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Pimped Rides Go Green With Spoiler Design to Improve Vehicle Fuel Economy

US researchers have designed a new rear spoiler for bluff backed vehicles like vans that can reduce drag and lift significantly

10 Nov 2008

Ocean Energy Could Supply 10 Percent of the World's Electricity

Global warming, energy security and rising oil prices have resuscitated the marine energy sector. Ocean energy is a predictable and abundant source of energy with the ability to supply approximately 10 percent of the world's electricity needs

10 Nov 2008

Clean Tech Open Awards Gala Honors Clean, Viable Energy Solutions

The 3rd annual Clean Tech Open Awards Gala held Thursday evening in San Francisco honored the six winners who showed the most promise to launch a viable, clean energy solution

10 Nov 2008

NASA Develops New Technique for Measuring Glaciers

A NASA led research team has used satellite data to make the most precise measurements to date of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers in the Gulf of Alaska

9 Nov 2008

Humidification Applied to Refrigeration Equipment to Increase Efficiency

Humidification technique has been extended to refrigeration installation air condensers to improve their energy efficiency

9 Nov 2008

Coral Reefs Found in Deep, Cold, Ocean

Imagine descending in a submarine to the ice-cold, ink-black depths of the ocean, 800 metres under the surface of the Atlantic. Here the tops of the hills are covered in large coral reefs

4 Nov 2008

Detecting Illegal Nuclear Testing By Analyzing 'Inaudible Sounds'

By measuring 'inaudible' sounds, events like illegal nuclear tests can be detected. This 'infrasound' can also help us understand more about the upper atmosphere.

3 Nov 2008

Water Isotype Analyzer Deployed at 11000ft By Climate Scientists

Climate scientists from the University of Colorado and the University of New Mexico studying the water cycle have successfully deployed a Picarro precision water isotope analyzer at a remote monitoring station near the top of Mauna Loa, Hawaii

3 Nov 2008

More Research Required to Understand What is Happening to the Greenland Ice Cap

The Greenland ice cap has been a focal point of recent climate change research because it is much more exposed to immediate global warming than the larger Antarctic ice sheet. Yet while the southern Greenland ice cap has been melting, it is still not clear how much this is contributing to rising sea levels, and much further research is needed

3 Nov 2008

Changing the Face of Solar Power With Coating that Boosts the Amount of Captured Solar Energy

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle

3 Nov 2008