Eco-Technology

New Canadian Wind Farm gets completed

Renewable Energy Systems Canada have completed their second Canadian wind energy project, The Greenwich Wind Energy Project, on the northern shore of Lake Superior in Ontario.The completed wind farm will provide approximately 300,000 megawatt-hours of energy, which equates to the annual consumption of 33,000 households in the region. A project in a limited parthership that is jointly owned by Enbr ....

Early disease diagnosis linked to Canadian innovator

U of T chemistry professor Scott Tanner has invented a cell-analyzing machine that could transform the way we diagnose and treat serious diseases such as cancer. Using a new technology called mass cytometry, the CyTOF machine can offer a far more detailed picture than ever before of how cells become diseased and how they respond to various drugs. “We’re going to see therapies derived from this ....

Fisker shows-off Electric Hybrid Luxury Car

The term Ecological Gardening seems to be gaining popularity. But what is it? My experience with Ecological Gardening started many years ago. You se ....

Online store offers eco-friendly products

There are more and more people seeking eco friendly products for their home, whether they own their own home or even rent from some one else. There ....

Failing science literacy

I’ve been a scientist most of my life, having enjoyed the best job in the world: Senior dinosaur curator at the Royal Ontario Museum, and professo ....

Upending Physics: Spectacular aspects of Neutrinos and the Speed of Light

A neutrino beam from a CERN lab in Geneva, Switzerland to the 454 miles remote INFN Gran Sasso lab in Italy seemed to travel 0.0025 percent faster t ....

Ecological Gardening: What is it?

The term Ecological Gardening seems to be gaining popularity. But what is it? My experience with Ecological Gardening started many years ago. You see, I have always been a fence sitter. As a teenager I could never make my mind up whether I wanted to be a horticulturist or an environmental scientist. And sometimes I'm still a little unsure! Fortunately, I have been able to gain qualifications in ....

Japan's Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster

This Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster is still on going and as one of the “Japanese Irregulars” that have been following this since 3/11 and blogging on HuffingtonPost about it, I’d like to share what I've learned: 1. That not only is this multi-reactor meltdown still spewing radioactivity into the air and Pacific Ocean off the reactor complex but the current estimates are that any resolution ....

Canadian Federal funding now available for industrial retrofits

NC — Small to medium-size industrial facilities looking for ways to cut costs and increase productivity can apply to Natural Resources Canada for ....

Canadians can now further save on home energy bills

NC — Conserving energy in the home during the winter months makes financial sense for homeowners who see their energy bills skyrocket as the weath ....

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