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Organism Found Living Alone Almost 3km Beneath the Surface of the Earth

The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometers beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa

9 Oct 2008

Scientists Say Cities Need Major Scientific Breakthroughs to Cope With Climate Change

Meeting the world’s growing energy demands while minimizing global warming will be one on the biggest challenges humanity has every faced, said Dr. Raymond Orbach, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Under Secretary for Science, in the first of two special podcasts on “Confronting Climate Change” from the American Chemical Society’s podcast series

8 Oct 2008

New Material Developed That Allows Hydrogen to be Used As a Fuel

A team of scientists from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) has designed a material with such high ion conductivity that it allows the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel

7 Oct 2008

Advanced Gasification Technology Being Developed for Cleaner Power Generation

ExxonMobil announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to develop next-generation technology to convert coal, coke or biomass to synthesis gas (i.e., CO and hydrogen), which could facilitate the use of carbon capture and storage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power generation

6 Oct 2008

Next Generation Hybrid Vehicles Shipped to US Army

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies announced that it has designed, developed and shipped a new generation of hybrid electric vehicles incorporating hydrogen internal combustion engines to the US Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) for deployment at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base (SANGB)

6 Oct 2008

New Material Found for Hydrogen Storage in Hydrogen Powered Vehicles

Researchers in Greece report design of a new material that almost meets the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2010 goals for hydrogen storage and could help eliminate a key roadblock to practical hydrogen-powered vehicles

6 Oct 2008

New Nanotechnology Production Method Produces Environmentally Friendly Gold Nanoparticles

A new method of producing gold nanoparticles eliminates the negative environmental impact of synthetic byproduct chemicals made during their production

29 Sep 2008

Metal Organic Frameworks May Be Molecular Sponges for Storing Hydrogen or Carbon Dioxide

Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National laboratory are putting the pressure on metal-organic frameworks (MOF) for use as hydrogen and carbon dioxide storage

28 Sep 2008

Two Research Groups Use Sugar to Make Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel and Other BioFuels

Following independent paths of investigation, two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and a range of other valuable chemicals

19 Sep 2008

Engineer Working to Reduce Emissions and Improve Engine Performance

Iowa State University's Song-Charng Kong and his students are working to reduce emissions in diesel engines, develop a computer model of a gasoline engine and optimize new engine technologies. The results could be cleaner, more efficient engines in our cars and trucks

18 Sep 2008