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Atomic-Scale Investigations Solve Key Puzzle of LED Efficiency
From the high-resolution
glow of flat screen
televisions to light bulbs
that last for years,
light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
... > full story
Footwear's (Carbon) Footprint: Bulk of Shoes' Carbon Footprint Comes from Manufacturing Processes
A typical pair of running
shoes generates 30 pounds of
carbon dioxide emissions,
equivalent to keeping a
100-watt light bulb on for
... > full story
Vast Methane-Based Ecosystem Uncovered
A marine research expedition
has led to the discovery of
perhaps the world's largest
methane cold seep. The seep
lies deep in the western
North Atlantic Ocean, far
from the life-sustaining
... > full story
Top-Class Biofuel from the Depths of the Forest
Tops and branches from
tree-felling sites are
reborn in the laboratory as
compact pellets. However,
the energy industry will not
act until the price is
... > full story
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Overcoming Resistance to Anti-Cancer Drugs by Targeting Cell 'Powerhouses'
May 22, 2013 — Re-routing anti-cancer drugs to the "power plants" that make energy to keep cells alive is a promising but long-neglected approach to preventing emergence of the drug-resistant forms of cancer -- ... > full story -
Engineers Devise New Way to Produce Clean Hydrogen
May 21, 2013 — Engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental ... > full story -
Going Green: U.S. Equipped to Grow Serious Amounts of Pond Scum for Fuel
May 21, 2013 — A new analysis shows that the nation's land and water resources could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year in the United States, ... > full story -
NASA's IRIS Mission Readies for a New Challenge
May 21, 2013 — NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission, a mission to observe a largely unexplored region of the solar atmosphere that powers its dynamic million-degree outer atmosphere and drives the solar ... > full story -
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Not Just Blowing in the Wind: Compressing Air for Renewable Energy Storage
May 20, 2013 — A comprehensive study into the potential for compressed air energy storage in the Pacific Northwest has identified two locations in Washington state that could store enough Northwest wind energy ... > full story -
Do Men's and Women's Hearts Burn Fuel Differently?
May 20, 2013 — Gender specific shifts in cardiac metabolism under stress may shed light on heart ... > full story -
Engineered Microbes Grow in the Dark
May 19, 2013 — Scientists have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for ... > full story -
Bacteria Use Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide to Produce Electricity
May 19, 2013 — Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of ... > full story -
Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting: First Fully Integrated Artificial Photosynthesis Nanosystem
May 16, 2013 — Researchers have created the first fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem. While "artificial leaf" is the popular term for such a system, the key to this success was an "artificial ... > full story -
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Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes
May 15, 2013 — Chances are you know how many miles your car logs for each gallon or tankful of gas, but you probably have only a foggy idea of how much energy your house consumes, even though home energy ... > full story
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