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pandomilla

Multi-purpose leaves - 0 views

aobblog.com/...multi-purpose-leaves

bio

shared by pandomilla on 17 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • pandomilla on 17 Mar 12
     
    There are few certainties in plant biology. But, surely, leaves are green and designed to engage in photosynthesis. Well, it ain't necessarily so. Underground leaves of Philcoxia trap and digest nematodes...discovering a new carnivorous plant.
LeopoldS

2012/05/18 > BE Inde 49 > Areva construit dans le Rajasthan la plus grande ce... - 1 views

www.bulletins-electroniques.com/...70061.htm

NRG energy renewable solar

shared by LeopoldS on 25 May 12 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 25 May 12
     
    Areva, yes, the nuclear world leader is building one of the largest solar thermal plant .... in India
Nicholas Lan

Google Seeks To Plant Antenna Farm in Iowa » Data Center Knowledge - 0 views

www.datacenterknowledge.com/...-to-plant-antenna-farm-in-iowa

space telecommunications

shared by Nicholas Lan on 22 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Nicholas Lan on 22 Feb 12
     
    Google subsidiary Google Fiber, Inc. is seeking permission to place satellite antennas on land near its data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The antennas could be used to receive content feeds from broadcast networks that could be bundled with a high-speed fiber service.
  • Nicholas Lan on 22 Feb 12
     
    an oddly similar story http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/20/apple-is-solar-friendly/ apple to build largest solar array in US
Tom Gheysens

Computing with silicon neurons: Scientists use artificial nerve cells to classify diffe... - 1 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...140128094539.htm

BIO science technology

shared by Tom Gheysens on 29 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Tom Gheysens on 29 Jan 14
     
    Scientists in Germany are using artificial nerve cells to classify different types of data. These silicon 'neurons' could recognize handwritten numbers, or distinguish plant species based on their flowers.
Athanasia Nikolaou

Nanoparticles Augment Plant Functions - 0 views

www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/39440/title/Next-Generation--Nanoparticles-Augment-Plant-Functions/

BIO nano technology

shared by Athanasia Nikolaou on 17 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Athanasia Nikolaou on 17 Mar 14
     
    "What's new: Choi said that although some researchers have used natural photosynthetic units to enhance the light-harvesting abilities of nanomaterials, this is the first time anyone has used nanomaterials to enhance the function of photosynthetic units."
Beniamino Abis

Fresh Food in Space - 0 views

modernfarmer.com/...starship-salad-bar

bio space food

shared by Beniamino Abis on 13 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Beniamino Abis on 13 Sep 13
     
    This December, NASA plans to launch a set of packs, filled with a material akin to kitty litter, functioning as planters for six romaine lettuce plants. The lettuce will be grown under bright-pink LED lights, ready to harvest after just 28 days. Once harvested, it will be frozen and stored away for testing back on Earth. No one is allowed to eat anything before the plants are thoroughly vetted for cosmic microbes.
Nicholas Lan

Plants employed as sensing devices - 1 views

pleased-fp7.eu

bioengineering

shared by Nicholas Lan on 05 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Nicholas Lan on 05 Dec 13
     
    fp7 project employing plants as part of a sensing network
Thijs Versloot

MIT's concept for a floating nuclear plant - 0 views

www.engadget.com/...ear-plant-claims-to-be-tsunami

technology NRG

shared by Thijs Versloot on 17 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Paul N on 17 Apr 14
     
    They don't say how they're planning to bring the power back to the mainland.
johannessimon81

World's largest OTEC power plant planned for China - 1 views

www.gizmag.com/...27164

technology NRG

shared by johannessimon81 on 19 Jun 13 - No Cached
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  • johannessimon81 on 19 Jun 13
     
    I wonder how much energy you can extract from the ocean in a responsible way... Mixing up different thermal layers would probably a quite an influence on ecology.
  • Isabelle Dicaire on 20 Jun 13
     
    The last available assessment report on the ecological impact seems to date from 1981 which would need to be brought up to current standards. On the other hand, this system could have a positive influence on fish population as deep cold water brings nutrients to the surface. The cold water could also be used to lower sea surface temperatures and affect hurricane genesis!
Tobias Seidl

