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• NACS Assesses U.S. Fuels Market Through 2040

  

  The energy efficiency of vehicles on the road is expected to improve 42% by 2040. (Credit: Flickr @ Seth Lemmons http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Aerogel Can Help Clean Oil Spills

  

  A small sample of the aerogel is stirred into a container of water tainted with red-dyed diesel fuel. (Credit: Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)Shaoqin “Sarah” Gong, ... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nickel Foam, Nanotechnology Enable Lightweight Lithium Batteries

  

  A nanotechnology-based electrode that resists deformation and electric polarization may one day boost the driving range of electric and hybrid vehicles. (Credit... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• 3D Model Tracks Coal Ash Contamination

  

  Wake Forest biology graduate student Max Messinger and biology professor Miles Silman pose with their remote controlled helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft on... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ORNL to Build World’s Largest Pulsed Electromagnet for ITER

  

  General Atomics in San Diego, Calif., is overseeing the fabrication of the central solenoid, including the development of specialized tooling stations. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Biodiesel Waste Could Protect Soil Quality

  

  Healthy soil looks dark, crumbly, and porous, and is home to worms and other organisms. (Credit: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service / Colette... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Hydrogen Fuel Cell Unit to Provide Power to Honolulu Port

  

  A new fuel cell demonstration project led by Sandia National Laboratories will feature a portable, self-contained hydrogen fuel cell unit currently in the desig... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Lightning Helps Protect Electrical Grid Components

  

  KTH Electrical Engineering researcher Roya Nikjoo compares her technique to getting a "fingerprint" of the condition of a component. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EIA: Energy Trade is Key to Overall U.S. Trade Flows

  

  U.S. trade flows in 2013. (Source: U.S. Census International Trade in Goods and Services). Note: Energy fuels is a sub-category of total goods that includes... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Team Increases Sugarcane’s Geographic Range, Photosynthetic Rate

  

  If the researchers achieve their goal, growers will be able to meet 147 percent of the U.S. mandate for renewable fuels by growing the modified sugarcane on... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Theoretical Limit of Light Absorption in Solar Cells Almost Reached

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Steve Rainwater http://www.flickr.com/photos/steevithak/)Researchers at TU Delft have come very close (99.8%) to the theoretical limit of ligh... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Wood Pellets Help Reduce EU’s Greenhouse Emissions

  

  A wood pellet-fired boiler under construction at the Połaniec biomass power station in Southeast Poland, July 2012. (Credit: Flickr @ Bilfinger SE... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• World’s Largest Solar Bridge Opens in UK

  

  4,400 modules produce approximately 50 % of the station’s annual energy consumption. To the left is the original Blackfriars Bridge while to the right you see... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Technology Transforms Wet Algal Biomass Into Biogas

  

  (Credit: Applied Science University of Zurich ZHAW / Dominik Refardt)Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland,... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nanophononic Metamaterial Improves Conversion of Heat to Electricity

  

  An atomic-scale model of a nanophononic metamaterial. The vibrations caused by the pillar slow down the horizontal flow of heat through the thin film. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Inexpensive Nanoporous Semiconductor Efficiently Produces Hydrogen

  

  One of the limitations of using sunlight to create fuels like hydrogen has been the high cost of producing the semiconductors and catalysts needed. UW–Madison... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Geoengineering Could Stop Global Warming, But Only Temporarily

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Wayne Weber http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcweber/)Spraying reflective particles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and then stopping it... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Spintronic Circuit Consumes 80 Times Less Energy

  

  Wireless sensors based on spintronic circuit technology can be used to monitor bridges and tunnels. (Credit: Flickr Andreas Levers @ http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• JRC Models EU’s Most Cost-Effective Energy Technology Mix

  

  Major energy flows in an exemplary decarbonised EU28 in 2050, JRC-EU-TIMES model run (Credit: EU, acknowledgement for use of d3. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• UK Could Produce Up to 44% of Its Energy From Biomass

  

  Oil seed rape field in Twyford near Reading, UK. (Credit: Flickr @ Mark Hillary http://www.flickr.com/photos/markhillary/)The UK could generate almost half its... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY