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European Union Member States are showing mixed progress towards three climate and energy targets for 2020, even though the EU as a whole could reduce greenhouse gases emissions by 21% in 2020 with the set of national measures already adopted. These findings come from new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessments.
Oct 12th, 2013
Read moreDesigned experiments are incorporated into commercial construction.
Oct 11th, 2013
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A University of Queensland researcher hopes to use a chemical found in lemons and other citrus fruits to make clean, renewable jet fuel.
Oct 11th, 2013
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New study shows that research investments and growing markets have fueled a huge rise in new patents.
Oct 11th, 2013
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PEC-MFC device achieves self-biased solar hydrogen generation through microbial electrohydrogenesis at lab scale.
Oct 10th, 2013
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MIT economist finds that biofuels, contrary to claims, do not meaningfully affect what drivers pay at the pump.
Oct 10th, 2013
Read moreAt the foot of the Zugspitze, KIT Campus Alpin launches fleet test with three electric vehicles.
Oct 10th, 2013
Read moreIn a time when Australia's liquid transport fuel supplies are declining and our transport needs are growing, a research partnership between Australia and India could provide a solution to a number of energy concerns and ultimately reduce the reliance of both countries on imported fuels.
Oct 9th, 2013
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The seesaw variability of global temperatures often engenders debate over how seriously we should take climate change. But within 35 years, even the lowest monthly dips in temperatures will be hotter than we've experienced in the past 150 years, according to a new and massive analysis of all climate models. The tropics will be the first to exceed the limits of historical extremes and experience an unabated heat wave that threatens biodiversity and heavily populated countries with the fewest resources to adapt.
Oct 9th, 2013
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Credible and consistent carbon pricing must be the cornerstone of government actions to tackle climate change, according to a new OECD report.
Oct 9th, 2013
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Scientists have engineered yeast to consume acetic acid, a previously unwanted byproduct of the process of converting plant leaves, stems and other tissues into biofuels. The innovation increases ethanol yield from lignocellulosic sources by about 10 percent.
Oct 8th, 2013
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Bacterial cells use an impressive range of strategies to grow, develop and sustain themselves. Despite their tiny size, these specialized machines interact with one another in intricate ways.
Oct 8th, 2013
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A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, to promote joint research and collaboration in the field of sustainable chemicals - specifically in biomass-to-chemicals research.
Oct 7th, 2013
Read moreThe anaerobic digestion process can be optimized to produce either biogas or volatile fatty acids that are even more valuable products than biogas.
Oct 7th, 2013
Read moreThe mitigation of climate change can be framed as a problem of risk management on a global scale. Avoiding dangerous interference with ecosystems and human society calls for a global climate policy, which will translate a selected climatic target into economic incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Oct 7th, 2013
Read moreAn EU-funded research project, 'European carbon dioxide capture and storage laboratory infrastructure' (ECCSEL), joined leading research institutes from across Europe to prepare the research infrastructure needed to promote widespread CCS adoption.
Oct 4th, 2013
Read moreWith EU funding of the project 'Thermochemical energy storage for concentrated solar power plants' (TCSPOWER), scientists are developing ways to store the Sun's thermal energy for electricity production during the night.
Oct 4th, 2013
Read moreResearchers are developing a multidimensional mapping tool to identify areas of similar climate, building practices, technologies and economics. This will aid efforts to improve the energy and resource efficiency of the built environment.
Oct 4th, 2013
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