In our ongoing quest for alternative energy sources, researchers are looking more to plants that grow in the wild for use in biofuels, plants such as switchgrass. However, attempts to 'domesticate' wild-growing plants have a downside, as it could make the plants more susceptible to any number of plant viruses.
Feb 16th, 2013
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An On-Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) that can charge during travel will be put into service for the first time in the world on normal roads.
Feb 15th, 2013
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Scientists have introduced a new metal-organic framework compound that absorbs CO2 and then releases it upon exposure to sunlight.
Feb 15th, 2013
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In a sense, there is no such thing as climate change denial. No one denies that climate changes (in fact, the most common climate myth is the argument that past climate change is evidence that current global warming is also natural). Then what is being denied? Quite simply, the scientific consensus that humans are disrupting the climate. A more appropriate term would be "consensus denial".
Feb 15th, 2013
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A team of researchers in Boston University's Department of Earth and Environment have developed a new, bottom-up model for measuring on-road vehicle emissions. The model will be used to more accurately assess the effects of vehicle travel and traffic congestion on greenhouse gas emissions.
Feb 15th, 2013
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The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched a new tool to help local and regional leaders assess the readiness of their communities for the arrival of plug-in electric vehicles.
Feb 14th, 2013
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An international process is being launched to develop new quality and sustainability standards for secondary raw materials.
Feb 14th, 2013
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An international team of scientists using new measurements from ESA's ice mission has discovered that the volume of Arctic sea ice has declined by 36% during autumn and 9% during winter between 2003 and 2012.
Feb 13th, 2013
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The PhD thesis of Aingeru Remiro-Eguskiza, a chemical engineer of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), deals with the quest for a process to produce hydrogen from bio-oil that has a lower impact on the environment than the process using current routes.
Feb 13th, 2013
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Cities around the world can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by implementing aggressive but practical policy changes, says a new study by University of Toronto Civil Engineering Professor Chris Kennedy and World Bank climate change specialist Lorraine Sugar.
Feb 12th, 2013
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Scientists identify security risks from climate change, and recommend investments in monitoring and forecasting to prepare for growing threats.
Feb 12th, 2013
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A 10.7 percent conversion rate has been achieved using less than 2 micrometers of raw material.
Feb 12th, 2013
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New Worldwatch Institute report examines global consumption and installed capacity of hydropower and geothermal energy sources.
Feb 12th, 2013
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Scientists have created a 'solar sponge' which captures and then releases carbon dioxide using the power of natural sunlight.
Feb 12th, 2013
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Ancient carbon trapped in Arctic permafrost is extremely sensitive to sunlight and, if exposed to the surface when long-frozen soils melt and collapse, can release climate-warming carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere much faster than previously thought.
Feb 12th, 2013
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Hydrogen can be produced sustainably using other sources than just wind power: the European research project SusFuelCat aims to improve the process of extracting hydrogen from wet biomass.
Feb 12th, 2013
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A new approach is available for real-time monitoring of the structural health of wind turbine components during exposure to turbulences.
Feb 12th, 2013
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Renewable and alternative energy sources for remote sensing, monitoring, LIDAR, and SCADA installations.
Feb 11th, 2013
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