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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

Calls For No New Coal Power For Scotland Until Carbon Capture and Storage Is Ready

Scotland, which has just issued a report extolling its potential for carbon capture and storage, should hold off on constructing any new coal-fired power stations until carbon storage becomes a reality

4 May 2009

Reverse Vending Machines Set to Revolutionise Recycling in Australia

Envirobank utilises Envipco Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) to identify, sort, collect, and process used beverage containers for recycling

4 May 2009

The Future of Solar Energy to be Presented and Discussed at Conference

SolarPlaza, a leading consultancy on the global solar industry, is pleased to announce “The Solar Future” Conference to be held in Munich, Germany on May 26

4 May 2009

Energy Frontier Research Center to be Established at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University will be home to the new Northeastern Chemical Energy Storage Center (NOCESC), which involves a team of experimentalists and theorists

4 May 2009

Decontamination Wipes Earn Patent

Texas Tech' process to create nonwoven toxic chemical decontamination wipes recently receives a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office

4 May 2009

Energy Efficient Lighting From Evident to be Shown at LIGHTFAIR International 2009

Evident Technologies, Inc. today announced that they will display their line of quantum dot enabled energy efficient LED lighting products at Lightfair International 2009 in New York

4 May 2009

Turnkey Solar Electricity Solution, Solar In A Box, Now Available from Clayton Homes

Ready Solar Inc., the company that created the solar-in-a-box industry, announced today that its SOLAR IN A BOX will be the solar PV system option for the new i-house available now from Clayton Homes

4 May 2009

DuPont Opens Technical Center in China for the Development of Solar Electricity Panels

DuPont today opened a photovoltaic (PV) technical center at its China global R&D Center in Shanghai to support material developments for the fast growing crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar energy market. DuPont expects to nearly triple its annual photovoltaic sales to more than $1 billion in 2012

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

Work on How Low Doses of Radiation Effect Health Wins Marie Curie Prize

Edward Calabrese, a professor in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been awarded the Marie Curie Prize for “outstanding achievements in research on the effects of low and very low doses of ionizing radiation on human health and biotopes.”

4 May 2009

University of South Carolina Selected for Alternative Energy Research Center

The University of South Carolina has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to house a research center that is expected to bring $12.5 million in federal funding, the largest award in the university's history, to a team of internationally recognized energy researchers in the College of Engineering and Computing

4 May 2009

Hurricane Impact on Trees Contributing to Global Warming

A first-of-its kind, long-term study of hurricane impact on U.S. trees shows that hurricane damage can diminish a forest’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, from the atmosphere

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