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Widespread Hunger Looms In Wake Of 'Silent Tsunami' From High Food Prices, U.N. Food Agency Warns
High food prices are
creating the biggest
challenge that the World
Food Programme has faced in
its 45-year history, a
... > full story
Water Needed To Produce Various Types Of Energy
It is easy to overlook that
most of the energy we
consume daily, such as
electricity or natural gas,
is produced with the help of
a dwindling resource --
... > full story
Questioning Nuclear Power's Ability To Forestall Global Warming
Rising energy and
environmental costs may
prevent nuclear power from
being a sustainable
alternative energy source in
... > full story
Expert Foresees 10 More Years Of Research & Development To Make Solar Energy Competitive
Despite oil prices that
hover around $100 a
barrel, it may take at least
10 or more years of
intensive research to reduce
... > full story
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Newest GREET Model Updates Environmental Impacts Of Specific Fuels And Automobiles
May 10, 2008 — The newest version of the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy use in Transportation model will provide researchers with even more tools to evaluate and compare the environmental impacts ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Capture And Storage: Grasping At Straws In The Climate Debate?
May 9, 2008 — Great hopes are being placed on undeveloped technology. Capturing and storing carbon dioxide is predicted to be one of the most important measures to counter the threats to our climate. But the ... > full story -
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Inventor, Engineering Students Explore New Type Of Solar Collectors
May 8, 2008 — A team of students led by a chemical engineering professor are working with a New Jersey inventor to advance a new solar thermal collector. The engineering students pointed out that this is the first ... > full story -
Study Shows Power Of Police And Fire Officers As Injury-prevention Messengers
May 1, 2008 — Most local TV newscasts feature news of car crashes, fires and other injury-causing events, but relatively few contain information on preventing such injuries, a new study finds. However, if a police ... > full story -
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Low-Carbon Electricity is Needed To Power Plug-in Hybrids
April 28, 2008 — Engineering researchers report that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that fuel global warming, but the benefits are highly dependent on how the electricity ... > full story -
Europe Spends Nearly Twice As Much As US On Nanotech Risk Research
April 21, 2008 — A new analysis by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies indicates that European nations are investing nearly twice as much as the US in research primarily aimed at addressing the potential risks ... > full story -
Scientist Seeks Ways To Squeeze More Oil Out Of Existing Wells
April 11, 2008 — Scientists studying petroleum microbiology are figuring out how to squeeze more petroleum out of abandoned or soon-to-be-abandoned oil fields. One Mississippi State researcher already has extended ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction Assumptions Overly Optimistic, Study Says
April 4, 2008 — Reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide over the coming century will be more challenging than society has been led to believe, according recent ... > full story -
Fueling Ethanol Production While Protecting Water Quality
April 4, 2008 — Grain-based ethanol production has increased dramatically in recent years and with this expansion comes unintended negative water quality impacts. Scientists evaluated potential impacts of grain- and ... > full story -
Is It A Bird, Is It A Plane, No It's A Bridge!
April 1, 2008 — A government lab in the UK has taken on its biggest sample for analysis to date -- a 14-ton footbridge. The bridge will be used as a demonstrator to try out different techniques for monitoring ... > full story
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