct information.Thu, 10 May 2012 11:21:17 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Electronics/A_New_Flexible_And_Transparent_Dashboard.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Electronics/A_New_Flexible_And_Transparent_Dashboard.kl The eyes of nocturnal insects give researchers new ideas for anti-glare coatings.Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:32:46 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Environment/Beauty_Is_In_The_MothS_Eyes.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Environment/Beauty_Is_In_The_MothS_Eyes.kl A new device based on superconducting nano-materials helps to detect single photons with higher efficiency.Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:58:40 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Interviews/Sander_Dorenbos_Seeing_The_Almost_Invisible_With_NanoWires_Quality.klhttp://www.youris.com/Interviews/Sander_Dorenbos_Seeing_The_Almost_Invisible_With_NanoWires_Quality.kl Giving energy consumer feedback on similar users’ consumption helps them gain sustained control over their own energy use. This novel energy management approach combines intelligent monitoring of energy use with personalised advice and information sharing within user groups.Mon, 07 May 2012 13:08:47 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Ecobuildings/Peer_Pressure_Helps_Cut_Households_Energy_Use.klhttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Ecobuildings/Peer_Pressure_Helps_Cut_Households_Energy_Use.kl Biological treatment plus ozone can reduce the amount of sludge coming from wastewater treatment plants by a factor of ten.Thu, 03 May 2012 11:29:27 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Bioalchemy_Turning_Sludge_Into_Clear_Water.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Bioalchemy_Turning_Sludge_Into_Clear_Water.kl Traditional crop varieties of indigenous people could prove even more important than modern agriculture in adapting agriculture to climate changes.Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:48:41 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Desertification/Adapting_Farmers_Traditional_Knowledge_To_Climate_Change.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Desertification/Adapting_Farmers_Traditional_Knowledge_To_Climate_Change.kl How three young entrepreneurs have transformed a brilliant invention into a commercial product.Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:54:51 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Interviews/Floor_Van_De_Pavert_Seeing_The_Almost_Invisible_With_NanoWires_Quality__Part_2.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Interviews/Floor_Van_De_Pavert_Seeing_The_Almost_Invisible_With_NanoWires_Quality__Part_2.kl Scientists are looking for new ways to transform complex and organized structures already existing in nature to rebuild bones out of woodMon, 22 Aug 2011 13:30:51 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/Wooden_Bones.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/Wooden_Bones.kl Solar cells that are more effective and cost less in production: European researchers developed nano-tuned surfaces to gain both.Wed, 18 May 2011 09:56:40 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/NanoTuned_Solar_Cells.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/NanoTuned_Solar_Cells.kl An international team of European experts is looking to improve the energy efficiency of historic buildings. Window refurbishments stand out as a viable approach to dramatically reduce energy loss.Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:30:31 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Ecobuildings/EnergyEfficient_Windows_For_Historic_Buildings.klhttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Ecobuildings/EnergyEfficient_Windows_For_Historic_Buildings.klDuring this year’s neonicotinoid-free maize sowing in Italy hardly a bee colony has been lost, bar a suspicious case where some leftover seed from last year may have been used. (Jun '09)Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:17:49 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Bees_restored_to_health_in_Italy_after_this_springs_neonicotinoidfree_maize_sowing.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/Bees_restored_to_health_in_Italy_after_this_springs_neonicotinoidfree_maize_sowing.kl To make solar cells a competitive alternative to other renewable energy sources, researchers are investigating different alternatives. A step in the right direction is through new processes that change the surfaces of silicon solar cells. By creating different nanostructures on the surfaces, the energy harvesting properties of solar cells can be improvedFri, 20 May 2011 10:19:35 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Energy/Nanostructures_Improve_Solar_Cell_Efficiency.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Energy/Nanostructures_Improve_Solar_Cell_Efficiency.kl The price of oil is going through the roof. There is concern about the protection of the environment and public health. These factors mean that we should look to renewable energy sources, which we already have at our disposal. (Feb. '03)Sat, 15 Feb 2003 15:57:09 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Solar_Energy/Harnessing_Solar_Energy.klhttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Solar_Energy/Harnessing_Solar_Energy.kl Punctuality, comfortable travelling, efficient exchange of vehicles. It sounds like a dream, but for Umberto Guida it’s a vision. Guida works for the international Association of Public Transport and coordinates the research project EBSF, European Bus System of the Future, which aims to improve bus services in seven different European citiesMon, 17 Jan 2011 10:39:25 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Mobility/GREENTRANSPORTTV/Bus_Of_The_Future.klhttp://www.youris.com/Mobility/GREENTRANSPORTTV/Bus_Of_The_Future.klA new prosthetic hand developed at the University of Lund, Sweden, gives hope to amputees to regain hand mobility and touch feeling. (Sep. '09) Tue, 18 May 2010 20:46:20 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/The_Magic_Touch.