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Researchers Call for Specialty Metals Recycling
September 24, 2012 — An international policy is needed for recycling scarce specialty metals that are critical in the production of consumer goods, according to ... > full story -
Life in the Extreme: Hot Acids and Heavy Metals Make Similar Organisms Deal With Stress in Different Ways
September 24, 2012 — Life in extreme environments -- hot acids and heavy metals, for example -- can apparently make very similar organisms deal with stress in very different ways, according to new ... > full story -
Scientific Discovery Offers 'Green' Solution in Fight Against Greenhouse Gases
September 24, 2012 — A low-cost new material that could lead to innovative technologies to tackle global warming has been ... > full story -
Fueling the Fleet, U.S. Navy Looks to the Seas
September 24, 2012 — Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing a process to extract carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen gas from seawater, subsequently converting the gases into jet fuel by a ... > full story -
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New Data on the Biofuel Ecobalance: Most Biofuels Are Not 'Green'
September 24, 2012 — First tops, then flops. That is one way of summing up the history of biofuels so far. A new study gives an up-to-date picture of the ecobalance of various biofuels and their production processes. ... > full story -
Two-Thirds of the World's New Solar Panels Were Installed in Europe in 2011
September 24, 2012 — Europe accounted for two thirds of the world-wide newly installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2011, with 18.5 GW. Its overall PV capacity totalled 52 GW. The yearly electricity produced by PV could ... > full story -
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Constraining World Trade Is Unlikely to Help the Climate, Study Finds
September 23, 2012 — From rubber dinghies to television sets: the emissions of greenhouse gases in countries like China are to a significant extent caused by the production of goods that are exported to Germany or the ... > full story -
Study Outlines Supply Chain Challenges for Lithium Future
September 21, 2012 — As demand increases for lithium, the essential element in batteries for everything from cameras to automobiles, a researcher is studying potential disruptions to the long-term supply chain the ... > full story -
New Uses for Old Tools Could Boost Biodiesel Output
September 20, 2012 — Tried-and-true techniques could help optimize oilseed yield for biodiesel production, according to recent ... > full story -
Research Uncovers Path to Defect-Free Thin Films
September 20, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a strain relaxation phenomenon in cobaltites that has eluded researchers for decades and may lead to advances in fuel cells, magnetic sensors and a host of energy-related ... > full story
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