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Energy Efficient, Sustainable Design for New SAP Building

A suburban office building with a grass roof, toilets that use rainwater for flushing and an air-conditioning system that makes its own ice for cooling? It's a reality at SAP AG's office expansion on its Newtown Square campus

6 May 2009

Plankton Blooms Do Not Take Carbon From The Atmosphere and Store it in The Deep Ocean

Oceanographers have measured the fate of carbon particles originating in plankton blooms in the Southern Ocean. Their study reveals that most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms never reaches the deep ocean

6 May 2009

Combustion Science to be Studied at Princeton University Energy Frontier Research Centers

Princeton University will be home to a new $20 million energy research center for combustion science, as part of a federal initiative to spur discoveries that lay the groundwork for an economy based on clean replacements for fossil fuels

5 May 2009

Next Generation Robots Copying Nature to Get The Job Done

Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water - all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at Japan's RIKEN institute

4 May 2009

Westinghouse Electric Acquires Nuclear Fuel Industries

Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the signing of a share transfer agreement under which Westinghouse Electric UK Limited will acquire a combined 52 percent stake in Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd. (NFI), Japan's sole producer of nuclear fuel for both boiling-water and pressurized-water reactors

4 May 2009

Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Shown to Be Less Efficient Than Old Style Manufacturing

A comprehensive study of old and new manufacturing processes, from machining metal to making carbon nanofibers, shows that the more advanced technologies are less efficient in their use of energy and materials per kilogram of output

4 May 2009

Computer Models Show How Water Can Be Used More Efficiently To Increase Crop Productivity

In regions with limited water resources, maximizing crop water productivity is important for producing high yields. A new computer model, AquaCrop, was developed as a way to predict crop water use efficiency, as traditional methods tend to overestimate or underestimate this measure under conditions of water stress

4 May 2009

Building Industry Experts Team Up to Find Way To Fix Toxic Chinese Drywall Problem

One of the leading forensic experts on building envelope water intrusion and toxic mold, Spiderman Mulholland, is joining forces with a network of professionals to combat the Toxic Chinese Drywall issues facing the United States today

4 May 2009

Understanding Ocean Acidification Due to Increasing Carbon Dioxide

A student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia is bringing understanding to the troubling problem of ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

4 May 2009

Potentially Harmful Chemicals Found in Smoke From Forest Fires

Researchers have detected common plant toxins that affect human health and ecosystems in smoke from forest fires. The results from the new study also suggest that smoldering fires may produce more toxins than wildfires - a reason to keep human exposures to a minimum during controlled burns

4 May 2009