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• Biofuels From Crop Residue May Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  

  UNL Baling corn residue at a University of Nebraska-Lincoln field experiment site in Saunders County, Nebraska. (Credit: University of Nebraska–Lincoln)Using... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Use Airplane to Detect Methane From Fracking

  

  Using Purdue's Airborne Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (pictured above), Cornell and Purdue researchers collaborated to learn about methane leakage over th... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Highest Efficiency Achieved for Small GaAs Solar Cells

  

  Yahia Makableh demonstrates how a small array of 9-millimeter, gallium-arsenide solar cells can provide energy for small devices. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Volkswagen to Promote Electric Cars in China

  

  Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, with the Volkswagen Golf GTE at Auto China 2014 Group Night in Beijing.... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Panasonic Achieves 25.6% Conversion Efficiency for HIT Solar Cell

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ John S. Quarterman https://www.flickr.com/photos/98706376@N00/ )Panasonic Corporation announced that it has achieved a conversion efficiency o... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Plasmonic Metamaterials Could Improve Solar Cell Performance

  

  In solar thermophotovoltaics, an extremely thin layer of "metamaterial" depicted here uses plasmonic nanoantennas to absorb and emit light, potentially resultin... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Americans Don’t Know What to Do With Used Car Batteries

  

  2013 Ford Fusion Energi SEL plug-in hybrid. (Credit: Flickr @ mariordo59 https://www.flickr.com/photos/30998987@N03/)A recent consumer survey commissioned by... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Examines Future of Pumped Storage Systems

  

  Dam of Limberg II pumped storage plant, Austria. (Credit: Voith)A new study of Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen University) abou... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Most Efficient Thermoelectric Material Created

  

  Scientists create the best material in the world to convert waste heat into electricity. On the photo: Ratcliffe Power Station in Nottinghamshire, England.... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Pyrolysis Biofuel Production Process Simplified

  

  ARS scientists at Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, are developing this mobile pyrolysis processing system that may one day be used on farms to produce bio-oil. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• X-Rays Help Understand High-Temperature Superconductivity

  

  The Undulator Hall of SLAC Lab's Linac Coherent Light Source, which "wiggles" electrons to generate the high-power coherent x-rays crucial to this study. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Reduce Solar Panel Glare, Increase Efficiency

  

  Scientists use cheap and abundant materials to reduce solar panel glare, increase efficiency. (Credit: Flickr @ James Cridland https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Ceramic Materials for Hydrogen Storage Developed

  

  From left: Scanning electron microscope image of the hexaboride structures at 5 microns and 500 nanometers. (Credit: University of California, San... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ‘MatHero’ Project to Create Greener Organic Solar Cells

  

  They are light, mechanically flexible and offer a variety of applications: "plastic solar cells" have several advantages (Credit: Alexander Colsmann / KIT)A... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Danish Project to Make Polymer Solar Cells More Profitable

  

  DTU's solar park with polymer solar cells installed. (Credit: DTU Energy Conversion / plasticphotovoltaics.org)Project Megawatt intends to make polymer solar... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Li-Sulfur Batteries Last Longer With Metal-Organic Frameworks

  

  A new, PNNL-developed nanomaterial called a metal organic framework could extend the lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries, which could be used to increase the... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• MIT Proposes Tsunami-Proof Floating Nuclear Plants

  

  This illustration shows a possible configuration of a floating offshore nuclear plant, based on design work by Jacopo Buongiorno and others at MIT's Department... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Sandia to Design Hydrogen-Powered Forklifts

  

  Adrian Narvaez of Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers (HHC) observes a metal hydride storage tank, part of a project led by Sandia National Laboratories. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Army to Develop Largest Solar Array on a Military Installation

  

  The U.S. Army to develop a solar array to provide electricity for Fort Huachuca. (Credit: Air Force Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)The U.S. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Satellites to Help Determine Best Locations for Hydropower Turbines

  

  University of Leicester uses satellites to pinpoint optimum locations for hydropower turbines. On the photo: An artist's rendition of the next Landsat satellite. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY