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Academy of Art University School of Fine Art Sculpture students have joined forces with art students from across the Bay Area to participate in San Francisco’s first-ever Radical Jewelry Makeover. After sifting through a rich supply of donated pieces from more than one hundred Bay Area residents, melting down precious metals, and forming creative new designs, the resulting fresh, unique, handmade, and mainly recycled jewelry are ready to be showcased at San Francisco’s Velvet da Vinci Gallery.

Read the full story in the Chi-Town Daily News.

A potentially toxic substance linked to paint pigment and recently found in Chicago air poses new challenges for environmental regulators.

University of Iowa researchers recently reported finding high concentrations of PCB 11 in air samples taken throughout Chicago between November 2006 and November 2007.

They reported their findings in the September 24 online issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

Although other PCBs have been found in Chicago air, this is the first time PCB 11 has been detected in the air, says Keri Hornbuckle, who led the study.

Read the full story in Technology Review.

A new process increases the energy output of methanol fuel cells by 50 percent.

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ClimateChangeCorp.com has become the first online business news magazine to join the Guardian Environment Network – an editorial partnership that brings together the world’s best environment websites.

Read the full story in the New York Times.

Scientists are using notes from Henry David Thoreau to discern patterns of plant abundance in New England and to link those patterns to changing climate.