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/The_Magic_Touch.kl Repairing a defective ear or even an eye is no longer science fiction. Nano-technology can help to make medical history.Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:39:10 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/Regenerating_The_Ear_And_The_Eye.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/Regenerating_The_Ear_And_The_Eye.kl Researchers are investigating how to make diesel-powered trains more eco-friendly. One way is to implement a hybrid energy storage system that both could lower fuel consumption up to 13 percent and reduce harmful idling emissions.Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:21:01 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Mobility/EcoVehicles/Hybrid_Energy_Storage_In_Trains_Could_Decrease_Fuel_Consumption.klhttp://www.youris.com/Mobility/EcoVehicles/Hybrid_Energy_Storage_In_Trains_Could_Decrease_Fuel_Consumption.kl Scientists of the Technical University of Denmark have developed a new filter to obtain ultra pure water which consists only of H2O molecules. All minerals, carbon compounds or gas molecules are filtered out by this special membrane by CORINNA LÜCKE (Sep. '10)Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:19:30 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/Nano_Filtered_Water.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/Nano_Filtered_Water.kl Born at the corner of via Cento Stelle (hundred stars) in Florence, Margherita Hack was the first woman to lead an astronomical observatory in Italy. She is the most known Italian astrophysicist.Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:52:06 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Interviews/Prof_Margherita_Hack_Women_Referents_Are_Still_Less_Than_Men_But_It_Also_Depends_On_Women_To_Pretend_Visibility.klhttp://www.youris.com/Interviews/Prof_Margherita_Hack_Women_Referents_Are_Still_Less_Than_Men_But_It_Also_Depends_On_Women_To_Pretend_Visibility.kl An ingenious trick improves the efficiency of direct methanol fuel cells. Will they become an alternative to traditional batteries and power units?Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:10:24 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Interviews/Clare_Arkwright_Fuelling_Hopes_For_Unplugged_Power_Supplies.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Interviews/Clare_Arkwright_Fuelling_Hopes_For_Unplugged_Power_Supplies.kl A new material is tested to cut the weight of ships by 30 percent. For an average sized freight vessel with a capacity of 7000 m³ this corresponds to a weight reduction of more than 1000 tons. Researchers from Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology in Chemnitz, Germany, have experimented with an aluminum powder that foams when heated upFri, 21 Jan 2011 11:31:37 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Mobility/Marine_transport/A_New_Material_To_Cut_Weight_Of_Ships_By_30_Percent_And_Save_On_Fuel_Consumption_And_CO2_Emissions.klhttp://www.youris.com/Mobility/Marine_transport/A_New_Material_To_Cut_Weight_Of_Ships_By_30_Percent_And_Save_On_Fuel_Consumption_And_CO2_Emissions.kl In Spain, the building sector generates over 33% of conventional energy consumption. Reducing it is a need shared with the European Union.Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:21:28 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Ecobuildings/Saving_80_To_90__Of_Conventional_Energy_In_Office_Buildings.klhttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Ecobuildings/Saving_80_To_90__Of_Conventional_Energy_In_Office_Buildings.klScientists achieved an alarming result: pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands are declining in parallel, while the number wild bees dramatically increases. (Dec. '07)Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:53:45 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/No_Bees_No_Fruits.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Bees/No_Bees_No_Fruits.kl Nano particles from a fungus could lead to new eco friendly dyes claim scientists from the Catholic University of Louvain.Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:34:27 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Environment/Nano_Eco_Dye.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/Environment/Nano_Eco_Dye.klMaria José Roxo, Geographer, Department of Geography and Regional Planning – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, points out the negative effects of an agricultural drama by REBECCA PARSONS (Jun. '10)Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:25:21 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Interviews/Maria_Jose_Roxo_Misuse_Of_Natural_Resources_Can_Cause_Desertification_In_Portugal.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Interviews/Maria_Jose_Roxo_Misuse_Of_Natural_Resources_Can_Cause_Desertification_In_Portugal.kl Research teams are trying different approaches within the nanotechnological field to improve water membrane technologies. One of these is to improve water purification by using nature’s own water-transporting channels, aquaporins. However, constructing suitable membranes for industrial processes is a challengeFri, 13 May 2011 09:23:56 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Nanotechnological_Innovations_Can_Improve_Water_Purification.klhttp://www.youris.com/Environment/Water_Quality/Nanotechnological_Innovations_Can_Improve_Water_Purification.kl Scientists are turning one of the most powerful microscopes on earth into an engineering laboratory. A Scanning Electron Microscope allows you to examine the surfaces of probes to almost an atomic layerMon, 08 Aug 2011 11:16:39 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/The_Nano_Laboratory_LetS_Take_Some_Atoms_Off_That_Probe.klhttp://www.youris.com/Nano/NANOTV/The_Nano_Laboratory_LetS_Take_Some_Atoms_Off_That_Probe.kl Franz Freundorfer applies his knowledge to the development of energy-efficient windows for heritage buildingsThu, 26 Apr 2012 12:43:55 GMThttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Interviews/A_Window_Through_Time.klhttp://www.youris.com/Energy/Interviews/A_Window_Through_Time.kl