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Quantum Dots, Part of the Nanotechnology Revolution May Be Toxic to Health and the Environment

Researchers in Texas are reporting that quantum dots (QDs) — a product of the revolution in nanotechnology increasingly used in electronics, solar cells, and medical imaging devices — may be toxic to cells under acidic or alkaline conditions

29 Jan 2009

IBM to Green Up Supply Chains With SNOW Program

A new IBM consulting offering can help companies reduce carbon dioxide emissions, fuel usage and costs by providing a detailed analysis of their supply chain logistics and suggesting improvements

28 Jan 2009

Pioneering Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Battery Expert Joins EnerDel as Chief Technology Officer

One of the auto industry's leading experts on advanced hybrid and electric vehicle power systems has joined U.S. lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel as the company's new Chief Technology Officer

20 Jan 2009

Air Liquide Consolidating Position As Leading Supplier to Photovoltaic Industry

Air Liquide is consolidating its leading position as industrial gases and services supplier to the photovoltaic industry - more than half of the top 10 crystalline-Si solar cell manufacturers, and over 40percent of the Thin Film solar cell production fabs worldwide are now Air Liquide customers

19 Jan 2009

Micro-Hybrid Technology Set to Cut Emissions and Fuel Use in Cars

The EUREKA E! 3734 i-StARS project is developing a compact, fully integrated and low-cost start-stop system for cars to replace conventional alternators in mass production. This second-generation starter alternator reversible system (StARS) is intended to enable the European automotive industry to meet new EU emissions legislation and significantly reduce fuel consumption without needing to redesign the engine.

15 Jan 2009

Electronics Recycling Program, Plug-In to eCycling, Expands

Plug-In to eCycling partners expanded their electronics recycling programs

8 Jan 2009

Inertia Could be the Key to Fluctuations in Wind Speed and Wind Power Generation

A way to make wind power smoother and more efficient that exploits the inertia of a wind turbine rotor could help solve the problem of wind speed variation, according to research published in the International Journal of Power Electronics

8 Jan 2009

Wal-Mart Joins E-Waste Recycling Campaign

Lucky recipients of a new TV, laptop or monitor for Christmas have a new way to recycle their old equipment in Washington State

8 Jan 2009

Carbon Nanotube Ink the Key to Solar Cells and Transistors Becoming Thinner and Lighter

Using a simple chemical process, scientists at Cornell and DuPont have invented a method of preparing carbon nanotubes for suspension in a semiconducting "ink" which can then be printed into such thin, flexible electronics as transistors and photovoltaic materials

8 Jan 2009

Award for Electronics Recycling at Brookhaven Lab

The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory was named a winner in the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive's third annual Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign at a White House ceremony on December 16

8 Jan 2009