Leaves Show Looped Networks May Be Better Than Branched | Wired Science | Wired.com - 1 views

www.wired.com/...looped-leaf-networks

BIO branched looped

shared by Tobias Seidl on 08 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Tobias Seidl on 08 Feb 10
     
    Plant stuff and network design.
LeopoldS

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as support systems for seedling establishment in grassland... - 0 views

www3.interscience.wiley.com/...abstract

BIO

shared by LeopoldS on 24 Dec 09 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 24 Dec 09
     
    we discussed this once - think with Tobias ... these very complex fungi in soils and their interaction with plants .... nice paper
  • Ma Ru on 25 Dec 09
     
    Fungi rule!!!
LeopoldS

Solar Plant in Space Gets Go-Ahead - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com - 2 views

greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/...r-plant-in-space-gets-go-ahead

SPS NRG solar power

shared by LeopoldS on 06 Dec 09 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 06 Dec 09
     
    here we go - a quite significant step in getting SPS off the ground !!
Tobias Seidl

Rules for Biologically Inspired Adaptive Network Design -- Tero et al. 327 (5964): 439 ... - 4 views

www.sciencemag.org/...439

BIO AI robot navigation paper

shared by Tobias Seidl on 22 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Tobias Seidl on 22 Jan 10
     
    Navigation for robtos. That's how we should have done the hybrid controller study.
  • ...3 more comments...
  • LeopoldS on 23 Jan 10
     
    and why didnt we?
  • Tobias Seidl on 25 Jan 10
     
    Because I have no clue about fungi. They are no animals. (Neither they are plants, of which I also don't have a clue.)
  • LeopoldS on 25 Jan 10
     
    so what are they then? ... and don't tell me "fungi" now ..
  • Tobias Seidl on 25 Jan 10
     
    Well, it has always been a long discussion. Fungi are according to the most recent findings definitely no plants. Since they have always been in botanic textbooks, I would assume that they were never considered animals.No fauna, no flora, no stones. Maybe they are extraterrestrials. But that wouldn't solve the questions. Maybe they are just "fungi"?
  • LeopoldS on 25 Jan 10
     
    what about then: "can we use them for space?"
LeopoldS

Hebei county to establish world's largest solar power program - China.org.cn - 2 views

www.china.org.cn/...content_19857090.htm

solar power renewable energy NRG SPS

shared by LeopoldS on 07 May 10 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 07 May 10
     
    200 MW solar power plant in China ... wow, an important step ahead
Francesco Biscani

Chernobyl fallout could drive evolution of 'space plants' - environment - 15 May 2009 -... - 0 views

www.newscientist.com/...evolution-of-space-plants.html

bio evolution

shared by Francesco Biscani on 15 May 09 - Cached
  • Francesco Biscani on 15 May 09
     
    Is this possibly relevant to tissue regeneration?
  • LeopoldS on 16 May 09
     
    nice findings indeed ... this is one of the topics of research that I was contemplating to engage in after my PhD ...
Francesco Biscani

Byte Size Biology » From predator to plant in one gulp - 0 views

bytesizebio.net/...-predator-to-plant-in-one-gulp

bio

shared by Francesco Biscani on 05 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Francesco Biscani on 05 Jul 09
     
    An amazingly strange example of symbiosis.
Nina Nadine Ridder

Microalgae As A Source Of Alternative Energy - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090701150849.htm

alternative energy sources

shared by Nina Nadine Ridder on 02 Jul 09 - Cached
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  • pacome delva on 07 Jul 09
     
    That's very interesting. The algae can be used as an absorber of CO2. The problem is that in order to be efficient it has to cover a wide surface and needs water. Would it be possible to grow algaes in the clouds...? Do you know some plants that are capable of floating in the air ?
  • Tobias Seidl on 12 Jul 09
     
    Yes. There are some epiphytic plants who do not have roots and remove CO2 and H2O from air. Oisin is doing some calculations on it.
ESA ACT

Karl Blossfeldt Archiv - 0 views

www.karl-blossfeldt-archiv.de

BIO photograpgy botany art

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    The work of a german photographer on forms in plant. Inspiring but not scientific.
ESA ACT

Mexican forest tests chance for life on Mars - 0 views

www.canada.com/...story.html

BIO mars botany

shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - No Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Planting real trees on Mars.
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