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US DOE Awards $1.5 Million Grant to Kansas State University to Upgrade Nuclear Reactor

Kansas State University's nuclear reactor control console in Ward Hall will be getting a much-needed upgrade, funded by a $1.5 million Nuclear Engineering University Partnerships grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

30 Sep 2015

Missouri S&T Solar House Design Team to Showcase Nest Home at Solar Decathlon

A team of students at Missouri University of Science and Technology spent two years designing and building a solar-powered house filled with smart-living technology. Once it was complete, the students cut it into pieces and shipped it to California on four semitrailers to compete in an international building competition.

30 Sep 2015

Warming Ocean Could Make King Crabs Predators in Antarctic Marine Ecosystems

King crabs may soon become high-level predators in Antarctic marine ecosystems where they haven't played a role in tens of millions of years, according to a new study led by Florida Institute of Technology.

30 Sep 2015

One of the Biggest Puzzles in Climate Science Could Have Been Solved

Researchers from the University of Exeter believe they have solved one of the biggest puzzles in climate science. The new study, published in Nature Geoscience, explains the synchrony observed during glacial periods when low temperatures in the Southern Ocean correspond with low levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).

29 Sep 2015

Unpredictable Weather Patterns Lead to Decline in Ecosystem Productivity

Fluctuations in extreme weather events, such as heavy rains and droughts, are affecting ecosystems in unexpected ways -- creating "winners and losers" among plant species that humans depend upon for food.

29 Sep 2015

Climate Change Predicted to Have Major Impact on Life in Antarctica

A landmark study published in Nature Climate Change today by Australian and British scientists predicts that climate change will have a major impact on life in Antarctica this century.

29 Sep 2015

Products Made in China Associated with Higher Carbon Dioxide Emissions

In a study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, scientists from three universities show that products made in China are associated with significantly higher carbon dioxide emissions than the same products made elsewhere.

29 Sep 2015

Extreme Temperatures Affect Cities

Extreme summers like that of 2012 -- which saw record temperatures in cities across the U.S. -- may be atypical, but experts say they will return, especially as the planet warms under climate change. And as they do, cities will be especially vulnerable.

29 Sep 2015

New Euro 6 Diesel Engine Cars Struggling with Very High Emissions

Emission measurements conducted by Institute of Transport Economics in Norway, in collaboration with VTT in Finland, shows that new Euro 6 cars with diesel engines are struggling with too high NOx emissions in real traffic.

29 Sep 2015

Dow Inaugurates First Polyurethanes Systems House in Sub-Saharan Africa

Localized innovation will help to advance growing demand while providing energy savings

28 Sep 2015

Virginia Tech-led Study Outlines Ways to Improve Airline Fuel Savings, Reduce Greenhouse Emissions

The airline industry has the ability to sustain significant fuel savings and greatly reduce its greenhouse emissions, according to the conclusions reached in a Virginia Tech led study for the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) for traffic in the North Atlantic oceanic airspace.

28 Sep 2015

Nova Institute of Technology Introduces Breakthrough CO2 Device for Eradicating All Vehicle Exhaust Fumes

David G. Yurth, principal inventor and co-founder of Nova Institute of Technology, a privately-owned research and development group located in Salt Lake City, Utah, announced today the successful testing of The Corona Discharge Gas Plasma Disassociation System™ (CDGPDS™), a compact, lightweight, low-cost energy efficient device that eradicates all exhaust fumes produced by internal combustion engines before they leave the tailpipe.

28 Sep 2015

Offshore Wind Farms May Pose Greater Threat to Gannet Population

Offshore wind farms which are to be built in waters around the UK could pose a greater threat to protected populations of gannets than previously thought, according to a new study by researchers at the universities of Leeds, Exeter and Glasgow.

28 Sep 2015

Researchers Test Algae-based Biomass at Chevron Oil Refinery in Hawaii for Producing Bioenergy

At a Chevron oil refinery in Hawaii, researchers are growing microalgae in a 5,000-liter photobioreactor, flowing wastewater from the refinery through the reactor, and taking advantage of the algae's appetite for chemical nutrients to polish the water, removing noxious chemicals, including 90% of the ammonia-nitrogen and 97% of the phosphorus.

28 Sep 2015

Biomass Burning Has Environmental and Health Benefits, UI Study Reveals

Biomass burning sometimes gets a bad rap. That's because many associate the burning of living and dead vegetation with human-caused fires and clearing of land that release unhealthy particles and gases that spur global warming.

28 Sep 2015