Fossil Fuel News

Posted February 20, 2013:

• Sunlight Yields More Efficient Carbon Dioxide to Methanol Model

Posted February 17, 2013:

• Affordable Fuel Cells Closer: Synthetic Molecule First Electricity-Making Catalyst to Use Iron to Split Hydrogen Gas

Posted February 12, 2013:

• Environmental Hazards or Energy Solutions? Geophysicists Size Up Energy Resources, Carbon Capture and Fracking
• Mix Uranium from Russian Nuclear Weapons With Norwegian Rock, Researcher Says

Posted February 6, 2013:

• Hydrothermal Liquefaction: The Most Promising Path to Sustainable Bio-Oil Production
• New Coal Technology Harnesses Energy Without Burning, Nears Pilot-Scale Development

Posted February 4, 2013:

• Hydro Beats Nuclear and Coal, Beats Oil and Gas, Review Finds

Posted January 31, 2013:

• Giant Carbon Molecules for Sustainable Technologies

Posted January 30, 2013:

• Biofuels Blend Right In: Researchers Show Ionic Liquids Effective for Pre-Treating Mixed Blends of Biofuel Feedstocks

Posted January 22, 2013:

• Just Add Water: How Scientists Are Using Silicon to Produce Hydrogen on Demand

Posted January 17, 2013:

• Photovoltaics Beat Biofuels at Converting Sun's Energy to Miles Driven

Posted January 16, 2013:

• High Plutonium Breeding of Light Water Cooled Reactors

Posted January 9, 2013:

• Engineering Alternative Fuel With Cyanobacteria

Posted January 8, 2013:

• Icing on a Lake: Blocks of Hydrocarbon Ice Might Decorate Surface of Lakes and Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan
• Concentrated Solar Power With Thermal Energy Storage Can Help Utilities' Bottom Line, Study Shows

Posted December 27, 2012:

• Cellular Fuel Gauge May Hold the Key to Restricting Cancer Growth

Posted December 20, 2012:

• Engineers Seek Ways to Convert Methane Into Useful Chemicals
• 'Easy Does It' Gets You Further in Electric Vehicles

Posted December 17, 2012:

• Synthetic Biology Research: Could Fuel for Cars or Household Power Supplies Be Created from Naturally-Occurring Fatty Acids?
• Nanofibers Clean Sulfur from Fuel

Posted December 13, 2012:

• Intelligent Control for Performance: Reducing Drag, Saving Fuel

Posted December 10, 2012:

• Wind and Solar Power Paired With Storage Could Power Grid 99.9 Percent of the Time
• Ultrasound Can Now Monitor the Health of Your Car Engine
• New Approach Could Help Resolve Mountaintop Mining Issues

Posted December 5, 2012:

• Synthetic Fuel Could Eliminate U.S. Need for Crude Oil, Researchers Say

Posted December 4, 2012:

• Synchrotron Gives Insight Into Green Energy Enzymes

Posted November 27, 2012:

• Milestone Along the Way to CO₂-Free Power Plants

Posted November 23, 2012:

• Electricity from the Marshes

Posted November 16, 2012:

• Mixing Processes Could Increase Impact of Biofuel Spills on Aquatic Environments

Posted November 7, 2012:

• Sweet Diesel: Discovery Resurrects Process to Convert Sugar Directly to Diesel

Posted November 6, 2012:

• Earth on Acid: Present & Future of Global Acidification

Posted November 2, 2012:

• Navy Researchers Look to Rotating Detonation Engines to Power the Future

Posted October 29, 2012:

• Titan Supercomputer Debuts: Computer Churns Through More Than 20,000 Trillion Calculations Each Second
• US Shale Gas Drives Up Coal Exports

Posted October 24, 2012:

• Americans Use More Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies
• Large-Scale Production of Biofuels Made from Algae Poses Sustainability Concerns

Posted October 23, 2012:

• Self-Powered Sensors to Monitor Nuclear Fuel Rod Status
• Highly Efficient Production of Advanced Biofuel by Metabolically Engineered Microorganism

Posted October 15, 2012:

• Exposure to Fuel from Prestige Tanker Oil Spill Causes Short-Term Damage to Rat DNA, Spanish Study Finds

Posted October 11, 2012:

• Focus on Space Debris: Envisat

Posted October 8, 2012:

• Paving the Way for Commercial Fusion Power Plants

Posted October 3, 2012:

• Methane Emissions Can Be Traced Back to Roman Times

Posted September 26, 2012:

• Dioxin Causes Disease and Reproductive Problems Across Generations, Study Finds

Posted September 24, 2012:

• Fueling the Fleet, U.S. Navy Looks to the Seas

Posted September 21, 2012:

• Study Outlines Supply Chain Challenges for Lithium Future

Posted September 20, 2012:

• Nano-Engineering Electrodes to Give Tiny Generators a Boost

Posted September 17, 2012:

• U.S. Underestimates Costs of Carbon Pollution and Climate Change

Posted September 11, 2012:

• Microbiologist Patents Process to Improve Biofuel Production

Posted September 4, 2012:

• Biofuel Waste Product Recycled for Electricity

Posted August 30, 2012:

• Domestic Coal Use Linked to Substantial Lifetime Risk of Lung Cancer in Xuanwei, China

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