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Study: Laptop heat a threat to fertility

December 9, 2004 University researchers say heat generated from laptops can put sperm count at risk. TAGS: temperature, study, laptop computer, Dr., researcher, C

Earth's temperature at 400-year high

June 22, 2006 The cause? A lot of it is from human activity, according to the National Research Council. TAGS: temperature, glacier, conclusion, confidence, century, researcher, degree, scientist, study, evidence, activity

Chip breaks speed record in deep freeze

June 20, 2006 This chip hits 500GHz at minus 451 Fahrenheit, perfect for Ted Williams or a wooly mammoth. TAGS: silicon chip, Georgia Tech, temperature, IBM Corp., scientist

Life in an earthship

August 8, 2007 These fully sustainable, off-the-grid dwellings can maintain a comfortable interior temperature regardless of the heat or cold outside.Photos: Home sweet earthship TAGS: hill, material, temperature, house

Was Mars too cold to sustain life?

July 25, 2005 CalTech, MIT researchers study meteorites and conclude that if water existed, it would have been locked up in ice. TAGS: rock, temperature, study, researcher, theory

Is evolution predictable?

May 19, 2006 Can two different microbes that are petri dishes apart develop the same mutant gene? Apparently so. TAGS: bacteria, strain, experiment, temperature, generation, response, environment, degree, researcher

Global warming to help you breathe?

February 10, 2006 It could shorten the season for respiratory tract infections, study says. But it could also lead to more heat-related deaths. TAGS: global warming, season, temperature, death, study, degree

NASA searches for a better heat shield

May 19, 2006 Researchers are looking for materials to protect astronauts from temperatures that can be three times hotter than the sun. Photos: NASA feels the heat TAGS: material, temperature, blade, sun, mile, scientist, researcher

By 2020, kiss the snows of Kilimanjaro goodbye

May 23, 2006 Carbon dioxide is getting into the atmosphere and making the Earth warmer. Florida is in a lot of trouble. TAGS: carbon, atmosphere, temperature, snow, projection, fossil fuel, solar energy, degree, scientist

Global warming, not asteroid, cause of extinction?

January 21, 2005 Mass death 250 million years ago may have been caused not by an asteroid, but by warmer temperatures and lower oxygen levels. TAGS: extinction, global warming, temperature, scientist

Getting printers down to iPod size

January 30, 2007 Massachusetts-based start-up has come up with a way to print photographs or documents without ink or an ink cartridge. And that means smaller devices.Photos: Teeny tiny printers TAGS: cartridge, printer, paper, pixel, layer, temperature, sheet, Massachusetts, size, photograph, CEO, camera

Creating power out of thin air

October 26, 2007 Imagine a material that can suck in heat from the environment and power a notebook. A New Jersey company is aiming to do just that. TAGS: fuel cell, fusion, material, electricity, energy, temperature, degree, environment

Did the Sea of Galilee ice over 2,000 years ago?

April 13, 2006 Doron Nof, an oceanographer at Florida State University, offers an explanation for walking on water in the Sea of Galilee. TAGS: lake, ice, water, temperature, ocean, spring, degree, explanation

Global warming to bring heavier rains, snow

October 14, 2005 Get your slickers. Warmer temperatures mean wetter storms will hit many parts of the world, according to a report. TAGS: rain, century, global warming, temperature, scientist, Europe

Peel-and-stick electronics

September 18, 2006 A radio-powered light switch might not sound interesting at first, but EnOcean hopes to make the device ubiquitous. TAGS: ZigBee, sensor, temperature, power consumption, radio, electronics, battery

Sea levels likely to rise 25cm this century

March 18, 2005 Greenhouse gases are to blame, according to new studies on global warming from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. TAGS: centimeter, global warming, century, atmosphere, study, temperature, researcher

Bacteria froze the Earth, researchers say

August 3, 2005 A deep freeze 2.3 billion years ago may have been caused by bacteria, an insight opening up debate on how climate change operates. TAGS: bacteria, oxygen, carbon, rock, freeze, planet, temperature, researcher, professor

Call it the green Supreme Court

April 11, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says decision forcing the EPA to regulate emissions rests on high court's understanding of climate change. TAGS: emission, global warming, Massachusetts, agency, temperature, environment
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