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New Hope for Desert Dwellers

Posted on June 10, 2018 by russtowne

Photo Credit: Levi Xu via Unsplash.com Progress continues in the goal to provide greater water supplies for desert dweller. Below are snippets from an article linked below about a unique water harvesting method from desert air. While there are numerous … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, water | Tagged Berkeley, desert, science, water | 8 Comments

A Wonderful Accident

Posted on April 18, 2018 by russtowne

Scientists accidentally identified an enzyme that eats plastic and are now optimizing it to devour plastic 1,000 times faster! Plastic could be broken down into its component parts in a year or two instead of hundreds of years or longer. … Continue reading →

Posted in good news, Science/Research/Discovery, Uncategorized | Tagged accident, enzyme, plastic, research, science | 3 Comments

Fifth Grader Creates A Video Game For His Blind Grandmother

Posted on April 17, 2012 by russtowne

When a fifth grader wanted to be able to share the video game fun for his beloved blind grandmother, he created one from scratch, and in the process won his school’s science fair. http://tinyurl.com/7v98wdm