News tagged with fuel oil
Improved adhesive for products like transparent tape could benefit biofuels economy
An adhesive used in products like laminate countertops may also help cement a place for economically viable biofuels, according to a Kansas State University researcher.
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Used frying oil to power MIT shuttles
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you catch a whiff of french fries this fall when an MIT shuttle rolls past, it won't be a coincidence. Part of the fuel in its tank may have come out of a kitchen deep fryer just a few ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Technology strikes a chord with algal biofuels
An award-winning Los Alamos National Laboratory sound-wave technology is helping Solix Biofuels, Inc. optimize production of algae-based fuel in a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally benign fashion—paving the way ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 03, 2009 |
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'Green' energy from algae
In view of the shortage of petrochemical resources and climate change, development of CO2-neutral sustainable fuels is one of the most urgent challenges of our times. Energy plants like rape or oil palm a ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Exxon to make alternative fuel from algae: report
Oil giant Exxon Mobil plans to announce a 600-million-dollar investment to produce liquid transportation fuel from algae, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Aviation biofuel proves itself in tests, but is there enough?
Initial flight tests have found that jet fuel made partly of camelina, algae or other bio-feed stocks can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes by more than 50 percent, doesn't affect performance and presents no ...
May 28, 2009 |
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One Sponge-Like Material, Three Different Applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Toyota rolls out new Prius to fend off rivals
Toyota Motor on Monday rolled out a cheaper, revamped Prius, seeking to boost its flagging sales and maintain its lead in fuel-sipping hybrids in the face of growing competition from rival Honda.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 18, 2009 |
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One sponge-like material, three different applications
A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can remove mercury from ...
May 17, 2009 |
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Biomass as a source of raw materials
For the protection of the environment, and because of the limited amount of fossil fuels available, renewable resources, such as specially cultivated plants, wood scraps, and other plant waste, are becoming the focus of considerable ...
May 12, 2009 |
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WFU researchers are developing a cheaper way to make biodiesel
Biodiesel is not likely to replace gasoline as the main source of transportation fuel in most of our lifetimes. But researchers at Wake Forest University are convinced that they have a formula for a catalyst that could lower ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 04, 2009 |
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Toward giving artificial cells the ability for sustained movement (w/Video)
Scientists in Japan are reporting an advance toward giving artificial cells another hallmark of life -- the ability to tap an energy source and use it to undergo sustained movement. Their study, published ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Drilling drives a wedge at climate change summit
(AP) -- To drill or not drill for new oil and gas.
Apr 25, 2009 |
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House Democrats unveil sweeping plan to reshape energy in America
Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday announced a sweeping plan to change how the nation produces and uses energy in order to reduce the risk of dangerous climate change.
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Going green: Entire Swedish city switches to biofuels to become environmentally friendly
Though a fraction of Chicago's size, this industrial city in southeast Sweden has plenty of similarities with it, including a long, snowy winter and a football team the town's crazy about.
Mar 08, 2009 |
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