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The X-Journals
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As a companion blog following the research, planning and production of a series of documentary films, The X-Journals seek out and explore the ever expanding frontier of new and controversial ideas, discoveries and technologies that could profoundly shape the future of this planet.
Recent Posts
Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts
California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to a new study by UC Davis doctoral student Jessica Oster and geology professor Isabel MontaƱez....
New Imagining Technique Could Lead to Better Antibiotics and Cancer Drugs
A recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist....
Improving Security with Face Recognition Technology
Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb, professor and chair in the UM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has developed state-of-the-art systems capable of photographing an image of someone's face and ear and comparing it against pre-stored images of t...
Climate Studies to Benefit from 12 Years of Satellite Aerosol Data
Using data from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer-2 on the ERS-2 satellite, the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer and the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer on Envisat and the Spinning Enhanced Visible & InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) ins...
Extreme Solar Energy Cell Makeover
A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the development of the next generation of s...
Green Heating and Cooling Technology Turns Carbon From Eco-Villain to Hero
Researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a key material in some extremely green heating products for our homes and in air conditioning equipment for our cars....

