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Nanotechnology Being Used to Make Antennas That Collect Heat and Produce Electricity

Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources

10 Aug 2008

No Evidence to Support Claim That Organic is Best

New research in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry’s (SCI) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows there is no evidence to support the argument that organic food is better than food grown with the use of pesticides and chemicals

7 Aug 2008

Green and Healthy Baby Nursery Promotes Childrens Health

Wee Generation is a collaboration of environmental visionaries, including Seventh Generation and Healthy Child Healthy World, dedicated to raising awareness about children’s environmental health. They recently did a green and healthy makeover of a baby's nursery

7 Aug 2008

Texans Now Free to Harness Wind Power and Create Clean, Renewable Energy

Babcock & Brown, a leader in wind energy, today announced that a federal court in Texas dismissed a final lawsuit, clearing the path to bring wind energy to South Texas

7 Aug 2008

Thinking of Building a Nuclear Power Plant - UK Government Releases Guide for Applying for a Nuclear Site Licence

In order to construct and operate a nuclear power station (or most other types of nuclear installation) in the UK, a nuclear site licence must be granted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The HSE has released, "Applying for a nuclear site licence for new nuclear power stations - A step-by-step guide".

7 Aug 2008

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Understanding Climate Change and Forecasting Global Warming

Arizona State University researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-warming activity

7 Aug 2008

MIT Named One of the Top 25 Environmentally Responsible Schools in the Kaplan College Guide 2009

MIT has been named one of the top 25 environmentally responsible schools in the Kaplan College Guide 2009

7 Aug 2008

Nansulate Thermal Insulation Incorporated into Display Home

Industrial Nanotech, an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, today announced that the Company's patented Nansulate PT thermal insulation and corrosion resistance coating has been incorporated into the first display home of a LandCorp alternative housing project in Seville Grove, Western Australia

7 Aug 2008

Acid Rain Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice Paddies

Acid rain from atmospheric pollution can reduce methane emissions from rice paddies by up to 24 per cent according to research led by Dr Vincent Gauci of The Open University

6 Aug 2008

Cleaner and Greener Chemicals to be Developed by New Partnership

A new research initiative, bringing together the UK's main public funder of bioscience research with 10 companies, has been launched today to accelerate development of technologies required for the sustainable production of chemicals through biorefining

6 Aug 2008