Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air (With a Catch)
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory say they have developed a way to produce a truly carbon-neutral fuel using carbon dioxide removed from the air as the raw material. dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
China dust storm hits East Asia
A huge cloud of "yellow dust" settles on South Korea and Japan as the year's first sand storm blows in from China. news.bbc.co.uk
UW Geology Museum receives more than $100,000 in minerals
In its 160-year existence, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum has never before received a mineral donation like the one recently given by retired UW-Madison electrical engineering Professor R.A. Greiner. news.wisc.edu
UK satellite firm set up with £100 sells for £40m
Bulk of shares in Surrey Satellite Technology Limited are being sold by Surrey University in one of the largest cash spin-outs from a British university guardian.co.uk