Month February 2008

Baghdad drowning in sewage: Iraqi official

One of three sewage treatment plants is out of commission, one is working at stuttering capacity while a pipe blockage in the third means sewage is forming a foul lake so large it can be seen “as a big black…

TSA testing self-select lanes

They’re patterning them after ski trail signs; green for families and special assistance needed (beginner), blue for casual travelers (intermediate), and black for expert travelers. This is a good idea. A family with a baby in a stroller can seriously…

Bond insurers. Beginning of the end

Privately held FGIC, the third largest bond insurer, has asked the NY Dept. of Insurance to be split in half. One company would get their still safe municipal bonds, the other would be the repository of the toxic financial sludge.…

ZIFs zap CO2

“The technical challenge of selectively removing carbon dioxide has been overcome [by using Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks]. Now we have structures that can be tailored precisely to capture carbon dioxide and store it like a reservoir, as we have demonstrated. No…