MIT: Storing CO2 below ground may prevent polluting above

   A new analysis led by an MIT scientist describes a mechanism for capturing carbon dioxide emissions from a power plant and injecting the gas into the ground, where it would be trapped naturally as tiny bubbles and safely stored in briny porous rock.
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MIT experts foresee efficient ethanol production

   As the search for alternative fuel sources intensifies, more and more attention has been focused on ethanol--a fuel many see as desirable because it burns cleanly and can be produced from plants. In recent days, two MIT chemical engineering professors have weighed in on ethanol's potential -- Professor Gregory Stephanopoulos, in a Feb. 9 article for Science, and Assistant Professor Kristala Jones Prather, who testified during a Senate hearing on biofuels Feb. 1.
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Snow in the West, developing storm in Midwest (weather.com)

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Warming trend in the South, storm in the West (weather.com)

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Researcher receives grant to study creativity in the response to two terrorist attacks

   David Mendonça, PhD, an associate professor in the department of information systems at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has received a $700,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
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6 aurora-research rockets to launch from Poker Flat

   Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of New Hampshire have experiments ready on the launch rails at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, and another scientist is waiting in New Hampshire to launch an additional experiment from Poker Flat.
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Chemistry journal co-editor wins national energy award for quantum dots work

   A. Paul Alivisatos, co-editor of the American Chemical Society peer-reviewed journal Nano Letters, is among eight winners of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award named by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman this week. The Lawrence Award honors scientists and engineers at mid-career for "exceptional contributions in research and development that support the Department of Energy (DOE) and its mission to advance the national, economic and energy security of the United States."
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SpaceX Pushes Second Falcon 1 Rocket Test to Early March (SPACE.com)

   SPACE.com - The second test flight of a Falcon 1 rocket built by the private spaceflight firm Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has shifted to early March due to range safety demands at the company's island launch site.
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Welcome rain and snow comes to the West (weather.com)

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Brain scan 'can read your mind'

   Brain scans have been developed which it is claimed can predict what a person is about to do.
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No sleep limits new brain cells

   Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells, a study suggests.
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Dupont sees key GMO role in ethanol corn challenge (Reuters)

   

Reuters - New strains of genetically modified corn will play a key role in meeting soaring demand as U.S thirst for ethanol fuel cuts into supplies, a top seed company scientist said on Friday.

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Cloudy outlook for China's solar industry (AFP)

   

AFP - Solar power has the potential to be a growth industry in China but the nation's government does not seem keen on providing the support the sector needs, according to observers.

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Jakarta residents survey flood damage (AP)

   

AP - The death toll from massive flooding in Indonesia rose to 80 on Saturday, as some 140,000 people returned to their sodden homes in the capital to clear away piles of mud and rancid debris.

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Hybrids in, bi-fuels out in Arizona (AP)

   AP - Three models of small hybrid cars will be permitted to use car pool lanes on area freeways under an experiment that also will ban some alternative-fuel vehicles that can now use the special lanes.
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Jakarta residents start clean-up after massive flood (Reuters)

   

Reuters - Thousands of Indonesians were cleaning up mud and debris from their flood-damaged homes on Saturday after rains eased and waters that forced many into cramped emergency shelters begin to subside.

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Feds reject Wyoming's wolf kill plan (AP)

   AP - Wolves will remain protected for now in Wyoming, where officials want to manage the animals by killing some, even as they come off the endangered species list in five other states, federal officials said Friday.
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