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Posted February 9, 2012:

• New Integrated Building Model May Improve Fish Farming Operations
• Hydrogen from Acidic Water: Potential Low Cost Alternative to Platinum for Splitting Water
• New Battery Could Lead to Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Energy
• Fuel from Market Waste

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Octagonal Window of Opportunity for Carbon Capture
• Carbonized Coffee Grounds Remove Foul Smells

Posted February 6, 2012:

• More Environmental Rules Needed for Shale Gas, Says Geophysicist

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Can the Economy Bear What Oil Prices Have in Store?

Posted January 24, 2012:

• New Material to Remove Radioactive Gas from Spent Nuclear Fuel

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Mysterious Flotsam in Gulf of Mexico Came from Deepwater Horizon Rig

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Computer Simulations Revealing How Methane and Hydrogen Pack Into Gas Hydrates Could Enlighten Alternative Fuel Production and Carbon Dioxide Storage

Posted January 12, 2012:

• One-Third of Car Fuel Consumption Is Due to Friction Loss

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Algae for Your Fuel Tank
• Renewable Fuel: Clearing a Potential Road Block to Bisabolane

Posted December 23, 2011:

• Go to Work on a Christmas Card: UK's Wrapping Paper and Festive Cards Could Provide Energy to Send a Bus to the Moon More Than 20 Times

Posted December 20, 2011:

• New Method Significantly Reduces Production Costs of Fuel Cells

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Small Reactors Could Figure Into US Energy Future

Posted December 11, 2011:

• World's Smallest Steam Engine: Heat Engine Measuring Only a Few Micrometers Works as Well as Its Larger Counterpart, Although It Sputters

Posted December 8, 2011:

• For Midwesterners, More Boxcars Mean Cleaner Air
• Building a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy
• U.S. CAFE Standards Create Profit Incentive for Larger Vehicles
• Functionalized Graphene Oxide Plays Part in Next-Generation Oil-Well Drilling Fluids

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Sharp Decline in Pollution from U.S. Coal Power Plants, NASA Satellite Confirms
• China's Demand for Oil Will Equal US Demand by 2040, Study Predicts
• Six Myths About Electricity in the U.S. South Dubunked

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Gone With the Wind: Why the Fast Jet Stream Winds Cannot Contribute Much Renewable Energy After All

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Efficiency Metrics for Energy Storage Devices Need Standardization
• E. Coli Bacteria Engineered to Eat Switchgrass and Make Transportation Fuels
• Cost-Effectiveness of Biofuels and Their Ability to Cut Fossil Fuel Use Questioned

Posted November 22, 2011:

• Carbon Mitigation Strategy Uses Wood for Buildings First, Bioenergy Second

Posted November 18, 2011:

• Corn Gene Boosts Biofuels from Switchgrass

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Nanoparticles Used as Additives in Diesel Fuels Can Travel from Lungs to Liver

Posted November 15, 2011:

• U.S. Marines Test New Energy-Efficient Weapon in the War on Trash
• Large Differences in the Climate Impact of Biofuels, Swedish Research Finds
• Making Chemicals from Biogas Instead of Burning It

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Rare Earth Metal Shortages Could Hamper Deployment of Low-Carbon Energy Technologies

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Americans Using More Fossil Fuels

Posted November 8, 2011:

• Wood Biofuel Could Be a Competitive Industry by 2020

Posted November 6, 2011:

• More Promising Natural Gas Storage?

Posted November 3, 2011:

• European Biofuels Are as Carbon Intensive as Petrol, New Study Suggests
• Hybrid Power Plants Can Help Industry Go Green: Affordable Solar Option for Power Plants

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Astronomers Discover Complex Organic Matter Exists Throughout the Universe

Posted October 25, 2011:

• Geothermal Mapping Report Confirms Vast Coast-to-Coast Clean Energy Source in U.S.

Posted October 23, 2011:

• Production of Biofuel from Forests Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds

Posted October 18, 2011:

• How Close Is Too Close? Hydrofracking to Access Natural Gas Reservoirs Poses Risks to Surface Water, Researchers Say
• Industrial by-Products Upgraded Into Fuel

Posted October 16, 2011:

• Plastic Fantastic: The Future of Biodegradables

Posted October 14, 2011:

• Redox Flow Batteries, a Promising Technology for Renewable Energies Integration

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