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Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Solar cells based on fool's gold may one day be as efficient as silicon panels, but also much thinner and cheaper, says a Discovery News report. Researchers at the Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, and at Swiss firm NLV Solar are working to develop such cells, inspired in part by the fact that fool's gold, or pyrite, is one of Earth's most widely available minerals. The...

Broken Urine Recycler May Affect Space Mission (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A broken device that recycles astronaut urine into clean drinking water on the International Space Station may have a slight impact to life onboard next week when NASA's shuttle Atlantis arrives to boost the number of people there to 12.


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Poultry exec: Didn't check if rules were followed (AP)

AP - A Cargill executive testified Thursday that he did not check to see if company farmers were following an environmental handbook he helped compile in 2002 that warned them not to spread excess chicken manure on their land because the runoff could pollute area water.

Groups challenge TVA river discharge from plant (AP)

AP - Environmental activists are trying to stop the Tennessee Valley Authority from starting a daily 1 million gallon discharge of water that contains mercury, selenium and other pollutants into the same river where coal ash was spilled at its Kingston Plant.

Cell Phone Use Linked to Brain Changes (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Peasants waving pitchforks and torches are not exactly storming the castle, but the scientists are sure restless. Yet another scientific study has come out questioning whether cell phone use is good for your brain - and there's more on the way.

EU-15 on track to surpass Kyoto target (AFP)

AFP - The 15 European Union (EU) members which pledged to curb greenhouse gases by an overall eight percent under the UN's Kyoto Protocol are on track to beat the target, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said on...