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1/22/2009 TORONTO, ONT.: An independent study by WEICan of WhalePower's Tubercle Technology, modeled on the aerodynamic properties of the leading edge tubercles on humpback whale flippers, has concluded that the technology is "promising." The WEIcan tests were conducted under the International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC) standard for small wind turbines. Previous...
Gas Prices are Hurting Local Businesses
2009-02-28
MSNBC
updated 9:43 p.m. ET Feb. 27, 2009 YAKIMA, Wash.- Gas prices are up 40 cents from last month and they're expected to keep rising. The average price per gallon in Yakima is $2.12 today. We all have to fill up to get around town, but with the rising prices money is starting to add up. This is how people feel....
Canada Newswire
> TORONTO, Jan. 22 /CNW/ - WhalePower Corporation announces today the end of an independent study by WEICan of WhalePower's Tubercle Technology, modeled on the aerodynamic properties of the leading edge tubercles on Humpback Whale flippers. The WEIcan tests were conducted under the International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC) standard for small wind turbines. Previous...
Case Closed on Corrosion Mystery?
2009-12-03
MSNBC
updated 11:15 p.m. ET Dec. 2, 2009 Posted by Trevor Roy. The cause of the mysterious corrosion in the Duluth-Superior harbor has baffled scientists for more than ten years until now. Dr. Brenda Little a senior scientist with the Navy Research Lab in Mississippi said "The problem is a galvanic corrosion...
Fast Company
Whale Flippers Inspire Efficient Ocean Turbines BY Ariel SchwartzToday Biomimicry has given us everything from electronics displays to Velcro. Now we can thank nature for weaning us off unsustainable energy sources....
The Examiner
Comments DAVIDSON, N.C. (Map, News) - Stephen Curry scooped up a loose ball and drilled a 15-footer early in the second half to become Davidson's all-time leading scorer, and the man whose record he broke was one of the first fans to lead the ensuing standing ovation. Then after Curry had scored 34 points and led the Wildcats to a 99-56 win over undermanned Georgia Southern...
USA Today
Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Jeff Siner, The Charlotte Observer via AP Stephen Curry was all smiles on the bench during Davidson's rout of Georgia Southern as the junior guard set the school's career scoring record in the game. COLLEGE HOOPS ESSENTIALSGame On! Live: Bubble tracker: Coaches' poll: Inside the...
Solon Economou: From whalepower to windpower
2009-03-15
The Providence Journal
SOUTH DENNIS, Mass. FRANK FISH, a biology professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, was looking at the bumps on the leading edge of the pectoral flippers on a humpback-whale sculpture on Cape Cod 20 years ago and wondered why they were there. He knew that there was a reason and that nature is rarely wrong. The question moldered for another 15 years, and then he...
Fat clue to tuberculosis 'found'
2010-03-29
Zeenews
Washington: In a major breakthrough that may pave the way for an effective treatment for tuberculosis, scientists claim to have found a "fat clue" to the progression of the disease. The factors instrumental in triggering latent tuberculosis infection to progress into active disease have long remained elusive to researchers. Now, a team at Cornell University found that the...
Fat clue to tuberculosis found
2010-03-29
Deccan Chronicle
Fat clue to tuberculosis found In a major breakthrough that may pave the way for an effective treatment for tuberculosis, scientists claim to have found a "fat clue" to the progression of the disease. The factors instrumental in triggering latent tuberculosis infection to progress into active disease have long remained elusive to researchers....
