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Clean, Cool, and Cost-Effective Personal Mobility Vehicles for Security

A market exists in the security, military, law enforcement and public event space addressing the need for alternative, all-electric "green" vehicles

24 Nov 2008

Road Transport Emissions to Dominate Emissions from All Transport Sources

The world's car park is growing. It has become so big that the impact of emissions from today's road traffic on the global temperature in 2100 will be six times greater than that from today's air traffic

24 Nov 2008

Bright, Efficient LED Lighting from OSRAM for 2010 Ford Mustang

Along with the 2010 Mustang's distinctive rear combination taillamps, OSRAM supplied the complete exterior package including the fog lamps, LED CHMSL, front and rear side marker lamps and the D3S XENON headlamp

24 Nov 2008

Turning Waste into Fuel With Catalyst and Reactor Technologies

Velocys now owns, or has licences to, the largest microchannel reactor patent portfolio in the world

24 Nov 2008

Lead Levels in Christmas Lights Found to be Dangerously High

New Research shows that Christmas light sets contain such high levels of lead that they exceed limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

24 Nov 2008

Carbon Footprint Being Reduced in Novel Ways by University of Delaware

College students notoriously shun early morning, evening and Friday classes, but what if a change in schedules reduced a university’s carbon footprint

23 Nov 2008

Research on Energy and the Environment to be Focus of Indiana University Bloomington Center

A new research center has been established at Indiana University Bloomington to explore issues related to energy and the environment, including the carbon cycle and its role in climate, the environmental consequences of energy production and use, and the potential for cleaner fossil fuels and renewable energy

23 Nov 2008

Economist Says Band Aid Bail Out No Fix For Ailing US Auto Industry

A quick fix that fails to take into account the integration of all elements of the U.S. automobile industry and focuses on the Detroit Three will only exacerbate the problems, according to a Washington and Lee University economist

20 Nov 2008

Pentagon Collaboration is Driving Lithium-Ion Battery Innovation That Has Broad Military and Commercial Potential

Ener1, Inc. maker of advanced lithium-ion battery systems for the next generation of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, today announced the transition to phase two of its research and development contract with the U.S. Department of Defense

20 Nov 2008