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Murdoch University researchers are working with the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) on an innovative project to secure water supplies in desert communities.
Sep 2nd, 2013
Read moreEasy-to-access visualisation of the 'very shallow geothermal potential' of Europe has been made possible thanks to an EU-funded project. By harmonising pre-existing data relating to geological, hydrogeological, soil and climate, the THERMOMAP project has developed an open source web service, accessible to all.
Sep 2nd, 2013
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Electric mobility may be economically efficient today. Battery-based electric drives can be applied efficiently in urban buses, for instance. Frequent acceleration and slow-down processes as well as a high utilization rate in short-distance traffic make their use profitable even when considering current battery costs. At the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will present an e-city bus demonstrator to illustrate the concept.
Sep 2nd, 2013
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Tiny solar cells applied directly to a silicon chip are a potential way of efficiently and reliably powering wireless sensor networks in the future. Above all, this would simplify large-scale applications, for instance in agriculture.
Sep 2nd, 2013
Read moreArizona State University and Sandia National Laboratories have signed a formal partnership agreement on important renewable energy challenges. The goals of the memorandum of understanding are to encourage collaborative research, build educational and workforce development programs and inform policy endeavors.
Aug 31st, 2013
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Second-generation bioenergy plants could be released in two years.
Aug 30th, 2013
Read moreA new study shows show that lipid accumulation in algal cells begins just hours after they are starved of nitrogen - not days, as scientists previously believed.
Aug 30th, 2013
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Researchers have developed a method by which molecular hydrogen-producing catalysts can be interfaced with a semiconductor that absorbs visible light. Experimental results indicate that the catalyst and the light-absorber are interfaced structurally as well as functionally.
Aug 29th, 2013
Read moreA significant portion of the petroleum consumed by the transport sector must be replaced in the long term by renewable energy. Therefore, it is of the utmost economic and ecological importance to optimise the production of biofuels from renewable raw materials. Researchers have now developed yeast strains that produce bio-ethanol from waste with an unprecedented efficiency.
Aug 29th, 2013
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New MIT study finds vehicle emissions are the biggest contributor to these premature deaths.
Aug 29th, 2013
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In the midst of an intensifying global water crisis, scientists are reporting development of a more economical way to use one form of the 'ice that burns' to turn very salty wastewater from fracking and other oil and gas production methods into water for drinking and irrigation.
Aug 28th, 2013
Read moreIn the latest advance in efforts to find an inexpensive way to make hydrogen from ordinary water, scientists are reporting that powder from high-grade charcoal and other forms of carbon can free hydrogen from water illuminated with laser pulses.
Aug 28th, 2013
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Research at The University of Alabama shows a new method for capturing greenhouse gases is potentially cheaper and more energy efficient than current solvents.
Aug 27th, 2013
Read moreChina's power capacity will more than double by 2030 and renewables including large hydro will account for more than half of new plants, eroding coal's dominant share and attracting investment of $1.4 trillion. China's power sector carbon emissions could be in decline by 2027.
Aug 27th, 2013
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Recent decades have witnessed several cycles of interest in being able to exploit these organisms. Research has examined the use of algae for remediating waste water or nutrient-overloaded coastal seas, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or directly from industrial chimneys, in beneficial products such as proteins and antioxidants, and to produce oil and liquid fuels. Given its indisputable virtues, why has microalgae not been put to use in these ways?
Aug 27th, 2013
Read moreA team of researchers from Arizona State University's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering will receive $2 million to develop a new type of battery for electric vehicles.
Aug 26th, 2013
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