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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 -
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Renewable Energy
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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 -
Tortuous Paths Hamper Ion Transport
April 8, 2013 — Researchers have used X-ray tomography to screen lithium ion battery electrodes and can reconstruct the microstructure in high resolution. This helps to understand the discharging and charging ... > full story -
Tin Nanocrystals for the Battery of the Future
April 8, 2013 — More powerful batteries could help electric cars achieve a considerably larger range and thus a breakthrough on the market. A new nanomaterial for lithium ion batteries could come into play ... > full story -
Natural Soil Bacteria Pump New Life Into Exhausted Oil Wells
April 8, 2013 — Technology that enlists natural soil bacteria as 21st century roughnecks now is commercially available and poised to recover precious oil remaining in thousands of exhausted oil wells. The process ... > full story -
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Sweet Success: Catalyzing More Sugars from Biomass
April 8, 2013 — Using an ultrahigh-precision microscopy technique, researchers have uncovered a way to improve the collective catalytic activity of enzyme cocktails on cellulosic biomass, boosting the yields of ... > full story -
Hydrogen from Methane Without CO2 Emissions?
April 8, 2013 — The production of hydrogen from methane without carbon dioxide emissions is the objective of a new project. Researchers are setting up a novel liquid-metal bubble column reactor, in which methane is ... > full story -
Organic Semi-Conductors Could Revolutionize Electronics
April 8, 2013 — Organic semi-conductors could revolutionize electronics in various areas. Nowadays, components put out such high performances that they are used in small devices like mobile phones. With larger ... > full story -
Giving Plants the Right Amount of Light
April 8, 2013 — Enormous amounts of energy are wasted in greenhouses where our food is grown as a result of the plants receiving too much and the wrong kind of light. This can also stress and damage the plants. ... > full story -
Microalgae Produce More Oil Faster for Energy, Food or Products
April 7, 2013 — Scientists have described technology that accelerates microalgae’s ability to produce many different types of renewable oils for fuels, chemicals, foods and personal-care products within days ... > full story
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