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Green implants are coming, and paving the way for implantable WiFi devices
2014-12-16 22:53:53| Extremetech
The FDA demands to know exactly how long medical implants will remain in the body, and how they will be removed. A way to avoid these issues entirely is to build implants from biodegradable materials like silk, and biologically safe metals like magnesium. A new device is now under testing that promises to deliver.
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Clinton Green Street and Sewer Construction Update: December 15, 2014
2014-12-16 17:24:31| PortlandOnline
As part of the Tabor to the River Program, Environmental Services continues construction on the Clinton Green Street and Sewer Project. This project will replace 3,800 feet of sewer pipe installed over 100 years ago, construct 24 green street planters and add two blocks of pervious paving. These improvements will protect public health, property and the environment, and reduce the possibility of sewage releases into streets, homes and businesses.
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Electrochemical Society & Toyota announce ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship for projects in green energy technology
2014-12-16 09:55:39| Green Car Congress
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China's Great Green Wall is Holding the Desert Back
2014-12-16 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: China's arid north is slowly being invaded by its own desert, which is the source of growing dust storms and nearly useless land. To fight it, they are planting whole forests - a living wall of hearty trees to keep the desert at bay... and it's working. That's at least according to a study recently published in the journal Land Use Policy, which details how China's "Great Green Wall" has helped shelter the country from dust storms while simultaneously helping to reintroduce vegetation into the...
Beyond Lima: Major Investors Must Fund Global Green Initiatives
2014-12-15 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The United Nations climate talks in Lima, Peru -- the worlds most recent attempt to reach an agreement on how to deal with climate change -- limped to a late close in the small hours of Sunday morning after narrowly avoiding breakdown. After 12 days of meetings and more than 36 continuous hours of last-ditch negotiations, a loose draft emerged that provided for non-binding commitments from each nation to reduce its fossil fuel emissions. But a final deal that satisfies both rich and poor countries,...
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