http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-11T13:53:00-08:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/cVNgtkeoxCg/ Road trains that link vehicles together using wireless sensors could soon be on European roads. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, UK Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, Europe, United Kingdom, England ]]> 2009-11-09T21:47:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/road_trains_get_ready_to_roll/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/5J9nUQztJ24/ The Hubble Space Telescope’s new camera is returning incredibly detailed, stunning images of space. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, Maryland ]]> 2009-11-07T13:17:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hubbles_new_camera_delivers_another_stunner/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/Lk_8B8MBMdI/ Researchers have discovered a magnetic equivalent to electricity: single magnetic charges that can behave and interact like electrical ones. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories ]]> 2009-10-14T20:28:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/magnetic_electricity_discovered/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/z3Nry9DwQpk/ A 2,000-year-old synagogue from the Second Temple period was discovered this month during archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Migdal near the Sea of Galilee. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Archeology, Regions, Middle East, Israel ]]> 2009-10-11T09:48:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/one_of_the_worlds_oldest_synagogues_uncovered_near_the_sea_of_galilee_in_is/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/dfkh1Y1ccIY/ Google has connected a home electricity-monitoring device to its Web-based PowerMeter application, part of Google's strategy to seed the market for home energy tools. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, North America, United States, California ]]> 2009-10-08T19:45:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/google_powermeter_energy_tracker_works_without_smart_meter/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/n_nHYAPMXp8/ esearchers from NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have carried out the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Environment, Water, Science, Technology, Regions, North America, United States, California ]]> 2009-07-17T16:26:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/noaa_developes_first_underwater_detection_system_of_harmful_algae_toxins/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/7C6LnLtpIX4/ The most complete terrain map of the Earth's surface has been published. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Regions, East Asia, Japan ]]> 2009-06-30T16:53:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/most_complete_earth_map_published/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/F-Diz4l1GfE/ Solar power is an exciting source of renewable energy, but has so far mostly been used to power little things like homes, cars and small villages. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, Europe, Germany, Middle East, Jordan ]]> 2009-06-23T09:08:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/solar_collectors_covering_03_percent_of_the_sahara_could_power_all_of_europ/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/E94_cmcQMlE/ The world’s largest solar power tower went into use near Sevilla last week. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, Europe, Spain ]]> 2009-06-16T09:30:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/worlds_largest_solar_tower_switches_on/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/MxMg5-Wnl94/ Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland have developed flexible solar panels that could be installed on roofs like shingles. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, North America, United States, Washington ]]> 2009-06-14T11:44:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/flexible_solar_powered_rooftop_shingles/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/z2ypN7_XZdk/ The world's first floating wind turbine is to be towed out to sea this weekend Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, Europe, Norway ]]> 2009-06-07T00:15:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/floating_wind_turbine_launched/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/HoMSF4KregU/ Sir Richard Branson told Google's Zeitgeist conference Virgin Galactic spaceships will be ready for testing by December 2009 and are on track to be carbon neutral. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, UK Top Stories, Science, Space, Technology, Regions, Europe, United Kingdom, England ]]> 2009-05-30T12:43:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/richard_bransons_virgin_galactic_spaceships_finished_by_december_2009/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/VeaMCSULbd4/ When the world's most powerful laser facility flicks the switch on its first full-scale experiments later this month, a tiny star will be born on Earth. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, North America, United States, California ]]> 2009-05-24T16:01:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/man_made_star_to_unlock_cosmic_secrets/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/Y_UitPkIn54/ Skin from a factory -- this has long been the dream of pharmacologists, chemists and doctors. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Health, Medical Discoveries, Regions, Europe, Germany ]]> 2009-05-20T13:01:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/artificial_skin_manufactured_in_fully_automated_process/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/iF1K4CnXQ44/ Astronauts have completed the most critical repair to the Hubble Space Telescope after a long struggle. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, California ]]> 2009-05-18T16:24:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hubble_gyros_fixed_after_struggle/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/qjN7aRTHY5c/ Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Health, Medical Discoveries, Regions, Europe, United Kingdom, England ]]> 2009-04-09T10:05:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bone_repairing_stem_cell_jab_hope/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/RLYjQS3To0A/ Stem cells that could be used to restore hearing have been successfully created, scientists have said. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Health, Medical Discoveries ]]> 2009-04-03T18:30:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/stem_cell_deafness_cure_closer/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/AFllfV4tHPs/ The US has finished constructing a huge physics experiment aimed at recreating conditions at the heart of our Sun. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, North America, United States, California ]]> 2009-03-31T23:39:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/giant_laser_experiment_powers_up/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/yXLKJRIvodc/ At the Aspen Environment Forum today, MIT professor Dan Nocera gave a revolutionary picture of the new energy economy with an assertion that our homes will be our power plants and our fuel stations, powered by sunlight and water. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Water, Science, Technology, Business, Regions, North America, United States, Colorado, Massachusetts ]]> 2009-03-28T19:17:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/mit_professor_power_your_house_with_5_liters_of_water_per_day/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/LDWPMEP_KBU/ Imagine you could go to Home Depot and for a few hundred dollars purchase an appliance that plugs in like a blender and generates a chunk of the energy your home needs, renewable and emissions-free. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Business, Regions, North America, United States, California, Oregon ]]> 2009-03-22T18:50:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/google_checks_out_the_pc_of_renewable_energy/?source=rss