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Mar 15 | News
Developed with funding from the DOE's Clean Coal Power Initiative, a new DryFining technology from NETL uses waste heat from a power plant to reduce moisture content in lignite coal and also segregates particles by density. Occurring before oxidation, this sorting process eliminates many higher density compounds like sulfur and mercury and allows greater energy extraction and lower harmful emissions.
Mar 5 | News
If harnessing the unlimited solar power of the sun were easy, we wouldn't still have the greenhouse gas problem that results from the use of fossil fuel. And while solar energy systems work moderately well in hot desert climates, they are still inefficient and contribute only a small percentage of the general energy demand. A new solution may be coming from an unexpected source—a source that may be on your dinner plate tonight.
Feb 12 | News
UCLA chemists report creating a synthetic "gene" that could capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming, rising sea levels, and the increased acidity of oceans.
Feb 12 | News
Researchers at Queen’s Univ. suggest that policy makers examine greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions implications for energy infrastructure as fossil fuel sources must be rapidly replaced by windmills, solar panels and other sources of renewable energy.
Jan 28 | News
Employing some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shown that mismatched alloys are a good match for the future development of high performance thermoelectric devices. Thermoelectrics hold enormous potential for green energy production because of their ability to convert heat into electricity.
Jan 26 | News
Researchers from Purdue Univ. and Cummins Inc. have developed an advanced "closed-loop control" approach for preventing diesel engines from emitting greater amounts of smog-causing nitrogen oxides when running on biodiesel fuels.
Jan 15 | News
The protein Rubisco is a key part of the carbon dioxide fixation action in the photosynthetic process. The complex structure has until now proven impossible to reconstruct in the lab. Max Planck Institute scientists in Germany were able to build it by relying on cellular “chaperones”.
Jan 7 | News
A team of scientists from the Univ. of Sheffield have scooped an international award in recognition of their work on an innovative device which will make the production of alternative biofuels more energy efficient.
12/21/2009 | Innovator Of The Year
From water purification methods, to creating food and animal feed from waste, to making the purest alcohol ever, van Leeuwen has left his mark on society and throughout the world.
12/14/2009 | RDBlog
I always thought of bacteria as being intrusive. The same goes for fungi. It seemed more of something that would infect the body instead of helping the body, or any field of science. It was why I wore shower shoes in college. However, the more I read on bacteria and fungi, the more I started to see the benefits that these micro-organisms have toward science.