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Israeli Water Racism Against Palestinians

Marco Villa — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:12:50 +0000

Given the asymmetry in power between the U.S.-backed Israel and the stateless Palestinians, it is not surprising that when one analyzes the water situation in the Holy Land it is evident that Israel dominates the regulation of water. Israel has...

Eco Tech: Curapipe develops little pigs to fix leaks in water pipes

Anupam — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:17:05 +0000

Eco Factor: Spongy devices detect leaks in water pipes and fix them. The World Bank estimates that on an average about 88 billion liters of water is lost through urban pipes each day due to hairline cracks in water pipes, in both rich...

Eco Gadgets: Thermodynamic Cooler runs on water, not electricity

Anupam — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:25:36 +0000

Eco Factor: Ecofriendly cooler destroys micro-organisms and saves energy. Designed by Rochus Jacob, the Thermodynamic Concept cooler is perfect for high-tech kitchens of the emerging world, which need the aid of technology without consuming...

Eco Gadgets: Rewave portable water desalinating device runs on wave energy

Anupam — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:19:24 +0000

Eco Factor: Portable water desalinating device harness wave energy for power. For all those who love to spend their weekends on salty waters, here’s a precious addition to your gear. The Rewave water desalinating device by Yu-Hong Chen helps...

Eco Tech: Oakville-based winery converts winery wastewater into hydrogen

Anupam — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:05:52 +0000

Eco Factor: Renewable hydrogen made from winery wastewater. Hydrogen has proved its worth in the field of green fuels, but global adoption still seems a far-fetched dream considering the amount of energy and resources required to...

Eco Tech: Hydro Engineering’s Instant Car Wash system conserves water

Anupam — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:19:56 +0000

Eco Factor: Car wash system recycles water. Utah-based Hydro Engineering has already got a name for itself by developing “green” water systems that save water from flowing down the drain when it can easily be recycled and reused. The...

Continuing evolution: Brazil fish wonder

Fckl Fckl — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:59:11 +0000

As understood, mutations take place round a globe indiscriminately. Just weeks ago news from Siberia of local mutants appeared (M. Kerjman, Mutant Fish Evolution Modern Case), scientists from the north-eastern Brazilian state of Bahia had caught a...

Lisa Ray diagnosed with incurable cancer

Vikash Ranjan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:15:24 +0000

Bollywood actress Lisa Ray has unveiled in her blog “The Yellow Diaries” a terrible hard truth which she has been facing over a couple of months that she is suffering from Multiple Myeloma, a rare cancer of the plasma cells, which...

Eco Tech: Chinese researchers remove dyes from wastewater for coloring plastic

Anupam — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:18:46 +0000

Eco Factor: New process to remove cancer-causing dyes from wastewater and reuse it to color plastics and rubber. Azo dyes, a commonly used dye to color fabrics can cause cancer if released into the environment with wastewater. While...

Harnessing Water Resources In India

Surendra — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:06:52 +0000

If we carefully analyze the report appearing some time back in American news media based on recent satellite mapping that every year water level is receding by one ft. per arum. This is basically due to our over dependence on surface and as well...