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• Scientists Gain Insight Into Biomass Pretreatment Process

  

  This graphical representation of lignocellulosic biomass based on supercomputer models illustrates a new Oak Ridge National Laboratory study about the inner... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Massachusetts Ranks First in Energy Efficiency

  

  Boston at night. (Credit: Flickr @ lehcar1477 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lehcar1477/) For the third consecutive year now, Massachusetts topped the annual Stat... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Use Viruses to Produce Li-Air Battery Electrodes

  

  A battery electrode interacts with lithium and oxygen to form lithium peroxide. (Credit: MIT)Lithium-air batteries have received considerable attention over... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Microbe Breaks Down Lignin, Improves Biofuel Production

  

  An expedition into the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico by JBEI and Berkeley Lab researchers led to the identification of a soil microbe that utilize... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Bacterial Nanowire Gives Clues for Biological Fuel Cells

  

  Zooming in on the Geobacter-Gonorrhea composite shows how the aromatic residues (teal balloon-like structures) bulge from the surface of pilin proteins... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Data Collected From Cars Helps Build Better Infrastructure

  

  The SINTEF scientists obtained access to invaluable data, and are now able to see into the very “brain” of a car and measure such things as how much energy is... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Biofuel Or Fertilizer: Why Not Both?

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Gordon Robertson http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordon_robertson/)Biomass is a limited resource that can be used both in energy industry and in... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Japanese Corporations to Help Build Country’s EV Charging Infrastructure

  

  An electric vehicle charging place neat Lalaport Iwata shopping mall in Iwata city, Japan. (Credit: Flickr @ raneko http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Methane-Eating Microbes May Affect Global Warming

  

  Jennifer Glass works in a chamber where she can control the oxygen levels to mimic the deep sea environment. (Credit: Rob Felt / Georgia Tech)Methane hydrates... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• GE Plans to Use Biofuel for Jet Engines

  

  Jet engines burn through 10 million gallons of jet fuel annually at testing sites like Peebles Test Operation. (Credit: General Electric)GE’s Peebles Test... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2013 Predicts Major Changes in Energy World

  

  World Energy Outlook 2013.Technology and high prices are opening up new oil resources, but this does not mean the world is on the verge of an era of oil... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Insufficient Parking Space Hinders Electric Vehicle Adoption

  

  The Logan Pass Visitor Center in Glacier National Park parking lot is pretty full during the summer. (Credit: Sarah Grieb / NPS)According to Carnegie Mellon... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Perovskite Oxides Can Help Overcome Solar Cell Efficiency Limits

  

  An illustration of the perovskite crystal fabricated in the experiment. (Credit: Felice Macera)Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Test Will Check for Groundwater Contamination from Shale Gas

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Damien Weidner http://www.flickr.com/photos/aweidner/)A test to check for groundwater contamination from shale gas extraction processes and... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Honda to Show Its Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicle at 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show

  

  Honda FCEV Concept sketch. (Credit: Honda)Yesterday a sketch was released of the Honda FCEV Concept in advance of its debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Coal Makes Way for Natural Gas, Renewables

  

  Fuel shares of total electricity generation in the lower 48 states. (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Monthly Update)The mix of... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Belarus to Build Its First Nuclear Plant

  

  Render image of the Belarus' first nuclear power plant. (Credit: Directorate for NPP Construction, Belarus)Belarus to be the first country in Europe and the... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Metamaterial Harvests Energy From Microwaves

  

  Duke engineering students Alexander Katko (left) and Allen Hawkes show a waveguide containing a single power-harvesting metamaterial cell, which provides... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nanogrid Breaks Down Oil Into Biodegradable Components

  

  Transmission electron microscopy image and related electron diffraction pattern of the nanogrids structures as manifested at the nanoparticle level. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Singapore’s First Tidal Turbine Launched

  

  Sentosa Boardwalk, Singapore. (Credit: Flickr @ Jack at Wikipedia http://www.flickr.com/photos/jack_tt_lee/)Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has built... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY