Hydrogen gas is an almost infinitely inexhaustible fuel source that emits only clean water during combustion. Switching from hydrocarbon-based transportation to systems powered by state-of-the-art fuel cells therefore seems ...
Materials Science
Dec 2, 2011
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Costs for second-generation ethanol processing, which will ease the stress on corn and sugarcane, are unlikely to be competitive until 2020, according to a unique Queen's University study.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 21, 2011
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(AP) -- Leaded gasoline, once so widespread it was sold at U.S. pumps as "regular" fuel, is expected to be eradicated globally within two years, the United Nations Environment Program announced Thursday.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 28, 2011
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India's Tata Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, will go on sale in Bangladesh on Saturday -- but with a price tag nearly triple what it is at home.
Engineering
Oct 14, 2011
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A University of Minnesota team of researchers has overcome a major hurdle in the quest to design a specialized type of molecular sieve that could make the production of gasoline, plastics and various chemicals more cost effective ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 12, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When people think of uses for petroleum, they generally think of oil and gasoline, but doing so means ignoring the production of ethylene, a compound used to make many of the products most people use every ...
A majority of Wisconsinites support the use of ethanol blends if it keeps dollars and jobs in the United States and reduces air pollution, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With a nod to biology, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have a new approach to the problem of safely storing hydrogen in future fuel-cell-powered cars. Their idea: molecular ...
Materials Science
Aug 31, 2011
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Ford and Toyota announced Monday plans to jointly develop a new hybrid system for light trucks and sport utility vehicles.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 22, 2011
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There's something fishy going on in West Oakland.
Environment
Aug 15, 2011
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