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Getting into hot water: Solar water heating pays for itself five times over

An analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, according to researchers in India. They report, in the International Journal of Global En ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Water heaters put solar energy within reach

Andrei Mitran of Cary says he has no desire to live "off the grid." But when choosing a replacement for his 18-year-old hot water heater, the computer programmer says he decided to look into purchasing a solar unit.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Hot rocks fire up energy from the depths

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Newcastle University have completed the first phase of a giant central heating system that will harness heat from deep underground.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Mines could provide geothermal energy

Mine shafts on the point of being closed down could be used to provide geothermal energy to local towns. This is the conclusion of two engineers from the University of Oviedo, whose research is being published ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Borehole hits the jackpot

Hot water from Newcastle’s geothermal borehole finally gushed to the surface this morning.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Making geothermal more productive

University of Utah researchers will inject cool water and pressurized water into a "dry" geothermal well during a five-year, $10.2 million study aimed at boosting the productivity of geothermal power plants ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Water, Water Everywhere, but Not All Drops Have Life

The search for life on other planets focuses on water, but researchers argue that - judging from our own planet - a large fraction of water conditions may be inhospitable to life.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Research develops simple 'recipe' for fungus-free horseradish

In the battle against soil fungi that discolor horseradish roots and can render the entire crop unsellable, University of Illinois researcher Mohammad Babadoost found that subjecting the roots to hot water ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero

Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a key material in ...

Technology / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

New approach to solar power with hybrid solar-thermoelectric systems

Systems to harness the sun's energy typically generate either electricity or heat in the form of steam or hot water. But a new analysis by researchers at MIT shows that there could be significant advantages ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Thermotherapy rids azaleas of deadly fungal disease

Azalea web blight, caused by a species of the plant pathogen Rhizoctonia, occurs each year on some containerized azalea cultivars during nursery production, particularly in the southern and eastern United ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Green homes use 80 per cent less energy

Clever, inexpensive design can cut the energy used in new homes by up to 80 per cent, says a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Health uncertainties torment Japanese in nuke zone

(AP) -- Yoshiko Ota keeps her windows shut. She never hangs her laundry outdoors. Fearful of birth defects, she warns her daughters: Never have children.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Thermostatic mixer valves could significantly reduce the risk of scalding in children, study finds

Using a thermostatic mixer valve to control the maximum temperature of children's bath water can significantly reduce the temperature of hot bath water and should reduce the risk of scalding, according to researchers at The ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Solar water heaters offer relief to S.Africans

For years the only hot water in Zoleka Mali's home came out of a pot on her paraffin stove.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1