News tagged with alternative energy solutions
Stanford experts say Silicon Valley is poised to play a key role as Japan restructures its power industry
As cities and towns rebuild after last year's devastating tsunami and earthquake in northeastern Japan, there is a potentially huge demand for the green technology and new information technology now being ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 08, 2012 |
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'Green' gasoline on the horizon?
University of Oklahoma researchers believe newer, more environmentally friendly fuels produced from biomass could create alternative energy solutions and alleviate dependence on foreign oil without requiring changes to current ...
Jan 13, 2009 |
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'Unzipped' carbon nanotubes could help energize fuel cells, batteries
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes riddled with defects and impurities on the outside could replace some of the expensive platinum catalysts used in fuel cells and metal-air batteries, according to scientists at ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 27, 2012 |
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Researchers prove new circuit pattern-design process, see promise for 14 nanometer design with directed self-assembly
(Phys.org) -- Researchers sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) announced that they have successfully created contact hole patterns for a wide variety of practical logic and memory devices ...
May 24, 2012 |
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New inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar cell shines with potential
(Phys.org) -- The limitations of conventional and current solar cells include high production cost, low operating efficiency and durability, and many cells rely on toxic and scarce materials. Northwestern University researchers ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 23, 2012 |
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Every black hole contains a new universe: A physicist presents a solution to present-day cosmic mysteries
Our universe may exist inside a black hole. This may sound strange, but it could actually be the best explanation of how the universe began, and what we observe today. It's a theory that has been explored ...
May 18, 2012 |
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Isoprene research could lead to eco-friendly car tires
(Phys.org) -- The world’s rubber supplies are in peril, and automobile tire producers are scrambling to seek alternative solutions.
May 16, 2012 |
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T-ray madness: Scientists score wireless data record
(Phys.org) -- Wednesday headlines trumpeted how "Japanese researchers smash Wi-Fi records" and "Scientists show off the future of Wi-Fi." The excitement is for good reason. A team of scientists have broken ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Nanosheet catalyst discovered to sustainably split hydrogen from water
(Phys.org) -- Hydrogen gas offers one of the most promising sustainable energy alternatives to limited fossil fuels. But traditional methods of producing pure hydrogen face significant challenges in unlocking ...
May 10, 2012 |
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US science group says it's time to start burying plutonium
(Phys.org) -- As researchers the world over continue to try to find a way to meet the energy needs of an over populated planet, negative consequences for choices already made continue to pile up. Global warming ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 10, 2012 |
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Brighter, smaller probes to uncover the secret lives of proteins
(Phys.org) -- Imagine tracking a deer through a forest by clipping a radio transmitter to its ear and monitoring the deer’s location remotely. Now imagine that transmitter is the size of a house, and ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 08, 2012 |
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Powered by poo: Students use dog waste to light park
Every day, about 200 dogs and their owners visit the Cosmo dog park in Gilbert, Ariz. When they go home, they leave behind about eight cubic yards of dog waste, plastic bottles, bags and other trash.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 02, 2012 |
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