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New uses for diesel by-products

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new catalytic process discovered by the Cardiff Catalysis Institute could unleash a range of useful new by-products from diesel fuel production.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Algae for your fuel tank: New process for producing biodiesel from microalgae oil

The available amount of fossil fuels is limited and their combustion in vehicle motors increases atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. The generation of fuels from biomass as an alternative is on the rise. In ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Clearing a potential road block to bisabolane: Key enzyme structure identified

(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent discovery that bisabolane, a member of the terpene class of chemical compounds used in fragrances and flavorings, holds high promise as a biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel fuel ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

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Toyota, BMW strike green-car technology pact

Automakers Toyota and BMW on Thursday struck a partnership to share eco-friendly technologies, including in the joint development of lithium-ion batteries for next-generation electric cars, the companies said.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Link between air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea

Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a study in this week's issue of the journal Nature.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New research: Are global honey bee declines caused by diesel pollution?

Scientists are investigating a possible link between tiny particles of pollution found in diesel fumes and the global collapse of honey bee colonies.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Pregnant mothers at risk from air pollution

A Californian-based study has looked in detail at air quality and the impact of traffic-related air pollution on premature birth. Published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health, results from this s ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Certain biofuel mandates unlikely to be met by 2022; unless new technologies, policies developed

It is unlikely the United States will meet some specific biofuel mandates under the current Renewable Fuel Standard by 2022 unless innovative technologies are developed or policies change, says a new congressionally requested ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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Proposed pipeline could cost jobs, not create them

(PhysOrg.com) -- Claims of job creation by the TransCanada Corp. Keystone XL Pipeline are inflated at best and misleading at worst, according to a new report by the ILR Global Labor Institute (GLI) posted on its website.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Dust makes light work of vehicle emissions

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have identified a silver lining in the cloud of red dust that enveloped much of eastern Australia two years ago.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cows may hold the key to greener fuels

Scientists in Scotland are turning to cows and the tiny organisms and enzymes found in their stomachs for a potential way to create industrial products such as biofuels from plant waste and plan to unveil their ideas at a ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Hybrid vehicle team to test drive new efficient dual-fuel engine

An award-winning University of Wisconsin-Madison student hybrid vehicle will become a showcase for advanced fuel technology that harnesses the advantages of both diesel and gasoline.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

WWII shipwrecks could threaten US coast

On the evening of Feb. 2, 1942, an unarmed tanker with 66,000 barrels of crude oil on board was steaming in the Atlantic, about 90 miles off Ocean City, Md. Without warning, it was struck by German torpedoes. The attack set ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 11

Diesel fumes pose risk to heart as well as lungs, study shows

Tiny chemical particles emitted by diesel exhaust fumes could raise the risk of heart attacks, research has shown.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How algae could change your world (or at least your car)

Will we soon be fueling our cars, applying cosmetics and eating food - all made from algae? That's the rather science-fiction-y premise of the new cluster of companies (many of them based in San Diego, home of the San ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2