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• Electric Vehicles Would Not Significantly Reduce U.S. Pollutant Emissions

  

  Chevrolet Volt (Credit: General Motors) A new study from North Carolina State University indicates that even a sharp increase in the use of electric drive... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Marine Energy Form Single Location Could Power Half of Scotland

  

  Shores of Scotland. (Credit: Flickr @ Joe Pitha http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpitha/) Researchers from Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ENI Starts Renting Cars Instead of Selling Fuel

  

  Enjoy car sharing service offers its customers Fiat 500 1.2CC (69 HP/51kW) and its longer version (not pictured) Fiat 500L 1.3CC (85HP/62kW). Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Fusion Enthusiast Builds ITER Model from Lego

  

  (Credit: Andrew Clark) Andrew Rae Clark, a fusion energy enthusiast from Baltimore, MD, who works as a Senior Artist in a video game developer company, has buil... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• JRC Identifies Potential Lead Markets for Electric Vehicles, Fuel Cell Cars

  

  The JRC identified the possible lead markets at regional and city level for electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. (Credit: Flickr @ Zero Emission Resource... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nanotechnology to Help Recover Leftover Oil

  

  An oil rig in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. (Credit: Flickr @ tsuda http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsuda/) Two new research projects are receiving funding from the... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Engineers Use Virtual Reality for ITER Design and Construction

  

  The visualization software enables the design engineers to literally "walk through" the ITER machine and the surrounding Tokamak Complex. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Survey Finds Nearly 6,000 Natural Gas Leaks in Washington, D.C.

  

  The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. More than 5,893 gas leaks from aging natural gas pipelines have been found under the streets of Washington, D.C.,... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• BP Publishes Energy Outlook 2035

  

  BP Energy Outlook 2035 Global energy demand continues to grow but that growth is slowing and mainly driven by emerging economies—led by China and India—accordin... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EHF Wireless Modules To Make Mobile Devices More Energy Efficient

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Alan Levine http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/) Carnegie Mellon University’s Jeyanandh Paramesh and Pulkit Grover are developing extremely... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EU Establishes Reference Materials to Improve Coal Analysis

  

  Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft brown combustible sedimentary rock that is formed from naturally compressed peat. (Credit: Anton Lefterov... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Extreme Cold Causes Record-High Natural Gas Storage Withdrawals

  

  Winter 2013-2014 and 5-year average net storage withdrawals. (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report) Recent... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• RWE Tests Metocean Buoy for Offshore Wind Farms

  

  Metocean buoy in front of met-mast in the North Sea. (Credit: RWE) Wind, waves and currents have a profound impact on the construction, the operation and... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Measures Turbulence Dissipation Rates of Wind Turbines

  

  Wind turbines in the Manawatu region, New Zealand. (Credit: Flickr @ Neville10 http://www.flickr.com/photos/42198161@N02/) Researchers at the University of... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Enzyme May Convert Methane to Liquid Transportation Fuel

  

  The scientists aim to develop a new way to harness methane as an energy source for vehicles. One untapped source could be stranded natural gas, which is... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Graphene Can Replace Indium Tin Oxide in Solar Cells

  

  Photovoltaic cells could benefit from transparent electrodes made from one-atom-thick sheets of carbon called graphene. (Credit: Flickr @ University of Salford... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Unmanned Flying Drones to Hunt for Oil Reserves

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Schwabe90 http://www.flickr.com/photos/100959233@N08/) University of Aberdeen scientists are using unmanned flying drones to recover more of... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, GADGETS, SOCIETY, TECH

• First Salinity Gradient Power Station to Open Next Month

  

  The first salinity gradient power station. (Credit: REDstack) Next month, on the Afsluitdijk (Netherlands), the first salinity gradient power station in the... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Kelp Watch’ Project to Assess Fukushima Contamination

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Moo Kitty http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookitty/) Researchers from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and the Lawrence Berkeley... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• DOE Invests in Cyber Security for Utilities

  

  From left are School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Raheem Beyah, Georgia Power Distinguished Professor A. P. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY