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Doctors Not Telling Pregnant Women to Stop Smoking

While everyone knows that smoking is bad for you and that smoking while pregnant is bad for baby, too, pregnant smokers don’t receive much help from their physicians to quit smoking, and few quit once they enter prenatal care, according to a new study

9 Sep 2008

Portable Light Project Wins Technology Award

A groundbreaking renewable energy project directed by Sheila Kennedy, professor of the practice of architecture at MIT and principal of KVA MATx in Boston, has won an international award for technology that benefits humanity

9 Sep 2008

Television Cooking Shows Teaching Unhealthy Food Safety Habits

A new Texas Tech University study on food safety measures found that some Food Network stars may inadvertently be teaching the wrong lessons during their popular shows.

9 Sep 2008

Smasung Launches Electronics Recycling Program

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today announced SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECT

9 Sep 2008

Daimler and RWE to Open Electric Vehicle Charging Stations for the Smart Electrodrive Electronic Car

This video report presents the new electric version of the Smart minicar, the Smart Electrodrive

9 Sep 2008

Mexico City Smog May Come From Garbage, Not Motor Vehicles

A new report by scientists who are part of the international MILAGRO Campaign indicates that some of the most harmful air pollution in Mexico City may not come from motor vehicles but instead originates with industrial sources – and that the culprit may be garbage incineration

8 Sep 2008

Mediterranean Diet Effective in Preventing Chronic Disease

Scientists of the Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology) of the University of Granada have been doing research into the positive effects of Mediterranean diet's ingredients on health

8 Sep 2008

Earth Animal Found to be Able to Survive the Freezing, High Radiation, Vacuum of Deep Space

New research shows that some animals are able to do away with space suits and can survive exposure to open-space vacuum, cold and radiation

8 Sep 2008

Bonded Joins Allow Aircraft to be Made Lighter, Stronger and More Energy Efficient Using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics

The lighter an aircraft is, the less fuel it consumes. Given the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions, this is a key aspect of materials research. Aircraft manufacturers are therefore pinning their hopes on particularly lightweight construction materials

8 Sep 2008

Electric Vehicle Battery Company to List on the Stockmarket

Earlier this month, lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturer A123Systems sought to capitalize on the interest in electric and hybrid vehicles, filing for an IPO

8 Sep 2008

Fishing For Energy Project Takes Abandoned Fishing Equipment and Turns It Into Electricity

“Fishing for Energy,” an innovative partnership to recycle fishing equipment into energy, has expanded to Newport, Rhode Island

8 Sep 2008

Green Star Alternative Energy To Build Wind Energy Project in Serbia

Green Star Alternative Energy announces the development of a new wind energy project in the Republic of Serbia. The 20 Megawatt (MW) Belo Blato wind farm will be the initial phase of a 300 MW development plan. It will be the country’s first alternative energy project to generate renewable, emission-free power from wind

8 Sep 2008