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New Approach May Lead to Easier Recycling of Electronic Gadgets

A new approach to creating the fastenings and tabs for electronic devices based on the shape-memory effect in plastics could mean that disassembling such devices at end of life could be automated

27 Oct 2008

Understanding the Secrets Within Planets Could Lead to the Fusion Energy Clean Energy Solution

Research that has provided a deeper understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in the world’s quest for cleaner energy

27 Oct 2008

Arctic Sea Ice Receeding and Getting Thinner

Last winter, the thickness of sea ice in large parts of the Arctic fell by nearly half a metre (19 per cent) compared with the average thickness of the previous five winters. This followed the dramatic 2007 summer low when Arctic ice extent dropped to its lowest level since records began

27 Oct 2008

Mercury from Contaminated Fish Changes Arteries and May Contribute to Heart Disease

An international team of researchers has shown that mercury is another important factor in cardiovascular disease as it changes the way arteries work. One of the possible sources of exposure of humans to mercury is by eating contaminated fish

27 Oct 2008

Powering Wireless Environmental Sensors With Vibration and Solar Energy

Midé Technology has combined the Volture™ Vibration energy harvester with the Volture™ Solar Energy Harvester to power physical or environmental condition monitoring systems with a wireless hybrid product

27 Oct 2008

Window Film Use Can Give 30 Percent Energy Savings

Energy Experts Agree: Look to Solar Gard® or Panorama® Window Films for Proven Energy Savings

27 Oct 2008

Masks and Hand Washing Cut the Spread of Flu by 50 Percent

Wearing masks and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers may prevent the spread of flu symptoms by as much as 50 percent, a landmark new study suggests

27 Oct 2008

Earthworms Alter the Way Forests Hold Carbon

Earthworms can change the chemical nature of the carbon in North American forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the amount of carbon stored in forests, according to Purdue University researchers

27 Oct 2008

Heart Failure Risk Lowered by Eating Whole Grains

A new study has found that whole grain consumption lowered heart failure risk, while egg and high-fat dairy consumption raised risk

27 Oct 2008

Report Released on Immune System Response to Toxic Environmental Chemical Dibutyltin or DBT

An international team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Basel in Switzerland have issued a report on the mechanism of toxicity of a chemical compound called Dibutyltin (DBT)

27 Oct 2008

Recognition for the Inventor of the Hybrid Engine

Most people would be surprised to learn that the inventor of the advanced hybrid technology used in the Toyota Prius and other vehicles is an American. After all, American car companies have been slow to adopt hybrid technologies

27 Oct 2008

USDA Releases New Organic 'Pasture Rule' for Organic Milk Producing Dairy Farms

After eight years of intense scrutiny and criticism the USDA has published a proposed amendment to the federal organic regulations intended to address abuses by "factory farms," milking thousands of cows each, and masquerading as organic

27 Oct 2008

Renewable Fuels Become Topics of McCain and Obama Campaigns for President

In the past two weeks, key energy advisors to the McCain and Obama presidential campaigns, respectively, shared their views on ethanol

27 Oct 2008

Car Engine Wins Prize for Dramatically Reducing Fuel Consumption

A car engine that reduces fuel consumption by spraying diesel directly into its cylinders, designed by UCL engineers, has won a major prize for innovation

27 Oct 2008

Ener1 Makes Bold Move into Manufacturing Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Motor Vehicles

Ener1, Inc., a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for the automotive industry, announced today the closing of its acquisition of an 83 percent interest in Enertech International, one of South Korea's largest lithium-ion cell producers

27 Oct 2008