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Nano, Bio and Clean Technologies Conference Agendas Published

TechConnect World, in association with the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), today announced that more than 2,700 presentations will be featured in the Clean Technology '09, Nanotech '09 and TechConnect Summit event

27 Feb 2009

New TightDrive Motor-Mounted Speed Control From Bison Gear Conserves Energy

Bison Gear's new TightDrive speed control for permanent magnet DC (PMDC) motors was designed for applications that require a convenient location for the control ... on the motor

27 Feb 2009

Canon Recycles Old Photocopiers into New Calculators

As part of its commitment to the environment, Canon Australia has launched a new range of "green" calculators that have been manufactured using recycled materials from end-of-life Canon photocopiers

27 Feb 2009

Environmentally Friendly Lightning Sports Car to Set Fire to Motor Show in Geneva

Lightning is expected to strike at the 79th International Motor Show in Geneva - but only figuratively speaking. LAMPO lightning is the name of the environmentally friendly sports car prototype that is certain to attract a lot of attention at the famous automobile trade fair

27 Feb 2009

DuPont Imagines a Futre Where All Packaging is Recycled or Recovered

Innovation can eliminate packaging waste and enable a future where all packaging is recycled or its value is recovered

27 Feb 2009

Abrupt Temperature Changes In the Last Ice Age Were Global

Very large and abrupt changes in temperature recorded over Greenland and across the North Atlantic during the last Ice Age were actually global in extent, according to an international team of researchers led by Cardiff University

26 Feb 2009

Polar Research Shows New Evidence of Global Environmental Change

It now appears clear that the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass contributing to sea level rise. Warming in the Antarctic is much more widespread than it was thought prior to the IPY, and it now appears that the rate of ice loss from Greenland is increasing

25 Feb 2009

Handheld Gas Detectors Find Gas Leaks Fast

For individuals responsible for finding gas leaks in structures such as plants, factories, office buildings, and homes, or leaks in equipment that store or use gas, Extech gas leak detectors may be one of the most important tools available

25 Feb 2009

Tillage Practices Doesn't Always Influence Soil Carbon Storage

Recent research conducted at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada studied the impacts of tillage and nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on carbon storage, revealing that the effect of no-till on carbon sequestration can be variable depending on soil and climatic conditions, and nutrient management practices

25 Feb 2009