What motivates rejection of (climate) science?
Researchers from The University of Western Australia have examined what motivates people who are greatly involved in the climate debate to reject scientific evidence.
Aug 23rd, 2012
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Organic waste from the racing weekend to be turned into valuable compost
Lausitzring and BASF launch pilot project with compostable and disposable tableware at the ADAC Masters Weekend.
Aug 22nd, 2012
Read moreBiorefinery makes use of every bit of a soybean
Scientists today unveiled new technology intended to move soybeans, second only to corn as the top food crop in the U.S., along that same use-to-all path as a raw material for a wider portfolio of products.
Aug 22nd, 2012
Read moreScientists put spotlight on marine power
A team of researchers from Israel and the United Kingdom has discovered that energy produced from the planet's oceans can increase twofold when novel methods for predicting wave power are used.
Aug 22nd, 2012
Read moreNew solar panels made with more common metals could be cheaper and more sustainable
With enough sunlight falling on home roofs to supply at least half of America's electricity, scientists have described advances toward the less-expensive solar energy technology needed to roof many of those homes with shingles that generate electricity.
Aug 21st, 2012
Read moreSpeeding the search for better carbon capture
A computer model that can identify the best molecular candidates for removing carbon dioxide, molecular nitrogen and other greenhouse gases from power plant flues has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)?s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the University of California (UC) Berkeley and the University of Minnesota. The model is the first computational method to provide accurate simulations of the interactions between flue gases and a special variety of the gas-capturing molecular systems known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
Aug 21st, 2012
Read moreAs smart electric grid evolves, engineers show how to include solar technologies
An economically feasible way to store solar energy in existing residential power networks is the subject of an award winning paper written by two Virginia Tech electrical engineers and presented at an international conference.
Aug 18th, 2012
Read moreUsing evolution to understand pollution
Life evolved in a toxic world long before humans began polluting it, according to a University of Massachusetts environmental toxicologist, who added that understanding life's evolutionary response to environmental poisons can help people to fight destructive effects.
Aug 17th, 2012
Read moreResearchers find material for cleaner-running diesel vehicles
Engineers at a company co-founded by a University of Texas at Dallas professor have identified a material that can reduce the pollution produced by vehicles that run on diesel fuel.
Aug 17th, 2012
Read moreA urine based 'potion' can act as a CO2 absorbent
A Spanish researcher has proposed human, agricultural and livestock waste, such as urine, as a way to absorb CO2.
Aug 17th, 2012
Read moreWater sustainability flows through human-nature interactions
Water's fate in China mirrors problems across the world: fouled, pushed far from its natural origins, squandered and exploited.
Aug 15th, 2012
Read moreNew process doubles production of alternative fuel while slashing costs
A new discovery should make the alternative fuel butanol more attractive to the biofuel industry. University of Illinois scientist Hao Feng has found a way around the bottleneck that has frustrated producers in the past and could significantly reduce the cost of the energy involved in making it as well.
Aug 14th, 2012
Read moreNew study finds the US wind power market riding a wave that is likely to crest in 2012
The expiration of key federal incentives could bring that wave crashing down in 2013, despite a significant decline in the cost of wind energy.
Aug 14th, 2012
Read moreMajor advance made in generating electricity from wastewater
Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater, opening the door to a future in which waste treatment plants not only will power themselves, but will sell excess electricity.
Aug 13th, 2012
Read moreSolar power day and night
Controlling the fluctuation of renewable energies by using modern storage systems
Aug 9th, 2012
Read moreSupercapacitors to provide peak power from fuel cells
European researchers initiated the 'Flexible ecological multipurpose advanced generator' (FEMAG) project to develop a novel energy generator. The design integrated a fuel cell with supercapacitors to handle power peaks and thus enable a durable and flexible power supply for small, portable non-automotive devices.
Aug 7th, 2012
Read moreCalifornia's hydroelectricity production is vulnerable to climate change
Kaveh Madani, former researcher at UC Riverside, says hydropower stations would generate less electricity in summer under climate warming.
Aug 7th, 2012
Read moreThe economic cost of increased temperatures
Even temporary rises in local temperatures significantly damage long-term economic growth in the world?s developing nations, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT economist.
Aug 7th, 2012
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