News tagged with life cycle assessment
Green fuel versus black gold: Is bioethanol more environmentally benign option to petroleum-derived fuels?
A life cycle assessment of growing crops for fuel as opposed to refining and using fossil fuels has revealed that substitution of gasoline by bioethanol converted from energy crops has considerable potential for rendering ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2012 |
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38 percent of world's surface in danger of desertification
A team of Spanish researchers has measured the degradation of the planet's soil using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a scientific methodology that analyses the environmental impact of human activities, and ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Energy consumption makes Spanish forestry unsustainable
Spain is one of the leading European countries, along with Sweden, in terms of wood production for paper paste, but this uses large amounts of energy. Spanish and Swedish scientists have compared the environmental ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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3 Questions: Andrew Lo on JP Morgan's multibillion-dollar trading loss
Earlier this month, heavyweight bank JP Morgan Chase announced it had lost at least $2 billion on a single trade — a figure that could grow as the firm struggles to unwind its position. The event has pr ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 31, 2012 |
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Nano-structured polymer-based materials from scrap
EU researchers developed polymer blends and processing techniques facilitating recovery of scrap from industrial processes. Advances in this area have the potential to decrease costs and waste while protecting ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 25, 2012 |
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A practical guide to green products and services
A new report published today by the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), provides key information for policy makers and business managers on how to assess the environmental impacts ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Web tool helps determine best energy storage options
(Phys.org) -- Sandia National Laboratories and the Department of Energy have released a new tool to help utilities, developers and regulators identify the energy storage options that best meet their needs.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 14, 2012 |
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Population pressure impacts world wetlands
(Phys.org) -- The area of the globe covered by wetlands (swamps, marshes, lakes, etc.) has dropped by 6% in fifteen years. This decline is particularly severe in tropical and subtropical regions, and in areas ...
May 14, 2012 |
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Researchers map fish species at risk from dams
Dams are believed to be one of the biggest threats to freshwater organisms worldwide: They disrupt normal patterns of water and sediment flow, impede migration, and alter the character of spawning and feeding grounds. A shortage ...
May 10, 2012 |
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NREL develops more precise look at cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions for energy technologies
(Phys.org) -- A new approach to assessing greenhouse-gas emissions from coal, wind, solar and other energy technologies paints a much more precise picture of cradle-to-grave emissions and should help sharpen decisions on ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 07, 2012 |
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Stoneflies mapped across Ohio, with implications for water quality and nature conservation
Stoneflies, or Plecoptera, are insects that live in water during immature stages, but are terrestrial as adults. They are among the best bioindicators of river water quality and general landscape disturba ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Space launch system program completes step one of combined milestone reviews
America's next heavy-lift launch vehicle -- the Space Launch System -- is one step closer to its first launch in 2017, following the successful completion of the first phase of a combined set of milestone ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Calculating the cost of advanced manufacturing
For Tim Gutowski, advanced manufacturing is an opportunity not just to boost employment, but also to improve the environment.
Mar 22, 2012 |
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