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Energy Saving Televisions Mean Big Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New energy efficient television standards equivalent to greenhouse gas emission reductions achieved by removing one million cars from the road

3 Nov 2008

Decomissioning Nuclear Power Plants to Cost UK Over $140 Billion

According to the Nuclear Industry Association, the UK is recognized as one of the top ten global markets for nuclear decommissioning opportunities. It is estimated that the UK will spend in the region of $140 billion on their nuclear clean up initiative

3 Nov 2008

Vineyards Go Solar Powered

SolarCraft announced today it has completed the design and installation of a solar electric system for Trione Vineyards and Winery in California

2 Nov 2008

Gamma Ray Technology from Satellites Being Used to Fight Terrorists and Detect Radioactive Dirty Bombs

A British company has developed a device based on the gamma-ray detection equipment used in ESA's Integral astronomy satellite to detect and identify the radioactive material mixed with conventional explosives in 'dirty bombs'

2 Nov 2008

Glacier Model Set to be Benchmark for Climate Change Studies

EPFL researchers have developed a numerical model that can re-create the state of Switzerland's Rhône Glacier as it was in 1874 and predict its evolution until the year 2100

2 Nov 2008

BioFuels Projects to Use Waste Biomass to Power Hurricane Ike Cleanup

Biofuels Power Corporation (OTCBB:BFLS) announced today that it will manage a project to use wood chips and other refuse from Hurricane Ike cleanup activities in the metro Houston area to fuel a pilot scale power generation and carbon sequestration project that will be connected to the ERCOT grid and provide up to 4 MW of low cost green electricity for Houston

2 Nov 2008

Zero X Electric Motorcycle Faster and Stronger for 2009

The Zero X electric motorcycle is a high performance, zero-compromise
electric dirt bike that utilizes a proprietary lithium-ion power pack, and a handmade aircraft grade aluminum frame to deliver surprising power and explosive acceleration

2 Nov 2008

Proof That Global Warming at the Poles is Caused by Humans

New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has demonstrated for the first time that human activity is responsible for significant warming in both polar regions

2 Nov 2008

Wine May Contain Potentially Hazard Levels of Metals

According to new research potentially hazardous levels of metal ions are present in many commercially available wines

2 Nov 2008

Researchers Find Chemical Key to New Antibiotics

Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the DNA of the Streptomyces family of bacteria

2 Nov 2008

Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology Opened at Event Focussed on Nanoparticles in the Environment

At an inaugural event in Dubendorf (Zurich) today focusing on nanoparticles in the environment, the Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology was officially opened

2 Nov 2008

New System Cleans Oil Polluted Water at a Fraction of the Cost

A Eureka project has succeeded in developing a water treatment system for industrial oil polluted water at a tenth of the cost of other commercially available tertiary treatments, leaving water so clean it can be pumped safely back out to sea without endangering flora or fauna

2 Nov 2008