Imperial Valley News Center
Electricity from biomass with carbon capture could make western U.S. carbon-negative
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- Written by Robert Sanders
Berkeley, California - Generating electricity from biomass, such as urban waste and sustainably-sourced forest and crop residues, is one strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, because it is carbon-neutral: it produces as much carbon as the plants suck out of the atmosphere.
Amy Finkelstein on testing health care systems
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- Written by Peter Dizikes
Cambridge, Massachusetts - About 80 percent of studies of U.S. medical interventions use randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the gold standard of laboratory research. But only about 18 percent of studies of U.S. health care delivery use RCTs. That can and should change, suggests Amy Finkelstein, the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, in a Science piece co-written with MIT researcher Sarah Taubman. If so, they assert, researchers who find new ways of applying RCTs to our medical system will be able to produce compelling answers to pressing questions.
Tackling the “Achilles’ heel” of OLED displays
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- Written by Rob Matheson
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Flexible smartphones and color-saturated television displays were some highlights at this year’s Consumer Electronics Showcase, held in January in Las Vegas.
Better how-to videos
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- Written by Larry Hardesty
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Educational researchers have long held that presenting students with clear outlines of the material covered in lectures improves their retention.
Power efficiency in the violin
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- Written by Jennifer Chu
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Some of the most prized violins in the world were crafted in the Italian workshops of Amati, Stradivari, and Guarneri - master violinmaking families from the 17th and 18th centuries who produced increasingly powerful instruments in the renaissance and baroque musical eras. These violins, worth millions of dollars today, represent the Cremonese period - what is now considered the golden age of violinmaking.
Engineered insulin could offer better diabetes control
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- Written by Anne Trafton
Cambridge, Massachusetts - For patients with diabetes, insulin is critical to maintaining good health and normal blood-sugar levels. However, it’s not an ideal solution because it can be difficult for patients to determine exactly how much insulin they need to prevent their blood sugar from swinging too high or too low.
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