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RAND study: No direct military benefit from use of alternative fuels by armed forces

If the U.S. military increases its use of alternative fuels, there will be no direct benefit to the nation's armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

World first research study on jet fuel exposure syndrome looking for participants

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mater Medical Research Institute researchers affiliated with The University of Queensland will lead the first study into the health implications of working with aviation fuels and F-111 deseal/reseal agents.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Lufthansa wants to test biofuels on German flights

Europe's leading airline, Lufthansa, said Monday that it will offer regular service between Frankfurt and Hamburg in April with a plane that can use biofuel in addition to jet fuel.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Getting bubbles out of fuel pumps

For more than 250 years, researchers have known that under certain conditions vapor bubbles can form in fluids moving swiftly over a surface. These bubbles soon collapse with such great force that they can poke holes in steel ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

New study for cleaner aviation fuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO together with Australasia's major aviation players is leading a world-first study to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from air transport by helping to develop a sustainable aviation ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New process yields high-energy-density, plant-based transportation fuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has developed a highly efficient, environmentally friendly process that selectively converts gamma-valerolactone, a biomass derivative, into the chemical ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

US military to make jet fuel from algae

(PhysOrg.com) -- If military researchers in the US are right, jet fuel produced from algae may soon be available for about the same price as ordinary jet fuels.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Alternative fuel 'can power 15% of flights by 2020'

Alternative fuels could power 15 percent of global air traffic by 2020 and 30 percent by 2030, European aircraft-maker Airbus said at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3

U.S. Navy Plans to Test Biofuels for Super Hornet

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Navy is getting ready to run flight tests using an assortment of biofuels. The tests will be run using an F/A-18 Super Hornet. The tests are scheduled to begin taking place at Patuxent ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 weblog

Camelina jet fuel could cut carbon emissions by 84 percent

The seeds of a lowly weed could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Superfast airplanes through super tiny technology

An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Princeton engineers has been awarded a $3 million grant to study how fuel additives made of tiny particles known as nanocatalysts can help supersonic jets fly ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

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 ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 3

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 ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0