Archive of: Science

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Kenai man donates stem cells, saves life June Issue 3 2013

Kenai man donates stem cells, saves life

KENAI — Every time he was asked “are you sure you want to move to the next step?” Chris DesOrmeaux’s answer was always “yes.”

Kaylee Osowski, Morris News Service-Alaska/Peninsula Clarion

Wearable robots getting lighter, more portable May Issue 4 2013

Wearable robots getting lighter, more portable

CHICAGO (AP) — When Michael Gore stands, it’s a triumph of science and engineering. Eleven years ago, Gore was paralyzed from the waist down in a workplace accident, yet he rises from his wheelchair to his full 6-foot-2-inches and walks across the room with help from a lightweight wearable robot.

Carla K. Johnson, AP Medical Writer

Wind farms gets pass on eagle deaths May Issue 4 2013

Wind farms gets pass on eagle deaths

CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Dina Cappiello, Associated Press

May Issue 3 2013

Group to sue to force polar bear recovery plan

An environmental group has given formal notice it will go to court to force the federal government to complete a recovery plan for threatened polar bears.

DAN JOLING, ASSOCIATED PRESS

May Issue 1 2013

Difficulties plague biomass-burning generators

Experimental biomass-burning generators aren't working out as lucratively and efficiently as a Fairbanks area businessman had hoped when he launched the idea to turn waste paper into electricity more than two years ago.

Associated Press

NOAA may propose cruise ship rules to protect harbor seals May Issue 1 2013

NOAA may propose cruise ship rules to protect harbor seals

JUNEAU — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration workshops in Juneau and Yakutat last month drew attention to the May 11 deadline for comments on whether it should propose new rules to protect harbor seals from impacts of cruise ship and other vessels in Alaskan glacial fjords.

BOB TKACZ, FOR THE JOURNAL

April Issue 4 2013

US teens doing better than public realizes

WASHINGTON (AP) — American teenagers aren’t doing as poorly on international science tests as adults think.

Phillip Elliott, Associated Press

Greenhouse gases make high temps hotter in China April Issue 4 2013

Greenhouse gases make high temps hotter in China

WASHINGTON (AP) — China, the world’s largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country’s rise in its daily temperature spikes.

Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer

Heart clinic uses technology, fundraising to help patients April Issue 3 2013

Heart clinic uses technology, fundraising to help patients

Armed with some of the best equipment on the market, the folks at the Alaska Heart Institute in Anchorage truly take their jobs to heart.

Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce

April Issue 3 2013

Interior engineers build treatment plants for hostile locales

FAIRBANKS — It’s been a good year for Lifewater Engineering Co. It’s also been a fairly crazy one.

Jeff Richardson, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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