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• IAEA: ‘World’s Nuclear Power Generating Capacity Will Continue to Grow’

  

  Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant in Russia. (Credit: Conleth Brady / IAEA)The world’s nuclear power generating capacity is projected to continue to grow by 2030, a... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study: CNG Powered Buses Are Cheaper and Greener

  

  A Metro Bus in the Washington DC area. (Credit: Flickr @ Elvert Barnes http://www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/)CNG (compressed natural gas), a fossil fuel... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientist Challenges Popular Perception of Biofulel Carbon Neutrality

  

  HERO BX biofuel tanks in rural Penn. (Credit: Flickr @ U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/)In a new paper published online in... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• World Record for Four-Junction Solar Cell Efficiency Achieved in Germany

  

  World record solar cell with 44.7% efficiency, made up of four solar subcells based on III-V compound semiconductors for use in concentrator photovoltaics. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Toshiba Enters Wind Energy Business

  

  The Toshiba research and development facility in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. (Credit: Chiether http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Chiether)Toshiba Corporatio... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Seek Cheaper Acetal Biodiesel Additives

  

  The UPV/EHU researcher Ion Agirre believes it will take time for the conclusions to be turned into industrial processes. (Credit: UPV/EHU)The SUPREN research... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Comprehensive China Energy Databook Released

  

  In the five years since the China Energy Group of the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) released its last edition of... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Methane Conversion Research Project Receives ARPA-E Award

  

  This fuel tank may soon be filled with butanol. (Credit: Flickr @ Mr. T in DC http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dc/)The University of Delaware methane... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Next-Gen Pelamis Wave Energy Converter Successfully Passes Initial Tests

  

  ScottishPower Renewables' Pelamis P2 machine arriving in Orkney, Scotland. (Credit: Pelamis Wave Power)Tank testing of scale models to develop the next... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Photobiology Research Project Aims to Improve Solar Cell Technology

  

  A solar cell from the communication satellite Telstar, c.1980s. (Credit: Flickr @ Science Museum London http://www.flickr.com/photos/sciencemuseum/)An... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Solar Reflectors Installed Atop the Campanile

  

  The Solar Beacon atop the Campanile as seen from the Berkeley marina. (Photo: John Vallerga)Two solar reflectors that decorated the Golden Gate Bridge last... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• 6 Most Interesting Electric Car Apps

  

  The locations of EV charging stations in the New York area, as shown by PlugShare (For more information visit http://www.plugshare. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Hydrophobic Surfaces Will Improve Steam Condenser Efficiency

  

  Fitting the 3D blading of a low pressure steam turbine at Muelheim plant in Germany. (Credit: Siemens AG, Munich/Berlin)About 90% of all electricity is generate... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• UAV Will Determine Best Locations for Wind Energy

  

  A team of Clarkson engineering students and staff pose with the Golden Eagle, an unmanned aerial vehicle constructed last year. The parts in the foreground... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Magnesium From Seawater Will Make Fuel-Efficient Transportation Cheaper

  

  Magnesium is a lightweight metal used in cars and planes to improve their fuel efficiency. But it currently requires a lot of energy and money to produce the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study May Help Improve Geological Nuclear Waste Disposal

  

  Sandia researcher Yifeng Wang examines a clay sample from South Dakota as part of iodide experiments. A team of Sandia researchers is working to understand how... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• BMW i3 Series Production Begins in Leipzig

  

  From the left: Senior Vice President BMW Leipzig Plant, Manfred Erlacher, Minister President of the state of Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich, BMW AG Board Member for... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Solid-State Lithium Ion Battery Could Double the Range of Electric Cars

  

  Tesla's Energy Storage System (ESS) (Credit: Flickr @ Nick Ares http://www.flickr.com/photos/aresauburnphotos/)A cutting-edge solid-state lithium ion battery... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Create Inexpensive Fuel Cell Catalyst That Tolerates Carbon Monoxide

  

  Brookhaven Lab scientists Radoslav Adzic, Vyacheslav Volkov, Lijun Wu (back), Wei An, Jia Wang, and Dong Su (front) gathered in the control room for a scanning... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EPA Finalizes WaterSense Specification for Pre-Rinse Spray Valves

  

  (Photo credit: Flickr @ Richard J. Berry http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayor-richard-j-berry/)According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), if... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY