http://newyork.corante.com/ en-us basulto@gmail.com 2005-11-18T17:45:57-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/11/18/three_new_york_high_school_students_will_attend_nobel_prize_festivities_in_sweden.php Eurekalert, the news service available via the New York Academy of Sciences, posted an interesting item the other day about three New York high school students who will be attending the Nobel Prize festivities in Stockholm, Sweden during the... 51323@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-11-18T17:45:57-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/11/10/apocalypse_now_what_new_yorkers_can_do_about_it.php New York Magazine probably doesn't want you to hit the panic button or anything, but they've included a nifty little how-to-survive-the-apocalypse guide in this week's issue. We're talking plagues of locusts and the Four Horsemen here. Check out the... 51303@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-11-10T19:42:05-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/11/06/the_new_york_bird_flu_doomsday_scenario.php If you picked up a copy of the Sunday New York Daily News, you're probably more than a bit concerned about the worst-case scenario of a bird flu outbreak in New York City. According to Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of... 51296@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-11-06T22:17:58-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/11/03/what_lies_beneath_new_york_streets.php National Geographic has a fantastic cut-away look at what happens 800 feet below the surface of a typical New York City street: "New Yorkers go about unaware of what is happening just beneath their feet: Power pulses, information flies,... 51293@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-11-03T17:21:23-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/10/29/hightech_fiddlers_on_the_roof.php New York's "urban heat island" effect is a byproduct of several factors, including the black, tarred rooftops made of asphalt and concrete that trap sunlight and heat, raising the temperature in the city by as much as 10 degrees.... 51282@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-10-29T10:24:32-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/10/29/never_mind_the_bollards_heres_rogers_marvel_architects.php We Make Money Not Art points to the newest aesthetically-pleasing security installations by Rogers Marvel Architects (RMA) in lower Manhattan - including the bronze retractable bollards in the Financial District and the security benches that act as both furniture... 51280@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-10-29T09:52:37-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/10/24/new_york_is_the_new_windy_city.php According to the New York Daily News, New York's East River will become the test site for a "revolutionary method of generating electricity with underwater turbines." The project is the brainchild of Virginia-based Verdant Power, which claims that the... 51265@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-10-24T11:55:59-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/09/26/green_buildings_for_new_york_city.php Last Thursday, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the launch of the second annual New York City Green Building Competition. It all went down at Solar 1, a green-designed facility located under... 51173@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-09-26T15:54:18-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/09/01/the_march_of_the_robots_in_greenwich_village.php Everybody do the robot. Or something like that, anyway. It's the first annual Robot Parade in Greenwich Village. It all kicks off at 11:00 am at Washington Square Park on Sunday, September 18. According to the planners of the... 51084@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-09-01T07:00:01-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/31/in_chelsea_people_doing_strange_things_with_electricity.php Dorkbot-NYC is holding another second meeting in Chelsea after the Labor Day weekend to celebrate people doing strange things with electricity. What exactly does that mean? Well, there's Mark Esper, who will be offering a demo of a self-generating tornado.... 51074@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-08-31T06:54:40-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/25/nanotechnology_at_the_us_open.php It's almost time for the start of the U.S. Open in Queens, so it's time to start thinking about tennis... In today's print edition (link from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) , The Wall Street Journal looks at the latest advances in... 51051@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-08-25T16:38:30-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/25/a_subway_strap_for_the_howard_hughes_crowd.php If you saw Scorsese's "The Aviator" last year, then you know that billionaire inventor Howard Hughes developed an obsessive-compulsive order when it came to germs. Surely, he never would have taken a ride on the New York City subway,... 51048@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-08-25T11:35:00-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/24/e_pi_and_now_212.php When we heard that the MTA was spending $212 million to install surveillance cams in the New York subway, we immediately wondered if there was some kind of geeky joke in there somewhere. 212, after all, is the area... 51043@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-08-24T11:49:44-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/24/trouble_falling_asleep_try_brain_music_therapy.php Apparently, a Russian neuropsychiatrist at Columbia University has pioneered a groundbreaking insomnia remedy known as brain music therapy. And, no, it doesn't involve a bottle of Stolichnaya or a trip to a Russian banya. Barbara Hoffman in the New... 51041@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-08-24T10:09:02-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/16/a_nonglamorous_stock_that_rocks.php In Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, Katy Marquardt has penned an interesting column on niche businesses with unrecognized profit potential. One of the companies profiled is Pall Corporation of East Hills, NY, which is apparently making a bundle in filters and... 51001@http://newyork.corante.com/ Science 2005-08-16T08:48:20-05:00