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Mexico City Smog May Come From Garbage, Not Motor Vehicles

A new report by scientists who are part of the international MILAGRO Campaign indicates that some of the most harmful air pollution in Mexico City may not come from motor vehicles but instead originates with industrial sources – and that the culprit may be garbage incineration

8 Sep 2008

Mediterranean Diet Effective in Preventing Chronic Disease

Scientists of the Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology) of the University of Granada have been doing research into the positive effects of Mediterranean diet's ingredients on health

8 Sep 2008

Earth Animal Found to be Able to Survive the Freezing, High Radiation, Vacuum of Deep Space

New research shows that some animals are able to do away with space suits and can survive exposure to open-space vacuum, cold and radiation

8 Sep 2008

Bonded Joins Allow Aircraft to be Made Lighter, Stronger and More Energy Efficient Using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics

The lighter an aircraft is, the less fuel it consumes. Given the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions, this is a key aspect of materials research. Aircraft manufacturers are therefore pinning their hopes on particularly lightweight construction materials

8 Sep 2008

Electric Vehicle Battery Company to List on the Stockmarket

Earlier this month, lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturer A123Systems sought to capitalize on the interest in electric and hybrid vehicles, filing for an IPO

8 Sep 2008

Fishing For Energy Project Takes Abandoned Fishing Equipment and Turns It Into Electricity

“Fishing for Energy,” an innovative partnership to recycle fishing equipment into energy, has expanded to Newport, Rhode Island

8 Sep 2008

Green Star Alternative Energy To Build Wind Energy Project in Serbia

Green Star Alternative Energy announces the development of a new wind energy project in the Republic of Serbia. The 20 Megawatt (MW) Belo Blato wind farm will be the initial phase of a 300 MW development plan. It will be the country’s first alternative energy project to generate renewable, emission-free power from wind

8 Sep 2008

Laser Coat System Gives Plain MDF the Look of Rare Wood Grains

New technology developed by researchers at the University of Warwick uses a laser to transform MDF giving it a surface finish that looks like some of the most expensive wood grains

8 Sep 2008

New Software Package Determines the Cheapest, Fastest or Most Environmentally Method of Transportation

A new software package determines the cheapest, fastest or most environmentally compatible mode of transportation

8 Sep 2008

Bacteria in Compost Could Provide 10 Percent of Transport Fuel for the UK

Bacteria found in compost heaps able to convert waste plant fibre into ethanol could eventually provide up 10percent of the UK's transport fuel needs

8 Sep 2008

New Research Questions the Oxygen Theory of Mass Extinction

New research findings question the theory of falling oxygen levels as a mechanism for causing mass extinction events millions of years ago

8 Sep 2008

Ammonia Recovery Facility to be Built in New York City

ThermoEnergy Corporation today announced the signing of a formal agreement with Earth Tech, Inc., part of AECOM one of the worlds largest environmental and infrastructure engineering companies, to act as Construction Manager as well as perform the civil engineering work for the Company's multi-million dollar Ammonia Recovery Process

8 Sep 2008

Light Pollution Assessment Framework Developed by Lighting Research Center

Balancing public and private interests for nighttime lighting has been a difficult undertaking, as too little lighting may increase safety and security issues, while too much lighting may cause problems for the environment and for human well being. Scientists in the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed the first ever comprehensive method for predicting and measuring various aspects of light pollution

8 Sep 2008

New Research Reveals the Simple Truth About How Herbicides are Discovered

As a lesson to teach upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students how herbicides are developed, a new interactive website has been developed by William E. Dyer of Montana State University. The lesson teaches that almost all herbicides on the market today were developed by companies that make dyes, plastics, or other industrial compounds, who simply sprayed their chemicals on plants and the ones that killed the weeds were made into commercial products.

8 Sep 2008

Managing Forests as Carbon Storage Solutions to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Scientists who have determined how much carbon is stored annually in upper Midwest forests hope their findings will be used to accelerate global discussion about the strategy of managing forests to offset greenhouse gas emissions

8 Sep 2008