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Roads, Landing Pads and Buildings on The Moon May Be Made Using Microwaves to Melt Moon Dust

Problem moon dust might prove to be perfect building material for future trips to the moon and provide oxygen as a byproduct

25 Sep 2008

Timberland, New Balance, Keen, Reef, Hush Puppies and Simple Shoes to All Produce Footwear From Leather Made at Environmentally Friendly Tannery

Ground has been broken on the new ecologically friendly model factory in Saigon, Vietnam of the Germany - Chinese leather producer ISA Tan Tec

25 Sep 2008

Solar Wind Losing Power, May Allow Cosmic Radiation from Other Galaxies to Hit Earth

Data from the joint ESA - NASA Ulysses mission show that the Sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings have become available

24 Sep 2008

UCSB Students Address Energy Challenges With ConvEne Program

A new program funded by the National Science Foundation means UC Santa Barbara is now able to offer graduate students deep and broad experience in solving the energy challenges facing the country

24 Sep 2008

Innovative Heating and Cooling Method Slashes Fuel Bills for 300 Year Old House

Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan air source heat pump system uses free energy from the outside air to provide central heating and hot water

24 Sep 2008

Scientists in Hawaii Hit The Waves for Some Scientific Surfing

Chemists have traded their white coats for swim shorts at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu – they’ve shunned the lab so they can swim out to the breakers with a test-tube built into a boogie-board

22 Sep 2008

Water Purification by Solar and Wind Power

Spectra's new solar and wind powered water purification units demonstrated

22 Sep 2008

National Renewable Energy Educational Campaign from USA Biomass with Energy Foundation Grant

USA Biomass, the nation’s leading association of biopower companies, has been awarded a grant from the Energy Foundation to promote the importance of renewable, biomass energy generation

22 Sep 2008

Solar Energy Promises Limitless Power Straight From the Sun

The biggest energy bang for the buck comes from sunlight, says Binghamton University researcher Seshu Desu. And together with his research team, he’s hoping to tap into that immense supply of renewable energy and make it easily accessible as a flexible, large-area and low-cost, power source

22 Sep 2008

Two Research Groups Use Sugar to Make Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel and Other BioFuels

Following independent paths of investigation, two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and a range of other valuable chemicals

19 Sep 2008