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Burn almost any kind of organic material - corn husks, hazelnut shells, bamboo and, yes, even chicken manure - in an oxygen-depleted process called pyrolysis, and you generate gases and heat that can be used as energy. What remains is a solid - biochar - that sequesters carbon, keeping CO2 out of the atmosphere. In principle, at least, you create energy in a way that is not just carbon neutral, but carbon negative...
...several days, wintry rains, pushy winds and high tides combined to inundate much of Venice's scarce solid ground. At one point, the sea level was more than five feet higher than normal; water sloshed into every part of the city. The Piazza San Marco was submerged, as were all embankments. Venice barely had time to haul out the wooden planks it sets up to help pedestrians navigate flooding. Sometimes only yellow do not cross tape separated pavement from canal...
...scoring just six points in easily the toughest game of his college career.“The whole key to the game was our being able to double Wright in the post,” Wolff said.First ImpressionsDespite the tough loss, the Crimson saw several freshmen step up with solid play. Point guard Oliver McNally, hampered by injuries in the last two games, scored a career-high eight points and dished out three assists in 24 minutes. His classmate forward Peter Swiatek impressed in the final four minutes of the game, as he scored four points—the first...
Despite the youth of the Crimson squad—the top five is made up of only freshmen and sophomores—Harvard has started its season with a solid opening trifecta against Brown, Williams, and Dartmouth and shows much promise for the upcoming season...
...tournament for the first time yesterday evening in Chestnut Hill, Mass., defeating MIT, Boston College, and Brandeis.The women started fast and finished strong, never winning by fewer than 13 bouts, besting MIT 22-5, BC 21-6, and Brandeis 20-7.The Crimson was led by solid performances from its foil fencers. The deepest weapon on the squad, the foil boasts an Olympic medalist in co-captain Emily Cross, a gutsy freshman in Shelby MacLeod, and junior Anna Podolsky who competed at NCAAs last spring. The trio went a combined 26-1 on the day, with the lone defeat coming...