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Researchers Map out an Alternative Energy Future for New York
March 12, 2013 — A new study outlines a path to statewide renewable energy conversion, and away from natural gas and imported ... > full story -
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Carbon Footprint of Grid-Scale Battery Technologies Calculated
March 8, 2013 — Solar and wind power pose a challenge for the U.S. electrical grid, which lacks the capacity to store surplus clean electricity and deliver it on demand. Researchers are developing grid-scale storage ... > full story -
Engineering Breakthrough Promises Significantly More Efficient Solar Cells
March 7, 2013 — A new technique could lead to significantly more efficient solar cells. Quantum dot photovoltaics offers the potential for low-cost, large-area solar power -- however these devices are not yet highly ... > full story -
New Material Using Doped Carbon Allows Fuels to Be Produced While Reducing CO2 Emissions
March 7, 2013 — After more than 10 years' work, scientists in Spain have a developed a carbon gel that enables carbon dioxide to be turned into hydrocarbons by electro-catalytic ... > full story -
Advance in Re-Engineering Photosynthesis to Make Drugs, Compounds or Ingredients
March 7, 2013 — Scientists are reporting an advance in re-engineering photosynthesis to transform plants into bio-factories that manufacture high-value ingredients for medicines, fabrics, fuels and other ... > full story -
Biobatteries Catch Breath
March 7, 2013 — An air-breathing bio-battery has been constructed by researchers from Poland. The core element providing the new power source with relatively high voltage and long lifetime is a carefully designed ... > full story -
Probing Extreme Matter Through Observations of Neutron Stars
March 6, 2013 — Neutron stars, the ultra-dense cores left behind after massive stars collapse, contain the densest matter known in the Universe outside of a black hole. New results have provided one of the most ... > full story -
New Method for Greenhouse Gas Predictions
March 5, 2013 — Pulp and paper producers are among Canada's most important industries and also one of the largest producers of wastewater. Researchers are now estimating the greenhouse gas emissions in this ... > full story -
New Spectroscopy Method Could Lead to Better Optical Devices Such as LEDs and Solar Cells
March 5, 2013 — A new spectroscopy method helps distinguish the orientations of light-emitters in layered nanomaterials and other thin films. The method could lead to better thin-film optical devices like LEDs and ... > full story -
Synthetic Fuels from Natural Gas and Biomass? New Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst Invented
March 5, 2013 — Inspired by patents from the 1960s audio cassette recording industry, chemists now developed a new Fischer-Tropsch catalyst. It can be used for the making of synthetic fuels from natural gas and ... > full story
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