Green skies: Engineer's work may reduce jet travel's role in global warming
Princeton Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Fred Dryer has a lofty goal: end the nation's reliance on oil for jet travel.
Princeton Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Fred Dryer has a lofty goal: end the nation's reliance on oil for jet travel.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 13, 2007
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Large areas of the Arctic sea-ice are only one metre thick this year, equating to an approximate 50 percent thinning as compared to the year 2001. These are the initial results from the latest Alfred-Wegener-Institute for ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2007
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All that rubbing of your backpack straps on your shoulders may be put to good use, now that researchers have designed a novel type of energy harvesting backpack. The pack has straps made of a piezoelectric material that can ...
London Authority (GLA) takes radical steps, one of which could be the removal of all cars from both inner and outer London, according to a report published today.
Environment
Sep 13, 2007
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In contrast to previous findings, it seems that the global distribution of macro- and microorganisms might be similar. A study in the online open access journal, BMC Evolutionary Biology, shows that some protozoa are globally ...
Sep 13, 2007
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Computer models now under development could enhance the design of sports equipment to help people of all abilities realise their sporting potential.
Other
Sep 13, 2007
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Drug dealers found with bank notes contaminated with unusually high levels of drugs are now less likely to get away with their crimes, thanks to new evidence from a team led by the University of Bristol, UK. The research ...
Other
Sep 13, 2007
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