| Is a heart with no heartbeat the future of medicine? Doctors at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston have created a device which uses ventricular assist devices (VADs) to move blood throughout the body using whirling rotors. Read the full story Total closes SunPower deal: Big oil goes solar Oil and gas giant Total has completed its cash-tender offer to own 60 percent of solar power system player SunPower. Read the full story IEEE: Price parity for solar PV, fossil fuels in 10 years In a decade, solar photovoltaic systems have the potential to be more economical than fossil fuels in generating electricity, according to a new report. Read the full story DOE awards Abengoa $1.2 billion for Mojave solar farm The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded energy company Abengoa with $1.2 billion for the construction of the Mojave Solar Project. Read the full story Ahold supermarket chains will use energy efficiency software Most Stop & Shop, Giant Food and Giant/Martin's grocery stores through New England and Mid-Atlantic region use EnerNOC technology to track consumption. Read the full story Snowmelt sparks a water and wind energy war in Pacific Northwest Hydroelectricity from a gushing Columbia River overloads the grid, shutting down thousands of wind turbines. A government utility prioritizes hydro. Wind companies cry foul. Salmon get caught in the middle. Read the full story Ceramic ball + metal socket: novel hip replacement system approved The FDA just cleared the first ever ceramic-on-metal system for osteoarthritis. Good news for Johnson & Johnson's DePuy, since its recall of two hip replacement systems last year. Read the full story Taking the guesswork out of home water filtration Water: how do we know what to filter or how best to filter it? We called Tom Bruursema, GM of Drinking Water Treatment Units Certification at NSF International. Read the full story Italy gives nuclear power the boot Italy follows Germany's lead, voting to sideline nuclear power in the fallout of Japan's Fukushima disaster. Read the full story Volkswagen XL1 prototype imagines future mobility Volkswagen debuted its Formula XL1 prototype concept car at the Qatar Motor Show in January 2011. The two-seat plug-in hybrid vehicle is skinned in carbon fiber-reinforced polymer and manages an astounding 261 miles per gallon. Read the full story The perilous state of neuropsychopharmacology Lack of basic brain research and drug development failures have led to the withdrawal of pharmaceutical funding into mental health research. Who will pick up the slack? Read the full story From the past, imagining a connected future Twenty-nine years ago, a National Science Foundation report imagined a connected future in 1998. In doing so, researchers accurately predicted the Internet, telecommuting, e-commerce and social media. Read the full story Airbus envisions the future of aviation in 2050 (photos) Airbus envisions the future of aviation in 2050 with a sleek concept plane and a nature-inspired intelligent concept cabin that can take you to another world -- or let you see the one you're flying over. Read the full story Some Russian love for PepsiCo's green building strategy The food and beverage company has scored its first LEED designation for one of its European operations. Read the full story Itron, Landis+Gyr team up on smart grid integration Meter maker Itron and energy management outfit Landis+Gyr will integrate their technologies to make it easier for utility companies shopping for a smart grid solution. Read the full story | 
