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- The Drinkable Book is Made From Filter Paper that Cleans and Purifies Water for up to Four Years Wed, 7 May 14, 11:40pmEach of the pages within the book is coated with silver nanoparticles that actively target diseases such as cholera, typhoid and E.coli. Water that passes through the filter is comparable to tap water in the United States,...
- The big green machine: McAuliffe, Mann, and Megadollars Fri, 8 Nov 13, 4:30amFrom the irascible Joe Romm at Climate Progress: But how did this happen? Follow the money. The Daily Caller has this story: Big ‘green’ dollars propel McAuliffe to victory Environmental activists poured millions of dollars...
- Mann and Lewandowsky go psychotic on climate skeptics Sat, 2 Nov 13, 4:38amFrom the tiny dog whistle violin department. Dr. Michael Mann and Dr. Stephan Lewandowsky have a new paper out that redefines the term “climate ugliness”. Apparently FOIA requests are “harassment”....
- ATI Files Suit to Compel the University of Arizona to Produce Records Related to So-Called “Hockey Stick” Global Warming Research Tue, 10 Sep 13, 2:27pmFor Immediate Release – September 10, 2013 On Friday, September 6th, the American Tradition Institute (ATI), a non-profit public policy organization, along with counsel from the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic (FMELC),...
- ecoMOD South Affordable Homes Will Analyze Passive House Construction Standards Sat, 7 Sep 13, 5:00amThe ecoMOD South project is the next generation in a long line of modular houses designed by the University of Virginia team. The two homes look exactly the same on the exterior and have the same floor plan, but the homes...
- Irony Hypocrisy on steroids–UVa plugs new “Open Science Center” while simultaneously keeping Michael Mann’s science notes away from the public Wed, 6 Mar 13, 2:39amReaders may recall that UVa has spent north of a half million dollars to fight Freedom of Information requests surrounding Dr. Mann and the infamous hockey stick science. News Release University Communications/Media Relations...
- PureMadi Uses Ceramics and Nanoparticle Technology to Purify Water in Developing Nations Tue, 12 Feb 13, 2:11amIn developing nations, access to clean water is a major humanitarian issue, so much so that numerous non-profits and foundations are dedicated specifically to the mission to provide access to basic sanitation...
- Duplicate science: ‘funding agencies may have awarded millions and possibly billions of dollars to scientists’ for duplicate studies Thu, 31 Jan 13, 5:52amFrom the: …comes this press release that makes me wonder why the University of Virginia spent close to a half million dollars trying to keep Dr. Michael Mann’s emails out of an FOIA request and lawsuit by the...
- Grace: The Robotic Fish That Can Detect Water Pollution Fri, 18 Jan 13, 6:00amWhen it comes to swimming through the water with efficiency and ease, gliding is the best way to get around. A team of engineers led by Xiaobo Tan from Michigan State University have refined their “Gliding Robot ACE”...
- Michael Mann – never fully investigated, thus never exonerated Wed, 24 Oct 12, 10:56amGuest post by Christopher Horner Michael Mann has made what will, I expect, prove to be his greatest misjudgment yet. He has filed suit against the Competitive Enterprise Institute (with which I am affiliated), a CEI adjunct,...
- Engineering Students Successfully Build and Test Fly a 3D-Printed Airplane Wed, 24 Oct 12, 3:47amLast spring, two University of Virginia engineering students posted a YouTube video demonstrating their model of a 3D-printed plastic turbofan plane engine...
- Got a warming wound? Rub a salt marsh in it. Thu, 27 Sep 12, 7:29amFrom the University of Virginia, comes yet another incomplete press release that doesn’t give the name of the paper or the DOI: Salt marsh carbon may play role in slowing climate warming, study shows A warming climate...
- Statement/Update on ATI v. UVa/Mann Wed, 19 Sep 12, 2:57amFrom The American Tradition Institute – September 18th, 2012 Yesterday the American Tradition Institute (ATI) participated in more than four hours of oral argument in the Prince William County Circuit Court, in its...
- ATI and the Mann case update Tue, 18 Sep 12, 5:20pmWhile I was a bit busy with other things (my PBS interview generated quite a lot of interest as well as hate mail) there was other news. Most notable was the ruling against ATI’s FOIA case with the University of …...
- Mantabot: University of Virginia Engineers Build a Robot that Looks and Swims Like a Ray Fri, 3 Aug 12, 4:00amThere are few more graceful swimmers in the ocean than the ray - ”batiod” rays, such as mantas and stingrays, are quick, agile, and energy-efficient. Engineers are using these fascinating creatures as inspiration...