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Researchers in Tokyo use Japan's most powerful computer to explore the role of Ostwald ripening in the formation of bubbles - as important in engineering as they are in celebratory toasts.
Dec 18th, 2014
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A team from the University of Arizona and eight southwestern electric utility companies have built a pioneering web portal that provides insight into renewable energy sources and how they contribute to the region's electricity grid.
Dec 18th, 2014
Read moreIt takes some cooking, but turning farm waste into biofuels is now possible and makes economic sense, according to preliminary research.
Dec 17th, 2014
Read moreNew design for ultra-efficient III-V multijunction cell pushes the limits of solar conversion.
Dec 17th, 2014
Read moreA global fleet of composite planes could reduce carbon emissions by up to 15 per cent, but the lighter planes alone will not enable the aviation industry to meet its emissions targets, according to new research.
Dec 16th, 2014
Read moreMonitoring so-called key performance indicators enables engineers to evaluate whether a newly erect building is as energy efficient as originally planned.
Dec 11th, 2014
Read moreWindows allow brilliant natural light to stream into homes and buildings. Along with light comes heat that, in warm weather, we often counter with energy-consuming air conditioning. Now scientists are developing a new kind of 'smart window' that can block out heat when the outside temperatures rise.
Dec 10th, 2014
Read moreCutting the environmental costs of aero engine parts manufacturing, increasing freedom in their design and reducing fuel consumption and contaminating gas emissions are some of the benefits resulting from applying modern additive manufacturing techniques to the aircraft industry.
Dec 10th, 2014
Read moreThere is cloud hanging over climate science, but one expert on communication and environmental issues says he knows how to help clear the air.
Dec 10th, 2014
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The transport sector is still generating excessive greenhouse gas emissions and harmful levels of air pollution and noise, according to the latest edition of the European Environment Agency's annual report on environment and transport.
Dec 9th, 2014
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Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown, and possibly substantial, source of the greenhouse gas methane to the Earth's atmosphere.
Dec 9th, 2014
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Large-scale storage of low-pressure, gaseous hydrogen in salt caverns and other underground sites for transportation fuel and grid-scale energy applications offers several advantages over above-ground storage, says a recent study.
Dec 9th, 2014
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Natural gas power plants produce substantial amounts of gases that lead to global warming. Replacing old coal-fired power plants with new natural gas plants could cause climate damage to increase over the next decades, unless their methane leakage rates are very low and the new power plants are very efficient.
Dec 8th, 2014
Read moreNovel LED technology enables detailed investigation of algae productivity.
Dec 8th, 2014
Read moreSolar researchers have converted over 40 percent of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported.
Dec 7th, 2014
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Efficient catalytic system for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to hydrocarbons.
Dec 5th, 2014
Read moreTechnology developed at the University of Cambridge lies at the heart of a commercial process that can turn toothpaste tubes and drinks pouches into both aluminium and fuel in just three minutes.
Dec 4th, 2014
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Plastic is well-known for sticking around in the environment for years without breaking down, contributing significantly to litter and landfills. But scientists have now discovered that bacteria from the guts of a worm known to munch on food packaging can degrade polyethylene, the most common plastic.
Dec 3rd, 2014
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