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Coskata’s Next Generation Ethanol Process

The Oklahoma State University Biofuels Team’s ability to think small – microscopic, actually – stands to provide great dividends for consumers, a renewable energy company and one of the nation’s foremost automakers.

15 Jan 2008

MIT and Italian Energy Company Announces Major Energy Research Partnership

MIT and Italian energy company Eni today announced a major energy research partnership. The centerpiece of this collaboration will be a program focusing on the development of advanced solar technologies, from novel photovoltaic materials to the design of solar power plants.

15 Jan 2008

Climate-Driven Phenomenon Controls Biological Processes of Deep-Sea Living Resource

In an article published in the January 16 issue of PLoS ONE, Joan B. Company and colleagues at the Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) in Spain describe a mechanism of interaction across ecosystems showing how a climate-driven phenomenon originated in shelf environments controls the biological processes of a deep-sea living resource.

14 Jan 2008

Renewable Energy Powering New Mexico's Growth

SCHOTT AG, will construct a new solar energy technology production facility in the Mesa del Sol region of Albuquerque, NM.

14 Jan 2008

Warmer Oceans with More CO2 No Longer Sustain World's Most Productive Fisheries

By 2100, warmer oceans with more carbon dioxide may no longer sustain 1 of the world's most productive fisheries, says USC marine ecologist.

12 Jan 2008

Alcoa Foundation Awards $200K Grant to South Carolina Nature Conservancy

Alcoa announced today that the Alcoa Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to the South Carolina Nature Conservancy to initiate a multi-year oyster restoration program. The program is part of The Nature Conservancy’s global mission to protect the Temperate Western Atlantic Coast, which extends from the Gulf of Maine to the Cape Canaveral, FL.

10 Jan 2008

Ice Sheets Existed When Alligators Lived in the Arctic

Large ice-sheets existed on Earth about 91 million years ago, during one of the warmest periods since life began, an international team of scientists reports this week.

10 Jan 2008

Glacial Ice Sheet Existed During Intense Global Warming 91 Million Years Ago

New research challenges the generally accepted belief that substantial ice sheets could not have existed on Earth during past super-warm climate events.

10 Jan 2008

University Becomes World Leader in Clean Chemistry and Engineering

The University of Nottingham is set to become a world leader in ‘clean’ chemistry and engineering with the opening of a new multi-million pound research initiative.

10 Jan 2008

Going Green at Home

This year many homeowners are adding a new commitment to their list of New Year's Resolutions: go green at home. Alongside pledges to quit smoking, exercise more, and spend more time with friends and family, fostering eco-friendly homes is a positive step for families' health and finances.

10 Jan 2008