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• US, Canada and China Are the World’s Top Three Shale Gas Producers

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Joel Kramer http://www.flickr.com/photos/75001512@N00/)The United States and Canada are the only major producers of commercially viable natura... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Use Perovskite Structures to Create Cheaper Solar Cells

  

  Unique material is far cheaper to produce and generates almost as much power as today's thin film solar cells. (Credit: Nanyang Technological... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Organic Solar Cell Production Method Proposed

  

  The polymer blend morphology without (left) and with (right) nanowires. (Credit: See citation at the end of this article)Physicists at Imperial College London... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Study Performance of Solar Panels in Cold Climate

  

  Michigan Tech solar energy scientist Joshua Pearce, left, and Jay Meldrum, director of the Keweenaw Research Center, with the array of solar panels behind KRC.... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• UQ, First Solar to Build Largest Solar Power Plants in Australia

  

  80 MW solar farm in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. (Credit: First Solar, Inc.)The University of Queensland has signed a contract with First Solar for the... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Build ‘Impossible’ Silicon Supercapacitor

  

  Silicon chip with porous surface next to the special furnace where it was coated with graphene to create a supercapacitor electrode. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Assess Potential Economic Impact of ‘Peak Oil’

  

  Oil drill outside of Colby, Kansas. (Credit: Flickr @ Lyndi Jason http://www.flickr.com/photos/citnaj/)Researchers from the University of Maryland and a... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Stanford Scientists Create Resilient Material for Thermophotovoltaic Systems

  

  Scientists at Stanford have developed a heat-resistant thermal emitter capable of remaining stable under temperatures as high as 2,500 °F (1,400 °C). Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Aim to Mass-Produce Graphene Nanopetals for Battery Applications

  

  Researchers at Purdue University are developing a method to mass-produce a new type of nanomaterial for advanced sensors and batteries, with an eye toward... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Home Weatherization Can Save $33 Billion Annually

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Knight Foundation http://www.flickr.com/photos/knightfoundation/)Despite most people not being all that keen on installing energy efficient... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions Declined 3.8% in 2012

  

  Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, 1990-2012. (Credit: U.S. Energy Information Administration)Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2012 were... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Methane Emissions From Fracking May Be Lower Than Previously Estimated

  

  (Credit: University of Texas at Austin)A new study from The University of Texas at Austin reports on extensive measurements of methane emissions from... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Not Running Out of Oil (Yet): Oil Reserves Overview

  

  Are we running out of oil? (Credit: Flickr @ Olle Svensson http://www.flickr.com/photos/ollesvensson/)With all the statistical information that has been... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Invisible’ Wind Turbine Undergoes Testing in Italy

  

  The "dragonfly" wind turbine. (Credit: Renzo Piano Building Workshop)Testing has begun on the innovative mini-wind-turbine blade designed by the famous Genoese... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U-Maryland Builds Solar-Powered Robotic Raven

  

  Solar-powered Robo Raven III. (Credit: Maryland Robotics Center / University of Maryland)Solar power has already been used to power planes like Solar Impulse... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EIA Calculates Electric Motors Efficiency by Industry

  

  Electric motors power the compactor's hydraulic system at Heidel Hollow Farms in Germansville, PA. (Credit: Lance Cheung / USDA) Machine drives, which are... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists ‘Reprogram’ Plants to Produce 60 Times More Oil

  

  Increasing oil accumulation in leaves: Overexpressing the gene for PDAT, an enzyme involved in oil production, caused plant leaves to accumulate large amounts o... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Use X-Rays to Study Li-Ion Battery Electrode Degradation

  

  Particles of a tin oxide electrode experiencing structural changes during charging (1-3) and discharging (3-4). (Graphic: Martin Ebner, Laboratory for... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Americans Worried by Global Warming, Care Less About Energy

  

  According to the U-Texas Energy Poll, almost 78% of Americans are concerned about the cost of electricity. This is the second major concern, after gasoline... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Global Nuclear Energy Capacity Reached 370 GW in 2012

  

  Chooz Nuclear Power Station in Ardennes, France. (Credit: MOSSOT http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MOSSOT) According to the EIA, as of 2012, nuclear... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY