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• New Report Provides Information on Plasma Lighting Systems

  

  LUXIM plasma lighting system. (Credit: National Lighting Product Information Program)The National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP) at Rensselaer... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ORNL Aims to Develop Cheap Copper Oxide Solar Cell

  

  . (Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory)Amit Goyal and his team of research scientists are using copper oxide to redesign the face of solar power. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Right Wind Turbines Arrangement Improves Performance by One-Third

  

  UD researchers found that staggering, instead of aligning, rows of wind turbines in the Lillgrund Wind Farm would have improved performance. Aerial picture of... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Panasonic Will Supply 2 Billion Li-Ion Cells to Tesla Motors

  

  . (Credit: Panasonic)Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors this week announced that the two companies have reached an agreement in which Panasonic will expand... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Lockheed Martin to Design Largest Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plant

  

  The temperature difference between deep and shallow ocean waters offers enormous potential for producing energy. On an average day, 60 million square... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Alstom’s Tidal Turbine Injects Over 100 MW·h Into the Grid

  

  Alstom’s tidal turbine at EMEC site. (Credit: Alstom)Alstom’s full-scale tidal device installed at the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) in Orkney,... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• USAF to Test Small Wind Turbines, Fuel Cells in Extreme Arctic Conditions

  

  A Red Flag Alaska Operations shelter site will help Air Force researchers demonstrate wind turbine and fuel cell system options for improved operations. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Pilot Project to Test New Energy Recovery Process From Wastewater Nitrogen

  

  Bill Svoboda, chemist at Delta Diablo Sanitation District, working with wastewater treatment demonstration unit. (Credit: Delta Diablo Sanitation District)Born... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Neutron Scattering Technique Helps Efficiently Extract Shale Gas, Oil

  

  The rector pool at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. Primarily a research reactor, the HFIR also is used for the production of medical isotopes. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Solar Cell Efficiency Records: Which Solar Cells Are Really the Most Efficient

  

  Solar panels on the roof of the AEON LakeTown shopping mall in Saitama, Japan. (Credit: Flickr @ Toshihiro Oimatsu http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Chinese Researchers Create Transparent Solar Panels for Windows

  

  . (Credit: Flickr @ Brenda Gottsabend http://www.flickr.com/photos/gottgraphicsdesign/)Researchers at the Shanghai University have integrated solar cells into... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Light Nanofilter System Stimulates Algae Growth

  

  . (Credit: Flickr @ Daniel Ramirez http://www.flickr.com/photos/danramarch/)A team of researchers from The University of Western Australia has helped develop a... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Cities Can Draw Renewable Energy From Groundwater

  

  Heating systems, sewage, subway and even traffic in road tunnels are increasing the groundwater temperature. (Credit: Flickr @ Mike Renlund http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nuclear Plants Cannot Compete With Cheap Natural Gas

  

  U.S. nuclear power plants, highlighting recently and soon-to-be retired plants, as of 2013 (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration).Due to abundant shal... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Will Use X-Rays to Study Fuel Cell Micro-Structure

  

  Erik Kjeang, director of SFU's Fuel Cell Research Lab, is the principal investigator of a research project in which scientists will be able to "see" directly... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Waste Fuel Accounted for 29% of U.S. Manufacturing Fuel Use in 2010

  

  Petroleum coke. (Credit: Romanm http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Roman)Waste fuels—usually byproducts of on-site production processes that often have... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Common Kitchen Ingredients Can Make Better Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

  

  Yolk-shell structure of eggs inspired scientists to create nanocomposite materials. (Credit: Flickr @ Alpha http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Quasi-Random Structures Help Solar Cells to Capture More Sunlight

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Steve Rainwater http://www.flickr.com/photos/steevithak/)An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universities of... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• UCF to Help Develop ‘Smart Grid’ for Electric Cars

  

  Electric vehicles only parking lot in London. (Credit: Flickr @ Luke McKernan http://www.flickr.com/photos/33718942@N07/)While the increasing number of... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Wood Charcoal Can Be Used to Create Supercapacitors

  

  Any kind of wood can be made into biochar by heating in a low-oxygen chamber. Some types of wood work better than others. Pictured, left to right, are white... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY