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Wind Blows Nutritious African Dust To Hawaii

Scientists credit African dust with fertilizing the Hawaii rain forests — giving new insight into how remote forests sprout and grow on what was once volcanic rock. Oliver Chadwick from the University of California, Santa Barbara, said they were able to track the African dust to the rain forest floor. “Hawaii is one of [...more]

Initiative Seeks To Reduce Data Center Energy Usage 1000-Fold

“Imagine the amount of energy it takes for the global communications network to operate for one day. That same amount of power would represent three years of operation in this new network.” That’s Gee Rittenhouse, director of research for Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs, at a launch event today in London. Rittenhouse and crew run [...more]