ORNL wins six R&D 100 awards (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
(Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory) OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 16, 2015-Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received six R&D 100 awards, increasing the...
View ArticleMaking Better Batteries With Hydrogen (US Department of Energy)
(Source: US Department of Energy) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have found that lithium ion batteries operate longer and faster when their electrodes are treated with hydrogen....
View ArticleWorld Meteorological Organization announcement: Greenhouse Gas Concentrations...
(Source: The Irish Meteorological Service) Weather News World Meteorological Organization announcement: Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Hit Yet Another Record 09 November 2015 World Meteorological...
View ArticleAn international message of unity (Saudi Aramco - Saudi Arabian Oil Company)
(Source: Saudi Aramco - Saudi Arabian Oil Company) Global energy leaders converged in Riyadh for the 6th ministerial meeting of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) last week and sent a...
View ArticleA Breathing Planet, Off Balance (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
(Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Earth's oceans and land cover are doing us a favor. As people burn fossil fuels and clear forests, only half of the carbon dioxide released stays in the atmosphere,...
View ArticleUpcoming climate talks just latest chapter in a long history
WASHINGTON (AP) - You can't say we haven't been warned. The upcoming climate summit in Paris is just the latest chapter in the surprisingly long history of grappling with global warming, a history that...
View ArticleWorld in 'unchartered territory' as greenhouse gases hit new high: UN
Geneva: Concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new high in 2014, the UN said on Monday, warning the resulting climate change was moving the world into...
View ArticleGame-Changing Process Mitigates CO2 Emissions Using Renewable Energy (NETL -...
(Source: NETL - National Energy Technology Laboratory) Release Date: October 21, 2015 Game-Changing Process Mitigates CO2 Emissions Using Renewable Energy Gold nanoparticles are at the heart of a new...
View ArticleArtificial skin senses touch and heat
In a big step towards the development of prosthetic limbs that feel real, two research groups have developed artificial skin containing touch and heat sensors...
View ArticleNew sun-absorbing nanoparticle spray boosts tomato plant yields by over 80...
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method to boost the nutritional value of tomatoes using nanoparticles. Inspired by solar cell technology, the researchers used zinc...
View ArticleBioSolar Prototype Demonstrates Clear Path to High Capacity, Low Cost...
(Source: BioSolar Inc) Company completes first phase of development with encouraging data suggesting its Super Cathode technology can achieve significantly higher capacity with costs below $100/kWh...
View ArticleTomatoes get boost in growth, antioxidants from nano-sized nutrients...
(Source: Washington University in Saint Louis) Shutterstock Tomatoes grew more and got an antioxidant boost after receiving nanonutrients. With the world population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050,...
View ArticleThe Global Market for Nanocoatings 2010-2025 - Nanomaterials Utilized in...
DUBLIN, Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8x9ff9/the_global_market) has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Nanocoatings...
View ArticleWhistle-Blower U.S. Geophysicist Issues $10,000 Challenge What Really Causes...
JACKSON, Wyo., Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Peter L. Ward, a longtime U.S. geophysicist, issued today a $10,000 personal challenge to fellow scientists to quantify the real cause of global...
View ArticleStorage advance may boost solar thermal energy potential (Oregon State...
(Source: Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Engineers at Oregon State University have identified a new approach for the storage of concentrated solar thermal energy, to reduce its cost and make...
View ArticleHarvesting more energy from photons (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of...
(Source: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have found a way to significantly boost the energy that can be harnessed from sunlight, a finding that could lead...
View ArticleAdvance could bring commercial applications for silver nanowires (Purdue...
(Source: Purdue University) November 9, 2015 New research shows wrapping silver nanowires, which are promising for applications such as flexible displays and solar cells, with an ultrathin layer of...
View ArticleArgonne researchers win two R&D 100 Awards (Argonne National Laboratory)
(Source: Argonne National Laboratory) Innovative technologies developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory and their partners earned two R&D 100...
View ArticleHydrogel superglue is 90 percent water (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of...
(Source: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Nature has developed innovative ways to solve a sticky challenge: Mussels and barnacles stubbornly glue themselves to cliff faces, ship hulls, and...
View ArticleThe Race To Develop The Ultimate Battery
University of Cambridge scientists have developed a working laboratory demonstrator of a lithium-oxygen battery which has very high energy density, is more than 90% efficient, and, to date, can be...
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