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• Scientists Integrate LED, Transistor on the Same Chip

  

  A LED connected to a 9V battery (Credit: Flickr @ °Florian http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/) Engineers from the Smart Lighting Engineering Research... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Low-Cost Zinc-Air Battery Developed

  

  A rechargeable zinc-oxide battery in a tri-electrode configuration. (Credit: Yanguang Li, Stanford University) A new zinc-air battery developed by the Stanford... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Indian Oil Corporation Develops Technology to Make Jatropha Oil Biodiesel

  Fruit bunch on naturalized tree of Jatropha curcas or "physic nut", a promising biofuel plant. Couple of weeks ago Jatropha oil was used by IndianOil in... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Meteorological Station Helps Choose Optimal Solar Power Plant Locations

  

  DLR and CIEMAT commissioned a meteorological research station at the Plataforma Solar de Almería site in southern Spain. (Credit: German Aerospace Center) To... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Develop Cheap and Efficient Nanostructured-Carbon-Based Catalyst

  

  A high-resolution microscopic image of a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory that could pave the way fo... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Alstom, Intel Sign Smart Greed Agreement

  

  Alstom Grid and Intel signed a global agreement to combine expertise and work together on solutions and technologies for smart grids and smart cities. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Alstom, Intel Sign Smart Grid Agreement

  

  Alstom Grid and Intel signed a global agreement to combine expertise and work together on solutions and technologies for smart grids and smart cities. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EU Carbon Dioxide Emissions Lowest Since 1990

  

  Greenhouse gases fell by 3.3 % in the EU in 2011 (Credit: Flickr @ Horia Varlan http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/) Several EU agencies have recently... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Cheap Silicon Electrodes Improve Lithium-Ion Battery Performance

  

  This is an illustration of a new battery electrode made from a composite of hydrogel and silicon nanoparticles (Si NP). Each Si NP is encapsulated in a... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Continuous Fermentation Process Increases Beer Brewing Efficiency

  

  The pilot plant for new the fermentation process (Picture: K. Auffermann-Müller/TUM) The beer is going green, and it has nothing to do with St. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Using Existing Data to Assess Tidal Power Potential

  Tidal power is a renewable energy source that converts the energy of tides into useful forms of power—mainly electricity. Due to the lack of measurement data... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EIA Calculates the Cost of Energy Efficient Appliances

  

  (Source: Department of Energy Appliance Equipment Standards Program, Technical Support Documents.) It is well known that the energy efficiency of similar... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Add Printed OLEDs to the List of Quantum Dots Applications

  

  This image shows novel cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots with ligand enhancement chemistry. The vials on the left contain quantum dots; the vial on the... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Reveal High-Pressure Hydrogen Properties Using Infrared Radiation

  

  A manhole cover with a stylized hydrogen atom. The black plus in the center represents a proton and the yellow minus a negatively charged electron. (Credit:... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Google Earth Helps Power Plants to Stay Cool

  

  A sample image from the AWSIS system. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, in the United States more fresh water is now used for thermoelectric power... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Graphene Applications in Energy Review

  

  Like diamond or graphite, graphene is a structural modification (an allotrope) of carbon, that has many special properties that make it a very useful material... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Gigantic Battery Will Provide Power During Blackouts

  

  Rows of battery racks at Portland General Electric’s Salem Smart Power Center in Salem, Ore. PGE is a participant in the Battelle-led Pacific Northwest Smart... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Oil, Gas Development Picking Up the Pace in East Africa

  

  Emerging oil and gas countries in East Africa (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration) Until the last few years East Africa was a sleepy backwater for... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Two Biofuel Production Processes Offer Significant Emission Reduction

  

  A special issue of Forest Products Journal considers 15 processes where woody biomass was turned into liquid fuel. (Credit: Flickr @ Danielle Scott... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Siemens to Supply Electrical Systems for the Would-Be Largest Refinery in China

  

  Guangdong Petrochemical Refinery location Siemens has concluded a framework agreement with the largest integrated energy company in the People’s Republic of... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY