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Refinery Dust Reveals Clues About Local Polluters

Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the University of Houston is hot on their trails.

12 Jan 2009

Climate Induced Food Crisis Could be Faced by Half the World's Population by 2100

New research shows that rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world's population facing serious food shortages

8 Jan 2009

Green Building Industry Set to Grow Despite Recession

Projections by green building consultant Jerry Yudelson say that the green building industry will grow substantially in 2009 despite the global economic recession

6 Jan 2009

More Efficient Solar Electricity on the Way Thanks to Nanotechnology

A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, describes a relatively new approach to solar cells - lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles

30 Dec 2008

Using Nanoparticles to Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency

A relatively new approach to solar cells involves lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles to increase efficiency

23 Dec 2008

Revolution in LED Lighting is Just Around the Corner

A revolution in energy-efficient, environmentally-sound, and powerfully-flexible lighting is coming to businesses and homes

23 Dec 2008

MIT Researchers Working to Capture Wave Energy

MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to power an electricity-generating turbine

23 Dec 2008

No Need for Batteries in Energy Harvesting Radios for Monitoring Bridge Safety

If changing the batteries in the remote control or smoke detector seems like a chore, imagine having to change hundreds of batteries in sensors scattered across a busy bridge

17 Dec 2008

Test Results Show Earth Has Definitely Warmed Over the Past 30 Years

Half of the globe has warmed at least one half of one degree Fahrenheit in the past 30 years, while half of that - a full quarter of the globe - warmed at least one full degree Fahrenheit

14 Dec 2008

World Leading Wave Power Comes From Dissertation

A technology that is adapted to the special conditions for wave energy places the wave energy technology from Uppsala on the absolute cutting edge in the world

9 Dec 2008