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Graphene Helps to Create Efficient, Inexpensive, Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers from the Department of Applied Physics at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have created efficient yet inexpensive semitransparent perovskite solar cells using graphene electrodes.

By Beth Ellison 10 Sep 2015

Industrial Revolution, Global Warming Impact Centuries of Ocean Cooling

The high frequency and magnitude of volcanic eruptions could have been the cause of the progressive cooling of ocean surfaces over a period of 1,800 years. This is made apparent in an international study published recently in the journal Nature Geoscience, involving researcher P. Graham Mortyn of the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) and the UAB Department of Geography.

10 Sep 2015

Agriculture and Tree Planting Could Harm Nonforest Ecosystems

The world's grassy biomes are key contributors to biodiversity and ecosystem services, and are under immense pressure from conversion to agriculture and tree planting, report Joseph W. Veldman, of Iowa State University, and his colleagues in an article for the October issue of BioScience.

10 Sep 2015

AliCloud Opens Eco-Friendly and Energy-Efficient Qiandao Lake Data Center

AliCloud, Alibaba Group’s cloud computing arm, today announced the launch of an innovative and eco-friendly AliCloud Qiandao Lake Data Center. The new data center, AliCloud’s eighth globally, is focused on fulfilling the growing cloud and big data business needs of Alibaba Group.

10 Sep 2015

SFC Energy Signs New Partner Agreement with Toyota Tsusho

SFC Energy AG, leading provider of hybrid power solutions to the stationary and mobile power generation markets, announces the signing of a new partner agreement with Toyota Tsusho Corporation: In the context of the agreement Toyota Tsusho will become an official representative of SFC in Japan. A first order of EFOY Pro fuel cells has already been shipped for sale by Toyota Tsusho in Japan.

10 Sep 2015

UCF Professor Receives Federal Grant to Test Use of Supercritical CO2 in Power Plants

The University of Central Florida is one of only two universities in the nation to land a federal grant that could revolutionize the technology used to run power plants.

10 Sep 2015

Scientists Build First Full Observational Wind Atlas of Great Lakes

By compiling meteorological wind data – derived from several sources – Cornell University and the Technical University of Denmark scientists have assembled the first full observational wind atlas of the Great Lakes. The atlas bolsters the chances for developing wind energy in the region.

10 Sep 2015

Ocean Waves Could Help Improve Efficiency of Renewable Energy Devices

As the demand for renewable wind and solar energy steadily increases, the need to reduce the cost and extend the life of renewable energy storage batteries becomes even greater.

10 Sep 2015

U-M Researchers Develop Lightweight Sun-Tracking Solar Systems

Solar cells capture up to 40 percent more energy when they can track the sun across the sky, but conventional, motorized trackers are too heavy and bulky for pitched rooftops and vehicle surfaces.

9 Sep 2015

Low-Level Oil Exposure impacts Wild Fish Populations

For 25 years, methodical research by scientists has investigated the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 on Alaskan communities and ecosystems. A new study released today into the effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska shows that embryonic salmon and herring exposed to very low levels of crude oil can develop hidden heart defects that compromise their later survival, indicating that the spill may have had much greater impacts on spawning fish than previously recognized.

9 Sep 2015

Peak-Time Emissions at London's Paddington Station Exceed European Recommendations for Outdoor Air Quality

Peak-time emissions from diesel trains at London's Paddington Station exceed the European recommendations for outdoor air quality, and are higher than nearby roadsides on the majority of days.

9 Sep 2015

Climate Change Predicted to Have Major Impact on Southern California Wildfires

Wildfires have ravaged both populated and unpopulated regions of Southern California at an increasing rate over the past few decades, and scientists from three University of California campuses and partner institutions are predicting that by midcentury, as a consequence of climate change causing hotter and drier summers, a lot more will go up in flames.

9 Sep 2015

Study Shows Which Countries are Responsible for Cost of Environmental Damages from Global Warming

Tropical forests are home to more of the world's terrestrial biodiversity than any other habitat, but are increasingly threatened by the impact of human activities. Illegal logging, in particular, poses a severe and increasing threat to tropical forests worldwide. But, until now, its impact on tropical wildlife has not been quantified.

9 Sep 2015

Study Shows Which Countries are Responsible for Cost of Environmental Damages from Global Warming

All countries have contributed to recent climate change, but some much more so than others. Those that have contributed more than their fair share have accumulated a climate debt, owed to countries that have contributed less to historical warming.

9 Sep 2015

MISTRAS Completes Structural Health Monitoring Systems for Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Turbines

MISTRAS Group Limited (U.K. subsidiary of MISTRAS Group), has successfully completed the design, manufacture, installation and first year’s operation of structural health monitoring systems on 32 offshore wind turbines in the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm.

9 Sep 2015