In less than 24 hours, the Mosaic community has invested over $300,000 . . .

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Crowdfunding, Nature/Biomimicry

Dear Mosaic Community, We are writing to say one thing: YOU. ARE. AWESOME. In less than 24 hours, we fully funded our first publicly available projects, investing over $300,000. If anyone needed proof that people want to put their money into tangible investments that build the clean energy economy and …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News

Jay OwenNature/Biomimicry

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Jellyfish experts show increased blooms are a consequence of periodic global fluctuations As climate warms, bark beetles march on high-elevation forests Jellyfish experts show increased blooms are a consequence of periodic global fluctuations Posted: 31 Dec 2012 03:06 PM PST Blooms, or proliferations, of jellyfish can …

Strange behavior: New study exposes living cells to synthetic protein

Ethical MarketsNature/Biomimicry

Strange behavior: New study exposes living cells to synthetic protein Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:30 AM PST Scientists have fabricated an artificial protein in the laboratory and examined the surprising ways living cells respond to it. First genome sequence of Chinese plum provides important resource for fruit improvement Posted: 27 …

Density of invasive reed, Phragmites australis, mapped in Great Lakes

Ethical MarketsNature/Biomimicry

Density of invasive reed, Phragmites australis, mapped in Great Lakes Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:25 PM PST Scientists have used satellite technologies to map the location and density of Phragmites australis, an invasive species of reed, in the coastal wetlands of all five Great Lakes. Scientists decode three bacterial strains …

Cell biology: Calcium ‘accelerator’ keeps cell power supply going

Ethical MarketsNature/Biomimicry

Cell biology: Calcium ‘accelerator’ keeps cell power supply going Posted: 25 Nov 2012 04:30 PM PST Scientists have moved another step closer to solving a decades-long mystery of how the flow of calcium into the cell’s power source, the mitochondria, is controlled. By shutting down 50 genes, one at a …

Green chemistry: Waste from palm oil extraction can be converted into useful sugar

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Green chemistry: Waste from palm oil extraction can be converted into useful sugar Posted: 23 Nov 2012 10:26 AM PST The waste plant materials remaining from palm oil extraction processes can now be converted into a useful sugar. Nutrients from farmed salmon waste can feed new marine industry Posted: 23 …

Roots of deadly 2010 India flood identified; Findings could improve warnings

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Roots of deadly 2010 India flood identified; Findings could improve warnings Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:11 PM PST New research indicates that flash flooding that swept through the mountain town of Leh, India, in 2010 was set off by a string of unusual weather events similar to those that caused …