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NASA Chooses Proposals to Develop Improved Battery Systems for Space Exploration

NASA's Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected two proposals for Phase II awards targeted toward developing new energy storage technologies to replace the battery systems currently used by America's space program.

14 Aug 2015

PCS Biofuels Converts Giant King Grass into Polymeric Carbon Solid Biofuel

VIASPACE Inc. announced that PCS Biofuels Inc. of Vancouver, Canada has converted Giant King Grass into a high-energy, carbon neutral, drop-in replacement for coal using its patented Polymer Carbon Solid (PCS) thermal catalytic process.

12 Aug 2015

Small Cities with Municipal Utilities Have Ability to Pursue Sustainability

Small cities and rural areas lag behind in environmental protection policymaking because they often lack the financial or technical resources needed. According to newly published research at Binghamton University, places that have municipal utilities have the capacity to pursue sustainability — and are more likely to leverage that capacity to adopt more green energy policies.

11 Aug 2015

Closer to Discovering How Some Plants Thrive in Different Ecological Environments

A team of international researchers, led by the University of Sheffield, has moved one step closer to discovering how physiological attributes allow some plants to thrive in a variety of conditions – something that could be the key to future food sustainability.

10 Aug 2015

Integrated Sensing System Detects Temperature of Contaminating Gases Caused by Coal Waste Residues

The ECOAL-MGT project, designed to minimize the environmental problems caused by coal waste piles beside forests, has successfully been completed following tests carried out in San Pedro da Cova (Portugal). This was the conclusion expressed by the lead researchers during the final workshop held at the end of June in the Portuguese locality of Gondomar.

6 Aug 2015

Comprehensive Analysis of Global Glacier Changes Published in Journal of Glaciology

The World Glacier Monitoring Service, domiciled at the University of Zurich, has compiled worldwide data on glacier changes for more than 120 years. Together with its National Correspondents in more than 30 countries, the international service just published a new comprehensive analysis of global glacier changes in the Journal of Glaciology.

4 Aug 2015

UC Riverside Receives $350,000 to Establish Urban Water Innovation Network

The University of California, Riverside is one of 14 academic institutions and key partners across the United States that are addressing the challenges threatening urban water systems in the United States and around the world. These institutions, led by Colorado State University, have just received $12 million from the National Science Foundation to establish the Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN).

3 Aug 2015

Nottingham Aims to Reduce Congestion and Pollution Using Green Transport Technologies

Keeping growing populations moving in urban areas, while limiting environmental damage, is a major challenge across Europe. But the English city of Nottingham is speeding ahead with success thanks to its innovative use of green transport technologies - and it’s now a model for others to follow.

9 Jul 2015

Lignin–Hemicellulose Holds a Promising Way to Engineer Better Plants for Biofuel

Turning trees, grass, and other biomass into fuel for automobiles and airplanes is a costly and complex process. Biofuel researchers are working to change that, envisioning a future where cellulosic ethanol, an alcohol derived from plant sugars, is as common and affordable at the gas station as gasoline.

8 Jul 2015

Biofore Concept Car Using UPM’s Innovative Bio-based Materials on Display at ZELLCHEMING-Expo 2015

As part of ZELLCHEMING-Expo 2015 UPM showcases the Biofore Concept Car – a truly sustainable innovation. The Biofore Concept Car is on display from 30 June until 2 July 2015 at Messe Frankfurt.

1 Jul 2015

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NASA Chooses Proposals to Develop Improved Battery Systems for Space Exploration

PCS Biofuels Converts Giant King Grass into Polymeric Carbon Solid Biofuel

Small Cities with Municipal Utilities Have Ability to Pursue Sustainability

Closer to Discovering How Some Plants Thrive in Different Ecological Environments

Integrated Sensing System Detects Temperature of Contaminating Gases Caused by Coal Waste Residues

Comprehensive Analysis of Global Glacier Changes Published in Journal of Glaciology

UC Riverside Receives $350,000 to Establish Urban Water Innovation Network

Nottingham Aims to Reduce Congestion and Pollution Using Green Transport Technologies

Lignin–Hemicellulose Holds a Promising Way to Engineer Better Plants for Biofuel

Biofore Concept Car Using UPM’s Innovative Bio-based Materials on Display at ZELLCHEMING-Expo 2015

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