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United States and Canada Under Threat From Ice Sheets Melting in Greenland

A melting of the Greenland ice sheet this century may drive more water than previously thought toward the already threatened coastlines of New York, Boston, Halifax, and other cities in the northeastern United States and in Canada, according to new research led by NCAR

27 May 2009

World Hunger Could Be Alleviated by New Discovery

When scientist Loretta Mayer set out to alleviate diseases associated with menopause, she didn’t realize her work could lead to addressing world hunger and feeding hundreds of millions of people

27 May 2009

Distant Planets With Water That Could Sustain Life Could Be Found With New Technique

A team of astronomers and astrobiologists has devised a technique to tell whether small Earth-like planets orbiting other suns harbor liquid water, which in turn could tell whether they might be able to support life

27 May 2009

Bayer Releases Sustainability Report

Maintaining sustainable and successful business during the global economic crisis: The newly published Sustainable Development Report 2008 contains information on the strategies pursued and programs implemented by the Bayer Group to achieve this goal

27 May 2009

Biodiesel Made From Waste Vegetable Oil By Students

A group of Virginia Tech students have produced more than 200 gallons of biodiesel as part of a senior design project. They are using it in two pickup trucks

26 May 2009

Airtricity Orders 80 Wind Turbines From Siemens for Offshore Windfarm

Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy SSE), signed an agreement with Siemens Energy for the delivery of 80 wind turbines for the Butendiek offshore wind farm in the German North Sea

25 May 2009

Energy Efficient LED Lights From OSRAM Used to Illuminate the Headquarters of Siemens in Hamburg

At night, a 70-metre long OSRAM LED band immerses the façade of Siemens’ office building and the hedges on the square in alternating colours from yellow to green, blue, red and lilac. The installed RGBLED modules are capable of showing around 16 million different colours

25 May 2009

Extreme Conservation Strategies Being Investigated Due to Rapid Climate Change

Scientists are, for the first time, objectively evaluating ways to help species adapt to rapid climate change and other environmental threats via strategies that were considered too radical for serious consideration as recently as five or 10 years ago. Among these radical strategies currently being considered is so-called "managed relocation."

25 May 2009

Self Healing Seals Improves Reliability of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have great potential for stationary and mobile applications. But SOFCs have had a flaw – the integrity of the seals within and between power-producing units. A materials science professor has invented a self-healing seal that will provide strength and long-term stability

24 May 2009

Space Station Crew Get OK to Drink Recycled Water

NASA's Mission Control gave the Expedition 19 astronaut crew aboard the International Space Station a "go" to drink water that the station's new recycling system has purified

24 May 2009