Study finds flame retardant pollutants at far-flung locations
Research supports effectiveness of tree bark as novel sampling medium for contamination.
Jan 8th, 2013
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Engineering alternative fuel with cyanobacteria
Sandia National Laboratories Truman Fellow Anne Ruffing has engineered two strains of cyanobacteria to produce free fatty acids, a precursor to liquid fuels, but she has also found that the process cuts the bacteria's production potential.
Jan 7th, 2013
Read moreA French nuclear exit?
France has been held up, worldwide, as the forerunner in using nuclear fission to produce electricity. However, a third of the nation's nuclear reactors will need replacing in the next decade, and public opinion has shifted toward reducing reliance on nuclear power.
Jan 7th, 2013
Read moreWine feels the effects of a changing climate
The signs of climate change are universally evident, but for French winemakers, already feeling the effects of competition from other countries, the year of volatile weather does not bode well.
Jan 7th, 2013
Read moreFrom the Amazon rainforest to human body cells: quantifying stability
The Amazon rainforest, energy grids, and cells in the human body share a troublesome property: they possess multiple stable states. When the world's largest tropical forest suddenly starts retreating in a warming climate, energy supply blacks out, or cells turn carcinogenic, complex-systems science understands this as a transition between two such states.
Jan 7th, 2013
Read moreSacrifice and luck help Japan survive without nuclear power
In the wake of the Fukushima disaster, nuclear-dependent Japan began shutting down its other reactors. Toshiya Okamura, a Tokyo Gas executive and visiting scholar at Stanford University, explains how the country survived the summer, and expresses deep concerns about this winter and his country's energy future.
Jan 7th, 2013
Read moreDOE awards $10M to develop advanced biofuels
These projects use innovative synthetic biological and chemical techniques to convert biomass into processable sugars that can be transformed into bioproducts and drop-in biofuels for cars, trucks, and planes.
Jan 5th, 2013
Read morePhotosynthesis: The last link in the chain
For almost 30 years, researchers have sought to identify a particular enzyme that is involved in regulating electron transport during photosynthesis. A team of scientists has now found the missing link, which turns out to be an old acquaintance.
Jan 5th, 2013
Read moreNew York State awards $15 million to three new clean-energy 'idea incubators'
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded a total of $15 million to Columbia University, the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and High Tech Rochester to create three Proof-of-Concept Centers dedicated to helping inventors and scientists turn their high-tech, clean-energy ideas into successful businesses.
Jan 4th, 2013
Read moreSuperconductors for efficient wind power plants
An efficient, robust, and compact wind power plant with a 10 MW superconducting generator is being developed by partners from industry and science within the recently established EU project SUPRAPOWER.
Jan 4th, 2013
Read moreThe laws of global warming
How to regulate geo-engineering efforts to fight climate change?
Jan 2nd, 2013
Read moreToward reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of the Internet and telecommunications
Amid growing concern over the surprisingly large amount of greenhouse gas produced by the Internet and other telecommunications activities, researchers are reporting new models of emissions and energy consumption that could help reduce their carbon footprint.
Jan 2nd, 2013
Read moreNew study documents the natural relationship between CO2 concentrations and sea level
By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present (almost 400 parts per million) were systematically associated with sea levels at least nine metres above current levels.
Jan 2nd, 2013
Read moreNew car sharing network in Berlin to use foldable electric cars (w/video)
Deutsche Bahn and Hiriko to cooperate on a pilot project with which to progressively incorporate the Basque vehicle into the car sharing network with which Deutche Bahn completes its railway services.
Jan 2nd, 2013
Read moreCCS is a necessity for a world hooked on fossil fuels
International Energy Agency lists 2013 priorities to re-energise deployment of carbon capture and storage.
Jan 2nd, 2013
Read moreDemand for clean-energy credits in India doubled in December
Bids from companies seeking to buy credits climbed 106 percent from the November trading session, while sell bids gained 18 percent.
Jan 2nd, 2013
Read moreChina to release hourly air pollution monitoring data in 74 of its biggest cities
The new monitoring will include not only PM2.5, but also sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone and carbon monoxide, the Xinhua news agency said, citing a Friday announcement by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Jan 2nd, 2013
Read moreGroundbreaking air-cleaner saves polluting industrials
Industries across Europe are threatened as European Union emission rules for Volatile Organic Compounds are tightened. Now an aircleaning invention from the University of Copenhagen has proven its ability to remove these compounds.
Dec 29th, 2012
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