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Why is Ford's hi-tech factory using ostrich feathers?

2015-10-16 01:07:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Take a look inside car maker Ford's hi-tech 'mega factory'

Convert waste CO2 and chicken feathers into fertiliser

2014-06-04 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: TALK about killing two birds with one stone. Every year we ditch millions of tonnes of chicken feathers, and pump climate-altering carbon dioxide into the air. But combine the two in the right way and you can make an otherwise-scarce fertiliser. More than 5 million tonnes of chicken feathers are produced globally every year. Most get thrown into landfill where they can sit for decades without breaking down. Changle Chen of the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, Anhui Province,...

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IT'S THE PITTS -- FEAR OF FEATHERS

2014-04-09 23:54:09| Cattle Today

I've made a career of making fun of chickens and the people who raise them.

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Fur and Feathers Keep Animals Warm by Scattering Light

2014-01-23 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

In work that has major implications for improving performance of building insulation, scientists at the University of Namur in Belgium and the University of Hassan I in Morocco have calculated that hairs that reflect IR light may contribute insulating power to exceptionally warm winter coats of polar bears and other animals. Paper titled "Radiative contribution to the thermal conductance in animal furs and other wooly insulators," was published in OSA's Optics Express open-access journal. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations

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