News tagged with economic feasibility
Does converting cow manure to electricity pay off?
Studies have estimated that converting manure from the 95 million animal units in the United States would produce renewable energy equal to 8 billion gallons of gasoline, or 1% of the total energy consumption in the nation. ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2011 |
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'Blue energy' seems feasible and offers considerable benefits
Generating energy on a large scale by mixing salt and fresh water is both technically possible and practical. The worldwide potential for this clean form of energy - 'blue energy' or 'blue electricity' - is enormous. However, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Savvy students' solution can cut costs of power bills
Consumers could save on power bills thanks to an energy saving solution devised by two savvy students at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 29, 2012 |
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Everyone knows it's windy . . .
... And now they have the data to prove it. The middle of Lake Michigan is a vast, untapped reservoir of wind energy. The next step will be to find out if it can be harvested economically without harming ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 25, 2012 |
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Data in the fast lane
A new approach to managing data over a network has enabled a Microsoft Research team to set a speed record for sifting through, or “sorting,” a huge amount of data in one minute.
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 22, 2012 |
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Dip chip technology tests toxicity on the go
From man-made toxic chemicals such as industrial by-products to poisons that occur naturally, a water or food supply can be easily contaminated. And for every level of toxic material ingested, there is some level of bodily ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 14, 2012 |
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Climate talks open in Bonn to tackle emissions targets
A new round of global climate talks opened in Bonn on Monday with rich and poor countries squaring off over greenhouse gas reduction targets to halt the pace of planet warming.
May 14, 2012 |
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Americans support national clean-energy standard: study
The average U.S. citizen is willing to pay 13 percent more for electricity in support of a national clean-energy standard (NCES), according to Yale and Harvard researchers in Nature Climate Change.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 13, 2012 |
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ISU economists study Iowa communities 15 years before and after Wal-Mart
(Phys.org) -- Small towns in Iowa (between 3,000 and 20,000 population) that have hosted Wal-Mart stores showed moderate increases in total retail sales in the 15 years following the stores' opening according ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 11, 2012 |
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Study finds logging of tropical forests needn't devastate environment
Harvesting tropical forests for timber may not be the arch-enemy of conservation that it was once assumed to be, according to a new study led by a University of Florida researcher.
May 10, 2012 |
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Nano nod for lab-on-a-chip
You wouldn't know it from appearances, but a metal cube the size of a toaster, created at the University of Alberta, is capable of performing the same genetic tests as most fully equipped modern laboratories—and ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Engineering a safer world
Innovations in software and technology are creating increasingly complex systems: cars that park themselves; medical devices that automatically deliver drugs; and smartphones with the computing power of desktop ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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