What can green algae do for science if they weren't, well, green? That's the question biologists at UC San Diego sought to answer when they engineered a green alga used commonly in laboratories, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, ...
Biotechnology
Mar 7, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Designing a building holistically, and making sure that its components and systems work together according to design intent, can pay big dividends in energy savings and occupant satisfaction, according to a study ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 6, 2013
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(Phys.org)—It is not enough to be energy efficient; LED lighting also must be consistently high quality and reliable to win over consumers.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 5, 2013
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(Phys.org)—If you think it's been unusually hot lately, just wait—by the end of the century, temperatures in California are expected to rise significantly. What that means for human health, agriculture, water supply and ...
Environment
Dec 19, 2012
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(AP) -- California will require cellphones, tablets and hundreds of other electronic devices to have energy-efficient battery chargers beginning next year.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 13, 2012
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New homes built in California starting in 2026 need to be powered by all-electric furnaces, stoves and other appliances if California is to meet its ambitious climate change goals over the next two decades, according to a ...
Environment
May 11, 2022
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Federal regulators on Friday issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there were significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California's Klamath River to save imperiled migratory ...
Environment
Feb 26, 2022
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Methane, a potent greenhouse gas that traps about 30 times more heat than carbon dioxide, is commonly released from rice fields, dairies, landfills, and oil and gas facilities—all of which are plentiful in California. Now ...
Environment
May 21, 2019
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As portrayed in novels, the California of the future is barely habitable. Brutal storms alternate with crushing droughts. Mudslides and wildfires create waves of climate change refugees.
Environment
Oct 17, 2017
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A research team led by the University of California, Berkeley's Center for the Built Environment (CBE) will develop ways to integrate commercially available "smart" ceiling fans and communicating thermostats, and to evaluate ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 7, 2016
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