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  Saving Haiti's Forests One Briquette at a Time

  By David Bois | Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:28 PM ET

  and bringing, albeit slowly, an increasing sense of hope and stability to their community. Facility president Patrick Massenat is quoted by Scientific American as stating that "we helped to create the conditions that made it possible for [UN peacekeepers] to come and protect us." Phot Read More

  More like this in: Recycling, Poverty, Haiti, Deforestation, Science, Americas, Good Ideas, Employment, Environment, Activism, Development
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  Taking the Bite Out of the Bedbug, But Safely

  By David Bois | Sat Nov 7, 2009 2:29 PM ET

  have been determined to be as effective, and sometimes more effective, at removing pests or preventing them from coming in in the first place.Scientific American reports that such alternative pest control methods that fall within integrated pest management techniques can be top performers Read More

  More like this in: New York City, Housing, Columbia University, Hygiene, 30 Rock, Science, Regional/Local, Politics & Policy, Environment, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Breezy Solution to China's Pollution

  By David Bois | Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:57 PM ET

  China could meet most and possibly all of its electricity needs by 2030. The Science article is discussed at length in articles at LiveScience and Scientific American, both underscoring that whereas China derives only a fraction of 1 percent of its energy from wind, their wind energy sector ha Read More

  More like this in: Energy, Science, China, NASA, Wind Power, Wind Energy, Live Science
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  Riding the Rails to the Future

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:57 PM ET

  a slow, steady, reliable train making its way forward, and with any luck, the train of the future will arrive on time.Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Energy, Prius, Colorado, Biofuel, Fuel Efficiency, Chevy Volt
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  A Discovery to Dye For

  By David Bois | Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:27 PM ET

  required to make and apply natural dyes to objects existed nearly 1,000 years earlier than what was previously thought to be the case. Writing at Scientific American, Katherine Harmon details the refinement of antiquities analysis that has progressed, thankfully, beyond the need to physicall Read More

  More like this in: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Egypt, National Academy of Sciences, Katherine Harmon, Technology, Science, Cutting-edge, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  Brains! Brains! Smart People Discover Zombie Ants

  By David Bois | Mon Aug 3, 2009 12:00 PM ET

  another day at the office in Thailand for the C. leonardi ant (albeit one that ends with an ultimate pink slip).As reported by Katherine Harmon in Scientific American, infected ants clamber down from their habitat and commit mandibular harakiri with a full clench death grip on the stem of Read More

  More like this in: Thailand, Zombie, Fungus, Katherine Harmon, Science, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
• Using the Hard Cell Approach to Advance Biofuels

  By David Bois | Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:58 PM ET

  way to solve an energy problem.However, new developments underway in biofuels technology are explored as the cover story in the July issue of Scientific American magazine just now hitting the news stands.Ethanol production has largely been derived from corn, in which the necessary sugar Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Global Warming, Biofuel, Ethanol, Technology, Science, Green Tech, Energy, Innovation & Discovery
• Musical Cares

  By David Bois | Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:45 PM ET

  feel better. (Cue the tympani and the trumpet section!) In a study published in the American Heart Association's Journal Circulation and featured in Scientific American, distinct physiological responses in the circulatory system are observed and described in test subjects monitored while listenin Read More

  More like this in: American Heart Association (AHA), Music, Italy, Science, Entertainment, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Music
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  Safeguard your identity...or else

  By Dan Estabrook | Tue Sep 9, 2008 10:46 AM ET

  by minute.  As I look at my friends' profiles, birthdates, addresses, children's names, car license plate numbers all show up in text or photos. Scientific American ran an interesting article yesterday where the author, Herbert Thompson, asked some of his friends for permission to break int Read More

  More like this in: American Express, Facebook, MySpace, Security, Identity Theft, Business, Technology, Science