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Growth of IoT has Potential to Bring Unprecedented, Unlimited Rises in Energy Consumption

The world should consider ways to limit data growth on the internet to prevent run-away energy consumption and help limit carbon emissions, say leading computer scientists.

12 Aug 2016

Researchers Use E.coli to Engineer Improved Biofuels

Although E. coli bacteria is most of the times considered as a bad bug, laboratory-adapted E. coli that do not harm human beings, at the same time can multiply fast, have been commonly used for various research purposes.

11 Aug 2016

UTA, KIER Join Force to Develop Clean Energy Technology to Improve Lives of Citizens Worldwide

The University of Texas at Arlington and The Korea Institute of Energy Research have joined forces to develop clean energy technologies that improve the lives of citizens worldwide.

11 Aug 2016

New Operating Committee Aims to Elevate Rice Research to Improve Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative is reaching out to university faculty for new ideas about interdisciplinary research collaborations that could attract significant government and industry support.

9 Aug 2016

Oxygen-Assisted Aluminum/Carbon Dioxide Electrochemcial Cell Sequesters CO2 and Generate Electricity

While the human race will always leave its carbon footprint on the Earth, it must continue to find ways to lessen the impact of its fossil fuel consumption.

5 Aug 2016

Researchers Develop Materials that Produce Fuels by Consuming Carbon Dioxide

Although the concept of converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into stored energy sounds like science fiction, researchers have continually tried to find simple techniques to transform CO2 into fuels or other functional chemicals.

4 Aug 2016

NASA’s Lidar Has Potential for Carbon-Monitoring Mission

Scientists and engineers at NASA are set to accomplish a lifetime ambition after many years of research. The team aimed to develop an accurate and powerful instrument that can continuously collect measurements of worldwide atmospheric carbon-dioxide (CO2) from space.

3 Aug 2016

GEM Energy Ranks 15th Among Solar Power World's Top Solar Developers of 2016

GEM Energy, of the Rudolph Libbe Group, is ranked 15th among Solar Power World's Top Solar Developers of 2016, up from 26th place last year. GEM Energy is the only Ohio-based solar developer to make the list.

3 Aug 2016

Researchers Develop New Method to Transform Carbon Dioxide Back into Fuel

Scientists and policymakers across the world are working out ways to deal with the growing rate of climate change, and have pinpointed the key cause to be carbon dioxide (CO2).

1 Aug 2016

OU Team Developing Novel Technologies to Produce High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Physicists from the University of Oklahoma (OU) are now working to develop novel systems to potentially influence the production of utility-scale energy, minimize dependence on fossil fuels and maximize global energy capacity by building next-generation, high-efficiency solar cells.

29 Jul 2016