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Dramatically Extending Lifetime Of Organic Solar Cells
October 14, 2008 Scientists have developed a method to stabilize the nanomorphology of organic solar cells resulting in a lifetime improvement of at least a factor 10. With these stabilized solar cells, efficiencies ... > full story -
Models Help Assess Biofuels' Sustainability
October 13, 2008 Many agricultural products can be converted into feedstocks for alternative fuel. Now analysis from the Agricultural Research Service suggests that they can be used this way without reducing the ... > full story -
Using Electrons To Treat Organic Seeds
October 10, 2008 Sales of organic products are booming: Consumers want their food to be untainted. To avoid the use of fungicides yet nevertheless protect plants from disease, researchers have developed a method that ... > full story -
Arctic Soil May Contain Nearly Twice Greenhouse-Gas Producing Material Than Previously Estimated
October 8, 2008 Frozen arctic soil contains nearly twice the greenhouse-gas-producing organic material as was previously estimated, according to new research. The research team discovered a previously undocumented ... > full story -
Flexi Display Technology Is Now
October 2, 2008 Screen display technology is taking a significant step forward as researchers from Sony and the Max Planck Institute demonstrate the possibility of bendable optically assessed organic light emitting ... > full story -
Experiment Demonstrates 110 Years Of Sustainable Agriculture
September 29, 2008 Researchers have shown that a plot of land on the campus of Auburn University that has been maintained by a century old practice of sustainable farming can produce similar cotton crops to those using ... > full story -
Alternative To Burning: Environmentally Sound Disposal For Wood Chips
September 29, 2008 Pecan and other hickory woods are the third most popular hardwood group in the United States, behind only black walnut and black cherry. he pruned wood of pecan, a byproduct of forested trees, is ... > full story -
No Oxygen In Eastern Mediterranean Bottom-Water
September 26, 2008 New research shows that there is an organic-rich bed of sediment in the floor of the Eastern Mediterranean. This bed formed over a period of about 4,000 years under oxygen-free bottom-water ... > full story -
Manure 'Smells Like Money' As Energy Costs Rise
September 8, 2008 With energy prices driving the cost of agricultural inputs up, nutrient-rich manure is getting another ... > full story -
Thawing Permafrost Likely To Boost Global Warming, New Assessment Concludes
September 1, 2008 A new assessment more than doubles previous estimates of the amount of carbon stored in permafrost, and indicates that carbon dioxide emissions from microbial decomposition of organic carbon in ... > full story
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