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• New Tool Advances Genetic Engineering of Fuel Crops

  

  A family of six nucleotide sugar transporters never before described have been characterized in Arabidopsis, a model plant for research in advanced biofuels. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Oil and Gas Exploration Operations Can Use Brackish Groundwater

  

  Scientists suggest ways to use less fresh groundwater for hydraulic fracturing. (Credit: Flickr @ WCN 24/7 https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Method Efficiently Converts Lignocellulosic Biomass Into Biofuel

  

  At left, a mixture of maple wood and tetrahydrofuran (THF). On, the result after that have been mixed and reacted. (Credit: University of California,... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• July, 2014: This Month in Energy

  

  Unconventional oil and natural gas extraction techniques are driving a revolution in the traditional energy sector, while solar and wind energy continue to... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Trigeneration System Shows Potential for Off-Grid Applications

  

  All-in-one energy system offers greener power for off-grid homes. (Credit: Flickr @ Gerry Dincher https://www.flickr.com/photos/gerrydincher/)A novel... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EU Energy Markets Are Yet to Reach Potential

  

  In the EU there are more energy service companies with more projects in 2013 than in 2010. (Credit: Flickr @ versageek https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EIA: Nonhydro Renewables Routinely Surpass Hydropower

  

  Total monthly hydropower and honhydro renewable generation. (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly and Short-Term Energy... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Chemists Use MRI to Study Supercapacitors

  

  MRI technology serves as a looking glass into supercapacitors’ energy storage activity. (Credit: Flickr @ liz west https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Liquid Alloy Electrode Improves Sodium-Beta Battery Performance

  

  PNNL materials scientist Xiaochuan Lu assembles a sodium-beta battery in a glove box. He and his colleagues have developed a new liquid metal alloy electrode... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Low-Grade Cotton Collects 50 Times Its Weight in Oil

  

  Deepwater Horizon oil spill: The oil slick as seen from space by NASA‘s Terra satellite on 24 May 2010. (Credit: NASA)Scientists at Texas Tech University have... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated Using Spray-Painting Process

  

  (Credit: University of Salford)Researchers at the University of Sheffield have successfully produced perovskite solar cells using a spray-painting process. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• 8/1/2014 This Week in Energy: Beyond Headlines

  

  Here’s a bit of energy news that didn’t make it into our daily coverage during the past week. In this review, we collected some of less big, but nonetheless... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Get Closer to Making Pure Lithium Anode

  

  A new study brings a pure lithium anode design closer to reality. (Credit: Flickr @ Ana Ulin https://www.flickr.com/photos/anaulin/)Scientists at Stanford... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Catalyst Converts Waste Carbon Dioxide Into Syngas

  

  Amin Salehi-Khojin, assistant professor of mechanical/industrial engineering. (Credit: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin / UIC Photo Services)Scientists from the... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Novel Inductive Charging System for Cars Proposed

  

  Charging electric cars by induction is still a distant vision. By installing the charging system at the front of the vehicle, scientists have found a new... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Dyes Help Solar Cells Harvest More Light

  

  New zinc porphyrin dyes that harvest light in both the visible and near-infrared parts of the spectrum. (Credit: Flickr @ Arne Krueger https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Simulation Model to Make Hydroelectric Plants More Efficient

  

  The hydroelectric plants in the Columbia River basin in the Pacific Northwest generate 22,000 MW in output. In the photo: a dam wall in the many-branched dam... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Payment System Protects Privacy of EV Owners

  

  A new payment system helps recharge electric cars privately. (Credit: Flickr @ rudisillart https://www.flickr.com/photos/rudisillart/)A new electronic payment... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Discover New Damage from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

  

  A colony of coral from a newly discovered coral community with attached anemones and brittle stars from a site 6 km from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• CASCADE Project to Help Airports Reduce Energy Use

  

  Cascade systems are implemented and validated in two major European airports from December/April 2014 to March 2015: Milano Malpensa (on the photo) and Roma... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY