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Algae is gaining ground as a potential renewable energy source

Algae may be secret weapon in climate change war

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Driven by fluctuations in oil prices, and seduced by the prospect of easing climate change, experts are ramping up efforts to squeeze fuel out of a promising new organism: pond scum.


Singapore and Neste Oil officials break ground on the world's biggest renewable diesel plant

Singapore-made biofuel to run cars in Europe, North America

Technology / Energy

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Diesel made from palm oil, vegetable oil and animal fat in Singapore may soon be powering cars in Europe and North America, Finland's Neste Oil said Friday.


U.S. economy: Light at the end of the tunnel

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sure, the U.S. economy is struggling, but the end to the "growth recession" may be in sight, say University of Michigan economists.


Are We in the Peak of an Oil Bubble?

Are We in the Peak of an Oil Bubble?

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (178) | comments 39

Since 2003, worldwide oil prices have quadrupled. According to a new study, the price of oil is rising at a faster-than-exponential rate, and cannot be sustained. In other words, we’re in the midst of an oil ...





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Clean energy to grow into 1.6 trillion euros industry: WWF

Space & Earth / Environment

created 5 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The clean energy technology sector will grow into a 1.6 trillion-euro (2.4 trillion-dollar) industry by 2020, becoming the third largest industrial sector after automobiles and electronics, WWF said Friday.


November US video game retail sales slide

Technology / Business

created 5 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A market researcher says Americans spent 8 percent less on video games in November than in the same month last year.


Another wave of foreclosures likely in new year

Other Sciences / Economics

created 8 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- As we near the end of the year, Phoenix-area home prices have started to go up, but another wave of foreclosures is likely to hit soon. That's according to the author of the latest Realty Studies report from ...


What's so funny about global warming?

Other Sciences / Other

created 12 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ian Leung has wanted to do something about global warming for almost two decades. Ever since he switched careers in 1991 from science advisor to the Ontario Ministry of Environment to pursue a career as an actor, the environment-and ...


Study: How restaurants reap higher wine sales

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell study has identified four strategies that restaurants use to reap higher wine sales: including the wine list on the food menu and listing prices without a dollar sign.


Diners spend more when menus don't use dollar signs

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Restaurant patrons tend to spend more money when they select their items from menus that don't use dollar signs, reports a new Cornell study.


Roasting Does More than Enhance Flavor in Peanuts

Roasting Does More than Enhance Flavor in Peanuts

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have shown that increasing roast color intensity steadily ramps up the antioxidant capacities of peanuts, peanut flour and peanut skins.


Review: Barnes & Noble reader is dual-screen mess (AP)

Review: Barnes & Noble reader is dual-screen mess

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (14) | comments 4

(AP) -- The e-book reading device is the gadget gift of the season. Both Sony and Barnes & Noble have sold out of their new models, and new buyers will have to wait until January for delivery. So why are ...


Energy efficiency technologies offer major savings

Technology / Energy

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Energy efficiency technologies that exist today or that are likely to be developed in the near future could save considerable money as well as energy, says a new report from the National Research Council. Fully adopting ...


EPA head: US must make up for lost time on climate (AP)

EPA head: US must make up for lost time on climate

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(AP) -- The top U.S. environmental official told a divided U.N. climate conference Wednesday that the Obama administration's moves to "make up for lost time" and cut greenhouse gases would complement congressional ...



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