Water resources management and policy in a changing world: Where do we go from here?
Scientists at American Geophysical Union conference present new findings on a resource becoming more precious than gold.
Nov 15th, 2012
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San Francisco area drivers 1st with algae biofuel
Drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area have become the first motorists in the nation to fill up their gas tanks with an algae-based biofuel.
Nov 15th, 2012
Read morePlant hormone could help produce biofuels
Scientists at The University of Manchester have identified how a plant hormone can affect the rate of cell division in vascular tissue in plants. The findings demonstrate how the hormone controls plant growth to produce more biomass which could be used to make the next generation of biofuels.
Nov 14th, 2012
Read moreElectrovaya launches residential lithium-ion energy storage system
Electrovaya Inc. today announced the launch of its lithium-ion energy storage system for home usage. The battery stores power from the grid or from solar panels and stores it for later household use.
Nov 14th, 2012
Read moreMelting glaciers raise sea level
Anthropogenic climate change leads to melting glaciers and rising sea level. Between 1902 and 2009, melting glaciers contributed 11 cm to sea level rise. They were therefore the most important cause of sea level rise.
Nov 14th, 2012
Read moreBerkeley Lab applies U.S. tools and technologies to spur low-carbon cities in China
With nearly 25 years experience analyzing energy use in China, the China Energy Group has tailored a variety of resources to help local Chinese officials turn government mandates into practical how-to guides for understanding their energy usage and reducing their carbon dioxide emissions.
Nov 13th, 2012
Read moreUniversity of British Columbia files patent on unique battery type solar/light conversion cell
The University of British Columbia (UBC) announces the international patent filing for a Battery type Solar/Light conversion cell. This unique generator and storage approach allows both solar power generation and storage within a single cell. Based on photosynthesis, it can be implemented using abundant and readily replenished and renewable biomaterials.
Nov 13th, 2012
Read moreDayStar Technologies to purchase solar power generation and storage technology
DayStar Technologies, Inc. has entered into a Letter of Intent with Premier Global Holdings Corporation to acquire 100% of its outstanding shares. Premier Global Holdings Corporation has rights to proprietary patent pending Solar conversion unit that is a solar power generation and storage unit within a one unit.
Nov 12th, 2012
Read moreResearchers find new access to abundant biomass for advanced biofuels
After cellulose, xylan is the most abundant biomass material on Earth, and therefore represents an enormous potential source of stored solar energy for the production of advance biofuels. A major roadblock, however, has been extracting xylan from plant cell walls. Researchers have taken a significant step towards removing this roadblock by identifying a gene in rice plants whose suppression improves both the extraction of xylan and the overall release of the sugars needed to make biofuels.
Nov 12th, 2012
Read morePlastic waste set in concrete
A new method designed to create expanded construction nodules from mixed plastic waste may replace the expanded clay traditionally used in light concrete that is not used for structural part of a building and often contains air bubbles.
Nov 12th, 2012
Read moreMcLaren back electric Grand Prix venture
McLaren are backing a new venture to produce grand prix cars powered exclusively by electric energy ahead of the launch of a Formula E world championship in 2014.
Nov 12th, 2012
Read moreSouthampton to help develop new crops for water-stressed environments
The University of Southampton is to lead a new EUR 11.6 million EU funded research project to develop new drought tolerate crops for bioenergy and bio-products.
Nov 12th, 2012
Read moreICTs allow electrical consumption to be reduced by one third (w/video)
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) may allow a thirty percent reduction in electrical consumption in cities. This is what is demonstrated by a European research project.
Nov 12th, 2012
Read moreRise and fall of the Maya in response to climate change
An international and interdisciplinary team of scientists including Norbert Marwan from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) presents a precisely dated, high resolution regional climate record for the past 2000 years that for the first time shows how the Maya political systems developed and disintegrated in response to climate change.
Nov 9th, 2012
Read moreStealing nature's photosynthetic secrets
The prospect of creating clean, renewable hydrogen fuel is closer than ever after a breakthrough in our understanding of photosynthesis.
Nov 9th, 2012
Read moreIntegrating electric vehicles into power grids
Europe is paving the way for a transition from fossil fuels toward sustainable forms of energy. EU-funded scientists are developing technology and tools to facilitate integration of electric vehicles (EVs) into electricity grids.
Nov 9th, 2012
Read moreUniting the EU and China on fuel cell research
An EU-funded consortium of European and Chinese research centres and industrial partners have advanced fuel cell (FC) technology. Such collaborations help foster common goals and ways of achieving them benefiting all involved.
Nov 9th, 2012
Read moreResearchers develop effective thermal energy storage system
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a thermal energy storage system that will work as a viable alternative to current methods used for storing energy collected from solar panels. Incorporating the researchers? design into the operation of a concentrated solar power plant will dramatically increase annual energy production while significantly decreasing production costs.
Nov 9th, 2012
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