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• Better Energy Tech Means Less Open-Heart Surgeries

  

  Professor Armaghan Salehian. (Credit: University of Waterloo) Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new energy harvesting technology that... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Discover Why Plastic Solar Cells Work So Well

  

  A laser being used to understand why plastic solar cells are efficient. (Credit: Dimali Amarasinghe, Gordon Hedley / University of St Andrews) Scientists at... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Electrocaloric Effect May Increase Refrigeration, Air Conditioning Efficiency

  

  A refrigeration device on a street. (Credit: Flickr @ With Associates http://www.flickr.com/photos/withassociates/) Scientists at the National Physical... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• When Roughly Is Good Enough: Approximate Computing Saves Energy

  

  The number π, rounded to the hundredths place. In real calculations various approximations are often used. Scientists are creating a new type of computers... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Robust Superconducting Cables Bring Fusion Power Closer to Reality

  

  Jacketed cable for ITER's toroidal field conductor: superconducting and non-superconducting strands surround a central channel for helium. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• PNNL Turns Algae Into Oil, Process Takes Minutes

  

  (L-R): Algae slurry; biocrude oil; and, with further processing, refined biocrude which contains mostly the makings of gasoline and diesel fuel. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Blade Dynamics to Build 80-Meter Long Wind Turbine Blade

  

  Blade Dynamics D49. (Credit: Blade Dynamics) Blade Dynamics has announced that the design phase of their “Very Long Blade Project” for the Energy Technologies... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Increase Quantum Dot Charge Transfer By Shrinking Dot’s Core

  

  This illustration shows two light-absorbing quantum dots (orange/red spheres) surrounded by a conducting polymer ("stick-and-ball" structure). Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Fine-Tuned Silica Rods Can Lead to Anti-Reflective Solar Panels

  

  Jaswinder Sharma discovered that by manipulating the reaction temperature during growth, he could control the thickness while retaining control of each segment... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• IEA: Global Coal Demand to Grow Slower

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Alexander G http://www.flickr.com/photos/weak_hope/) Tougher Chinese policies aimed at reducing dependency on coal will help restrain global... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• MidAmerican Energy Makes Largest Wind Turbine Order in History

  

  A single blade for the SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines ordered by MidAmerican Energy weighs about 10 tons. That's as heavy as two full-grown elephant bulls — but... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Replace Car Body Parts With Structural Batteries

  

  In the model above, the car roof has been replaced by a structural battery. (Credit: Emilia Lundgren / Chalmers University) Today’s electric car batteries are... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EIA Presents Updated Projections for U.S. Energy Market

  

  Figure 1. Increased production of tight oil and greater fuel efficiency drive decline in petroleum and other liquid imports. (Source: EIA, AEO2014 Reference... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• PPPL’s ‘Star Power’ Video Explains Challenges & Benefits of Fusion Power

  

  A coronal mass ejection erupts from the Sun. (Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has released “Star Power,... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Identifies Best Energy Generation Options for Africa, Solar Wins

  

  Africa solar irradiation map based on the HelioClim-1 database. (Credit: IRENA) A new article (see footnote) by the Joint Research Center (JRC), the EU... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Method Predicts Power Grid Outages

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Bernt Rostad http://www.flickr.com/photos/brostad/) A method of assessing the stability of large-scale power grids in real time could bring th... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Geothermal Plant Design Uses Carbon Dioxide to Boost Output Tenfold

  

  The Palinpinon geothermal power plant in Negros Oriental, Philippines. (Credit: Mike Gonzalez http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TheCoffee) Researchers are... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Analysis: Renewable Energy Development in Africa

  

  Not only energy’s future, but also Africa’s entire continent will be based on using renewable energy sources. Many countries (although slowly) are investing in... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Humavox Announces Universal Wireless Charging Platform

  

  Humavox's NEST wireless charging station. Humavox, an Israeli company operating in the wireless power technology area, this week announced a new wireless... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Final Uranium Fuel From Russian Nuclear Warheads Arrives in U.S.

  

  A Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles mobile launcher during VE-Day parade in Moscow, May 9, 2013. (Credit: Flickr @ Pavel Kazachkov http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY