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Light Weight, Hybrid Power System and Recyclable Materials Make Revolutionary Bus a Friend of the Environment

Insight from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, commitment from two Michigan companies and funding from the Department of Energy have led to the commercialization of a lightweight urban transit bus with double the fuel efficiency of conventional hybrid buses

29 Jul 2008

Aircraft, Ships, Vehicles, Computers and Biomedical Applications All Set to Benefit from Recyclable High Performance Magnets

Until now, producing Samarium Cobalt has been a difficult and expensive multi-step process. Northeastern University researchers have broken new ground with an innovative invention of a rapid, high-volume and cost-effective one-step method for producing pure Samarium Cobalt rare earth (RE) permanent magnet materials

28 Jul 2008

Hybrid School Bus Saves Fuel and Reduces Emissions in California

California's first and only hybrid school bus from IC Bus celebrates one year of operation with Napa Valley Unified School District. The hybrid bus provides double the fuel economy of standard school buses and significantly reduces emissions

28 Jul 2008

Hydro Flexible High Pressure Aluminium Air Conditioning Tube Solution Proves More Reliable and Sustainable

The automotive market is demanding a more sustainable and reliable product than the few alternatives currently available to meet the need for high-pressure, high-temperature and flexible connections between the compressor and gas cooler

25 Jul 2008

Plastic Motor Powered by Light Alone Without The Need for Solar Cells

Japanese researchers have developed a motor that runs on light without the need for solar panels or other input

24 Jul 2008

Breakthrough in Ethonal Technology Turns Solid Waste into Ethanol for Vehicles

InEnTec LLC has announced that its proprietary technology, the Plasma Enhanced Melter, or PEMTM, will be used to convert municipal solid waste to ethanol for cars and trucks in the first commercial-scale production facility of its kind in the U.S.

22 Jul 2008

Beijing Officials Move to Improve Air Quality Before Start of Olympic Games

With less than a month remaining before the Beijing Olympics, Chinese officials have introduced a series of measures to improve air quality for the Games

22 Jul 2008

Brookhaven Lab Scores Award for Electrocatalysis in Fuel Cells

Brookhaven lab chemist Radoslav Adzic receives the U.S. Department of Energy's hydrogen program R and D award

22 Jul 2008

Coates Claim to Have Developed the Most Advanced Internal Combustion Engine Ever Built

The CSRV Combustion Engine has the capabilities of running on many different types of alternative and renewable fuels, such as Compressed liquid hydrogen, ethanol, methanol, bio-diesel, propane, natural gas, butane, and any combustible engine fuel, including combinations and mixtures of these fuels

21 Jul 2008

Converting Cow Manure to Fuel Could Generate Substantial Amounts of Renewable Electricity

Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

21 Jul 2008