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Vision Ridge Partners, GSSG Solar Announce Financing of 46.8-MW Solar Energy Project in Japan

Underscoring the major growth in Japan's renewable energy sector, Vision Ridge Partners and GSSG Solar today announced the financing of a major 46.8 megawatt (MW) solar energy project in Japan's Nagano Prefecture.

4 May 2016

ALLM to Commercialize Patented CTS Technology to Produce Ethanol and Cellulosic Sugar

Alliance BioEnergy Plus, Inc. (the "Company"), is very pleased to announce the successful completion of its yearlong efforts to optimize its patented CTS technology to extract 100% of the sugar from virtually any cellulosic feed-stock after having it completed and proven by major industry ethanol producers.

4 May 2016

Cornell University Opens New 2-MW Sutton Road Solar Farm in Geneva, New York

Bring on the sunshine: Cornell University’s new Sutton Road Solar Farm, a 2-megawatt energy facility that will offset nearly 40 percent of the annual electricity demand at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva, New York, became fully operational April 13.

4 May 2016

Coastal Wading Birds Use Tides and Moon Phases to Track Prey

Coastal wading birds shape their lives around the tides, and new research in The Auk: Ornithological Advances shows that different species respond differently to shifting patterns of high and low water according to their size and daily schedules, even following prey cycles tied to the phases of the moon.

4 May 2016

Non-Toxic Thin-Film Solar Cells Achieve Record Efficiency

Researchers from UNSW have built flexible, full-sized, thin-film, solar cells that have the highest efficiency ever recorded so far, making ‘zero-energy’ buildings a potential reality. Zero-energy buildings produce as much power as they use up. These solar cells are non-toxic as well as economical.

3 May 2016

Small Molecule 3-Nitrooxypropanol Reduces Methane Production in Ruminants

Researchers at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have taken part in a study of the effect of one molecule, 3-nitrooxypropanol, in inhibiting methane production in ruminants. The work has been published in the magazine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

3 May 2016

Raindrop Splash Triggers Release of Airborne Organic Particles

Most of us think of that sweet smell after a storm as the aftereffect of rain that has rinsed the air of pollutants and dust. But it turns out that rain also triggers the release of a mist of particles from wet soils into the air, a finding with consequences of its own for how scientists model our planet's climate and future.

3 May 2016

Variable Climate Patterns in Pacific Ocean Play Critical Role on Impact of Sea-Ice Loss on Arctic Warming

The crucial role that sea-ice loss plays in rapid Arctic warming is regulated by variable climate patterns taking place in the Pacific Ocean, a pioneering new study has found.

3 May 2016

Coral Reefs in Florida Keys Dissolving Faster Due to Ocean Acidification, Say UM Researchers

In a new study, University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers found that the limestone that forms the foundation of coral reefs along the Florida Reef Tract is dissolving during the fall and winter months on many reefs in the Florida Keys. The research showed that the upper Florida Keys were the most impacted by the annual loss of reef.

3 May 2016

New ITE Bio-Battery Uses Blood Glucose to Produce Energy

Researchers at the Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía (Technological Institute of Energy, ITE) are working on the creation of a bio-battery that uses blood glucose to produce energy. Such a battery would cut down on the number of surgical interventions a pacemaker user must undergo.

2 May 2016

New Research Reveals Mechanisms Linked to Lack of Surface Melting in Greenland Ice Sheet

The Earth's climate has been warming, but even though the Greenland ice sheet is melting rapidly in the coastal regions, there are large parts of the ice sheet (40 percent) where there has hardly been any melting on the surface.

2 May 2016

Study Uncovers Mystery of How Much Snow Piles Up on Greenland Ice Sheet

Although the coastal regions of the Greenland Ice Sheet are experiencing rapid melting, a significant portion of the interior of that ice sheet has remained stable – but a new study suggests that stability may not continue.

2 May 2016

Clean Fuel’s Pollution Cutting Emulsified Fuel to Power Team Britannia’s Multi-Million Powerboat

Janssen-Cilag International NV today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a Positive Opinion, recommending broadening the existing marketing authorisation for ibrutinib as a single agent for the treatment of adult patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).

29 Apr 2016

Deoxygenation Due to Climate Change Could Pose Major Threat to Marine Life

A reduction in the amount of oxygen dissolved in the oceans due to climate change is already discernible in some parts of the world and should be evident across large regions of the oceans between 2030 and 2040, according to a new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

28 Apr 2016

MIT Scientist Explores Impacts of Atmosphere’s Composition on Climate

Winds that blow across the Sahara desert in North Africa pick up particles of soil and sand, and typically carry them westward. Many of these grains travel across the Atlantic, leading to poor-visibility days in the southern U.S. and Caribbean, transporting nutrients to far-flung ecosystems in South America, and impacting hurricane formation in the Atlantic.

28 Apr 2016