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Carbon Dioxide Found on a Planet Outside Our Solar System

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step along the trail of finding the chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial life, as we know it

9 Dec 2008

Solid Science Proves How Santa Claus Delivers All His Presents in One Night

If you’re skeptical of Santa’s abilities to deliver presents to millions of homes and children in just one night, NC State University engineering professor Dr. Larry Silverberg can explain the scientific principles that allow the Jolly Old Elf to pull off the magical feat year after year

8 Dec 2008

American Elements Establishes Department Exclusively to Support Customer Initiatives in Green Technology

American Elements announced it has established a department exclusively to support customer initiatives in the areas of Green Technology + Alternative Energy. A new webpage devoted to understanding the advanced materials essential to Green Technology can now be found at: http://www.americanelements.com/AEgreentechnology.html . Topics include solar power, fuel cells, recyclable materials and sustainable growth.

4 Dec 2008

Measure Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

A recent ESA campaign has demonstrated how a technique using lasers could be employed to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The campaign supports one of the main objectives of the candidate Earth Explorer A-SCOPE mission.

3 Dec 2008

Self Powered Devices Not Far Away

Imagine a self-powering cell phone that never needs to be charged because it converts sound waves produced by the user into the energy it needs to keep running

3 Dec 2008

IBM Predicts Solar Cells to be Built into Walls, Streets and Sidewalks in Five Years

The third annual "IBM Next Five in Five" is a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years

2 Dec 2008

Cleantech Called the Sixth Technology Revolution by Merrill Lynch Research

Energy concerns will not disappear despite the falling price of oil, so investors can expect significant long-term opportunities in the cleantech space, according to a new thematic report published by Steven Milunovich, Merrill Lynch Cleantech Strategist

25 Nov 2008

Molecule Found Thousands of Light Years from Earth That May Point to Life in Outer Space

Scientists have detected an organic sugar molecule that is directly linked to the origin of life, in a region of our galaxy where habitable planets could exist

25 Nov 2008

Generating Energy from Slow Flowing Currents by Thinking Like a Fish

Low-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power

24 Nov 2008

Alien Worms Threaten to Destroy Forests

Forests that evolved without native earthworms now face the invasion of European earthworms from agriculture and fishing. Ripple effects could include carbon sequestration and climate change

23 Nov 2008