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• Free Electrons Successfully Accelerated by Laser

  

  Brookhaven's main gate sign (Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory) A research done in Brookhaven National Laboratory has proven that an electron beam can be... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Russian Gazprom Will Export Natural Gas to China Before the Year Ends

  

  The headquarters of China National Petroleum Corporation and PetroChina, outside of Dongzhimen, Beijing - 9 Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Silicon Electrodes Can Make Batteries Last 10 Times Longer

  

  (Credit: University of Maryland NanoCenter) The most commercially popular negative electrode material used in lithium-ion batteries is graphite. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 CURRENT, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• First Demonstration of a Stretchable Li-Ion Battery

  

  An Olympus Stylus camera without the case, showing the flex circuit assembly. (Credit: This image was originally posted to Flickr by jurvetson at http://flickr. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Offshore Wind Turbines Can Be Broken By Medium Storms

  

  The Lillgrund offshore wind farm in Sweden (Credit: Tomasz Sienicki http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tsca) With wind power being the fastest growing... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Cellulosic Biofuel Production Is Growing Too Slow

  

  Cellulosic biofuel projects with plans to begin producing by 2015. (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration) While cellulosic biofuels production should... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Hydroelectric Plant to Solve Nepal’s Power Deficit

  

  Nepal's mountain ranges and many swiftly flowing rivers endow it with huge hydropower resources. (Credit: Michał Sałaban http://commons.wikimedia. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EIA Explains Recent Rise in Gasoline Prices

  

  Gasoline prices are going up—since the start of this year an average price for a gallon of regular gas have risen by 45 cents, reaching $3.75 per gallon on... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Wind Power Is Not Limitless, Suggests Harvard Research

  

  It is seems to be common sense to assume that wind power is limitless—it’s not like you can run out of air or the wind could stop blowing all of a sudden. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• National Academies Recommend Continued High Priority for Fusion Experiments

  

  National Research Council have recently issued a report called “An Assessment of the Prospects for Internal Fusion Energy,” highlighting that the current U.S. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• National Academies Recommend Continued High Priority for Fusion Experiments

  National Research Council have recently issued a report called “An Assessment of the Prospects for Internal Fusion Energy,” highlighting that the current U.S. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Energy Department to Spend $20 Million on Energy Sector Cybersecurity

  

  Energy Secretary Steven Chu have announced that up to $20 million will be available for the research and development of cybersecurity defenses—control systems... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Korea Presents Plans For Fusion Power Plant

  

  “Gap“ was a much-used word in a talk given by G.S. Lee on February 18 at EFDA in Garching, Germany. Lee, who had already helped establishing the South-Korean... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EU Reached a Political Agreement on Offshore Safety Legislation

  

  In the aftermath of the “Deepwater Horizon” explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in May 2010, European Commission have reviewed safety, health and... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Working on Solar Cells That Can Be Coated on Any Surface

  

  Wouldn’t it be convenient to be able to charge your phone, tablet or some other portable device automatically, every time you go into the sun? Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Working on Solar Cells That Can Be Coated on Any Surface

  

  Wouldn’t it be convenient to be able to charge your phone, tablet or some other portable device automatically, every time you go into the sun? Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Intel and Staples Now Purchase 100% Green Power

  

  According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last update of the Green Power Partnership’s Top Partner Rankings list, two more companies have now... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• US Department of Energy to Invest $1 Million in Hydrogen Fuel

  

  US Department of Energy have announced last week a $1 million investment into hydrogen fuel technologies. Money would be used to analyze possible... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One Achieved 100 MW Generating Capacity

  

  Located in the Antelope Valley area of North Los Angeles County, the AV Solar Ranch One has achieved a peak generating capacity of 100 megawatts—a milestone on ... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Indonesian Scientists Make Biofuel From Tropical Microalgae

  

  Researchers at Bandung Institute of Technology hypothesize that since the oil deposits in Indonesia originate from fossilized microscopic algae, the process... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY