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Cleaner, More Efficient Engines With a Cocktail of Gasoline and Diesel

Diesel and gasoline fuel sources both bring unique assets and liabilities to powering internal combustion engines. But what if an engine could be programmed to harvest the best properties of both fuel sources at once, on the fly, by blending the fuels within the combustion chamber?

3 Aug 2009

Soil Ecosystems Can Be Revived by Metal Immobilization using Plant and Poultry Waste

New research highlighted in the latest issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality shows that even very contaminated shooting range soils can be remediated by using poultry waste and revegetating the site

3 Aug 2009

Petrochemical and Biofuels Industry Revolution Led By Energy Efficient Chemistry

A team of researchers, led by chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis in the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology, have developed a more energy-efficient method of chemical separations that could revolutionize processes in the petrochemical and biofuels industries

3 Aug 2009

Heating and Cooling Savings to Come From Intelligent Windows at Department of Energy Building

Denver-based RavenBrick has been selected to provide intelligent window technology for the new Research Support Facilities (RSF), which is currently under construction

3 Aug 2009

Biological Researchers Find Way to Detect Pathogens and Pollution in the Environment

Coupling biological materials with an electrode-based device researchers are able to quickly and precisely detect pathogens and pollution in the environment - and infinitesimally small amounts of disease biomarkers in our blood

3 Aug 2009

Bioplymers Symposium Goes Carbon Neutral

IntertechPira has teamed up with Carbonfund.org to create a zero-carbon event

3 Aug 2009

Online Course in Reflective Roofing Helping Architects Gain Sustainable Design Credits

Architects wanting to get an early start on accumulating their first
Sustainable Design (SD) credits under new American Institute of Architects (AIA) requirements can take a free online course on white reflective roofing offered by the Vinyl Roofing Division of the Chemical Fabrics and Film Association

3 Aug 2009

Lawn Mowers Now Following The Path of Hybrid Vehicles

With all of the auto makers pushing the limits of hybrid technology, it is no surprise to see the lawn mower industry finally following suit

3 Aug 2009

Low Power Use a Feature of New Display Technologies

From touch screens, flexible displays, OLED displays, epaper displays to pocket projectors and 3D displays, it's important to explore how new display technologies can bring innovative form factors, attractive visual performance, power savings and potentially drive growth in the near future

3 Aug 2009

Having a Smaller Family Proven to be Environmentally Responsible

Some people who are serious about wanting to reduce their "carbon footprint" on the Earth have one choice available to them that may yield a large long-term benefit – have one less child

3 Aug 2009

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Inadequate for Climate Change Treaty

Current methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions have limitations that make it difficult to monitor CO2 emissions and verify an international climate treaty

3 Aug 2009

Energy Needs For Lighting Almost Eliminated by New Approach to Windows

A new approach to windows that could let in more light and cut indoor lighting needs by up to 99 percent in buildings in Tropical regions without losing the cooling effect of shades

2 Aug 2009

Mazda Says They Are Surprised by the Sales and Environmental Impact of Cash for Clunkers Program

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO), which reports July sales on Monday, has seen a marked increase in showroom traffic as a result of the week-old federal government's Cash for Clunkers (CARS) program. Fifty-seven percent of the Mazdas sold under the program have been MAZDA3s, the company's most fuel-efficient vehicle

2 Aug 2009

NASA Launches Green Aircraft Challenge

The NASA Innovative Partnerships Program and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation today announced the Green Flight Challenge. The contest is a flight efficiency competition for aircraft that can average at least 100 mph on a 200-mile flight while achieving greater than 200 passenger miles per gallon

2 Aug 2009