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This genetically engineered living robot moves with rat heart cells
2016-07-11 17:00:36| Extremetech
A robot stingray powered by living muscles isn't just an achievement in stingray biology and genetic engineering -- it could be a tool for heart research as well.
An Indigenous Environmental Activist Is Building a Solar Network in the Heart of Canadas Tar Sands
2016-06-19 18:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Last summer, in a remote Alberta First Nation surrounded by pipelines and increasingly plagued with oil spills and forest fires, workers wearing reflective vests attached 80 giant solar panels to 20-foot poles. Overseeing the operation and coordinating its documentation with a film crew was Greenpeace campaigner Melina Laboucan-Massimo. "It's a big system," the 34-year-old Cree Lubicon woman told VICE from the job site last August. "It will probably be one of the biggest solar installations in...
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06.13.12 -- Air Pollution Linked To Chronic Heart Disease
2016-06-13 17:37:22| pollutiononline Home Page
06/13/12 Pollution Online Newsletter
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Pact Puts EIB at the Heart of EU Sustainability
2016-05-31 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Pact of Amsterdam has been signed by ministers from across Europe. The Pact of Amsterdam means the European Investment Bank (EIB) will be at the centre of local and regional communities, working with governments to build a more sustainable future. It also sets out the Urban Agenda for Europe. The Urban Agenda directs EU institutions to work for better funding, regulation, and knowledge-sharing for local and regional governments. Currently, 70% of Europeans live in urban area and that figure...
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People Living in Areas with More Outdoor Pollution More Likely to Develop Heart Disease
2016-05-26 10:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Air pollution monitors were deployed in more than 1,500 locations within the six different metro areas. In addition to air pollution data from state and local air agencies, these MESA Air monitors collected and measured variable levels of PM2.5, oxides of nitrogen, and black carbon, among other pollutants over two-week periods between 2005-2009. A new 10-year epidemiological study of over 6,000 people from six U.S. states reveals that air pollution, even below regulatory standard levels, can hasten...
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