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Scientists seek safe carbon dioxide storage for 'greener' power generation (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to fund research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Engineering on technologies that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the capture ...


Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems

Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people would like to be able to charge their cell phones and other personal electronics quickly and not too often. A recent discovery made by UC San Diego engineers could lead to carbon ...


Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Lehigh University's Energy Research Center (ERC) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop methods of recovering and reusing the heat that would be generated by the carbon-dioxide (CO2) compressio ...


Laser etching safe alternative for labeling grapefruit

Laser etching safe alternative for labeling grapefruit

Biology / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 8

Laser labeling of fruit and vegetables is a new, patented technology in which a low-energy carbon dioxide laser beam is used to label, or "etch" information on produce, thereby eliminating the need for common ...


Is global warming unstoppable?

Space & Earth / Environment

created 10 hours ago | popularity 3.4 / 5 (15) | comments 18

In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions - the major cause of global warming - cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the ...


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Germany, Mexico, US top smart energy list

Technology / Energy

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Germany, Mexico and the United States have crafted some of the world's smartest policies for improving energy use, according to a study released on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN climate talks here.


How Size Matters For Catalysts: Study Links Size, Activity, Electronic Properties

How Size Matters For Catalysts: Study Links Size, Activity, Electronic Properties

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah chemists demonstrated the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed chemical ...


What Comes After Hard Drives?

What Comes After Hard Drives?

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (34) | comments 36

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to store and retrieve data is an important component of today's computers, as well as other modern electronic devices such as cell phones, video game consoles, and camcorders. ...


Japan aims to bury greenhouse gas emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.


Tiny bubbles clean oil from water

Tiny bubbles clean oil from water

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Small amounts of oil leave a fluorescent sheen on polluted water. Oil sheen is hard to remove, even when the water is aerated with ozone or filtered through sand. Now, a University of Utah engineer has developed ...



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