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Cheaper Natural Gas-Powered Cars on the Horizon?
April 16, 2013 — When it comes to American consumers' vehicular preferences, a chemist says the choice often boils down to simple economics more so than availability, environment or ... > full story -
Energy and the Environment
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Energy Technology
Environmental Science
Geomagnetic Storms
Research Uses Mirrors to Make Solar Energy Cost Competitive
April 15, 2013 — Concentrating solar power technologies use mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight to produce heat, which can then be used to produce electricity, according to ongoing work by mechanical ... > full story -
Energy Issues
Energy and the Environment
Renewable Energy
Petroleum
Environmental Science
Energy Technology
The Future of Our Energy
April 15, 2013 — When it comes to sustainable energy supplies hydroelectric plants are usually the best solution, according to researchers who have reviewed the economic, social and environmental impact of fuel ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Removal Can Lower Costs of Climate Protection
April 12, 2013 — Directly removing carbon dioxide from the air has the potential to alter the costs of climate change mitigation. It could allow prolonging greenhouse-gas emissions from sectors like transport that ... > full story -
'Sustainable Fishing' Certification Too Lenient and Discretionary
April 10, 2013 — The certification of seafood as “sustainable” by the nonprofit Marine Stewardship Council is too lenient and discretionary, a study by a consortium of researchers has ... > full story -
Researchers Develop Tool to Assist Areas of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
April 10, 2013 — Researchers have developed a simple new tool to help governments worldwide decide whether to screen airplane passengers leaving or arriving from areas of infectious disease ... > full story -
Smart Solutions to a Worsening Water Crisis
April 10, 2013 — Innovative policies and new technologies that reduce water waste are helping countries across the Middle East and North Africa deal with chronic water ... > full story -
Seemingly Small Research Funding Cuts Could Hinder Progress in Nanotechnology
April 8, 2013 — Cuts in federal funding of nanotechnology research threaten to slow progress toward some of the field’s greatest promises, including commercialization of sustainable new energy sources that do ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Released from Burning Fuel Today Goes Back Into New Fuels Tomorrow
April 8, 2013 — The search for ways to use megatons of carbon dioxide that may be removed from industrial smokestacks during efforts to curb global warming has led to a process for converting that major greenhouse ... > full story -
Sustainability
Energy and the Environment
Renewable Energy
Water
Agriculture and Food
Environmental Science
Population Boom Poses Interconnected Challenges of Energy, Food, Water
April 8, 2013 — Mention great challenges in feeding a soaring world population, and thoughts turn to providing a bare subsistence diet for poverty-stricken people in developing countries. But an expert described a ... > full story
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