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Using Fluctuating Wind Power
March 25, 2013 — Incorporating wind power into existing power grids is challenging because fluctuating wind speed and direction means turbines generate power inconsistently. Coupled with customers' varying power ... > full story -
Ash from Refuse Could Become Hydrogen Gas
March 25, 2013 — Every year, millions of tons of environmentally harmful ash is produced worldwide, and is mostly dumped in landfill sites or, in some countries, used as construction material. The ash is what is left ... > full story -
Multi-Purpose Wonder Can Generate Hydrogen, Produce Clean Water and Even Provide Energy
March 20, 2013 — A new wonder material can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even provide energy. Science fiction? Hardly, and there's more -- It can also desalinate water, be used as flexible water ... > full story -
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Transportation Study Reveals Potential for Deep Cuts to Petroleum Use and Carbon Emissions
March 19, 2013 — Scientists have completed an assessment of avenues to reach deep cuts in petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation ... > full story -
Fantastic Flash Memory Combines Graphene and Molybdenite
March 19, 2013 — Scientists have combined two materials with advantageous electronic properties -- graphene and molybdenite -- into a flash memory prototype that is very promising in terms of performance, size, ... > full story -
Electrons Are Not Enough: Cuprate Superconductors Defy Convention
March 19, 2013 — To engineers, it's a tale as old as time: Electrical current is carried through materials by flowing electrons. But physicists have now found that for copper-containing superconductors, known as ... > full story -
Petroleum Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Automobiles Could Drop 80 Percent by 2050: U.S. Report
March 18, 2013 — A new report finds that by the year 2050, the United States may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light-duty vehicles -- cars and small trucks -- ... > full story -
Breakthrough in Electricity Storage: New Large and Powerful Redox Flow Battery
March 18, 2013 — More and more electricity is being generated from intermittent sources of power, such as solar and wind energy. Powerful electric energy storage devices are necessary to level out corresponding ... > full story -
Wireless Charging Soon Available for Devices Smaller Than Mobile Phones
March 18, 2013 — Wireless charging will soon be available for more and more mobile phones. Researchers in Finland are working with the industry's leading technological companies and standardization bodies to expand ... > full story -
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Researchers Building Stronger, Greener Concrete With Biofuel Byproducts
March 14, 2013 — Civil engineers are adding bioethanol byproducts to cement to reduce concrete's carbon footprint and make it ... > full story
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