Sea levels are rising faster than expected from global warming, and University of Colorado geologist Bill Hay has a good idea why. The last official IPCC report in 2007 projected a global sea level rise between 0.2 and 0.5 ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Researchers have created a new type of miniature pump activated by body heat that could be used in drug-delivery patches powered by fermentation.
Biochemistry
Sep 11, 2012
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The low cost, high efficiency electric pump offers an environmentally friendly alternative to mechanical counterparts. Aisin Seki Co., Ltd has now successfully developed a smaller, cheaper electric cooling pump through some ...
Engineering
Aug 31, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- In the pantheon of deadly weather events, heat waves rule.
Environment
Aug 2, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Dust is more than something to be brushed off the furniture. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that dust kicked up from the desert floor acts like a heat pump in the atmosphere, fueling ...
Earth Sciences
May 21, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers now are testing an entirely new heat pump. While those we use today last ten to twenty years, the new one will last almost forever.
Engineering
Apr 27, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Can sinking geothermal heat pumps into waste water treatment plant aeration ponds provide heating and cooling to lower the plant's energy costs?
Engineering
Nov 3, 2010
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When using fuel cells to generate electricity from biomass, the best approach is to do so centrally, in combination with a gas turbine. The production and subsequent distribution of hydrogen is an inefficient process. This ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 8, 2010
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A new type of heat pump being developed at Purdue University could allow residents in cold climates to cut their heating bills in half.
Engineering
Jul 7, 2010
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The chaos caused by a volcanic eruption in Iceland April 2010 and the dispersal of its ash cloud across European airspace was a reminder of the tremendous forces of nature that exist below the ground. Not all subterranean ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2010
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