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Water Saving Concrete May be Suited to Building on the Moon

Houssam Toutanji, a professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, wants to demonstrate a concept of creating concrete structures on the lunar surface without water. Astronauts can turn to a new type of waterless concrete that uses lunar soil as the aggregate and sulfur as a binding agent

16 Oct 2008

Sandia Scientists Helping to Clean up Radioactive Waste and Nuclear Facilities in Iraq

Sandia scientists are helping train Iraqi scientists and technicians to clean up radioactively contaminated sites and safely dispose of the radioactive wastes as part of the Iraqi Nuclear Facility Dismantlement and Disposal Program

16 Oct 2008

New Solar Energy Material Captures All the Energy of Sunlight

Researchers have created a new material that overcomes two of the major obstacles to solar power - it absorbs all the energy contained in sunlight, and generates electrons in a way that makes them easier to capture

16 Oct 2008

Alternate Energy from Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

SymPowerco to pursue specific alternative power supply markets with its unique Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

16 Oct 2008

Removal of Poorly Maintained Super Polluting Vehicles Could Reduce Nanoparticle Pollution By Nearly 50 Percent

A study shows that if the "super-polluters", the high-polluting vehicles, such as certain buses and lorries in a poor condition, were removed, pollution from nanoparticles could be almost halved

16 Oct 2008

Animals Responding to Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental threats facing the planet and is driving biodiversity loss, affecting both individual species and their ecosystems

15 Oct 2008

Reducing CO2 Emissions with Better Buildings, Efficient Energy Supply and Biofuels for Heating

Better house envelopes, more efficient energy supply systems, and use of biofuels for heating buildings would reduce CO2 emissions in Europe

15 Oct 2008

WWF Calls on European Governments Not to Allow Financial Crisis to Overcome Importance of Adressing Climate Change

WWF has launched an appeal to the French Presidency of the European Union and to all European governments not to let the financial crisis undermine the need to reach an agreement on a solid package of measures to address climate change before the end of the year

15 Oct 2008

IP to Market Competition Won By Energy Saving Software

Software that will save data centers millions of dollars in energy costs has won the Southeastern Universities Research Association Intellectual Property to Market (IP2M) competition

15 Oct 2008

Climate Change Online Media Toolkit Focused on Climate Change Launched by University of Maryland

The University of Maryland, one of the country’s leading climate change research institutions, has launched a new Web site, Research at Maryland – Climate Change - - a media toolkit that provides a comprehensive collection of climate-related resources found at Maryland and around the world, as well as direct access to internationally recognized experts

15 Oct 2008

Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative Launched in Brussels

Representatives of industry, the research community and the European institutions launched the EUR 1 billion Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) at an event in Brussels, Belgium

15 Oct 2008

Diatom Genome Finding Shows How Excess Carbon is Trapped in Oceans

Diatoms, mighty microscopic algae, have profound influence on climate, producing 20 percent of the oxygen we breathe by capturing atmospheric carbon and in so doing, countering the greenhouse effect

15 Oct 2008

Cellulose Insulation "Greenest of the Green" Campaign Launched

The Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association (CIMA) launches "Greenest of the Green" industry campaign in conjunction with a new industry website to educate consumers, architects, builders and contractors about Cellulose Insulation

15 Oct 2008

Highly Sustainable Hemp and Lime Biocomposite Building Material to Be Demonstrated at Symposium

American Lime Technology and Olde World Exteriors are pleased to announce their upcoming architectural symposium on environmentally-friendly hemp and lime biocomposite building materials.

15 Oct 2008

120-Megawatt Solar Cell Manufacturing Plant to be Built by Energy Conversion Devices

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., the leading global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate products for the building integrated and commercial rooftop markets, today announced Battle Creek, Mich., as the location for its new 120MW solar cell manufacturing facility

15 Oct 2008