Cloud to tackle money laundering problem

(PhysOrg.com) -- Money laundering is estimated at $1.3 trillion worldwide - a huge problem. Now European researchers are using cloud computing services to boost anti-money laundering efforts by tracking suspicious transactions.

Electric avenue: Electric cars on a two-way street?

Think of it as the end of cars' slacker days: No more sitting idle for hours in parking lots or garages racking up payments, but instead earning their keep by helping store power for the electricity grid.

There's no business like Grid business (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have embraced the Grid, but businesses have held back, concerned about complexity and security. Now a European research team has built a platform opening the Grid's vast resources to business users. ...

House passes funding for green vehicle research

(AP) -- Targeting more federal money to support the auto industry, the House on Wednesday approved an expansion of government-led research into making cars and trucks more fuel-efficient.

Test bed advances Washington state as hotbed of energy innovation

The U.S. Department of Energy is matching a $2.25 million Clean Energy Fund grant from the Washington Department of Commerce to research, develop and demonstrate the technologies needed to create 'smart' buildings, campuses ...

Carnival to cut pollution from cruise ships

The world's largest cruise ship company will adopt technology from power plants and automobiles to reduce air pollution from the massive diesel engines powering its ships.

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