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The 9th Asia Clean Energy Forum today saw the launch of a Sustainable Energy for All hub for Asia Pacific, aimed at mobilizing investment and finding innovative ways to bring clean, modern energy to the people of Asia and the Pacific.
Jun 18th, 2014
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The FP7-funded MULTIBIOPRO project is developing second-generation non-food oils and biomaterials from poplar and the tobacco tree (Nicotiana glauca). Both of these plants thrive on marginal land and may have the potential for large-scale production without directly competing with food crops.
Jun 18th, 2014
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The University of Queensland's new outdoor cleaning solution, the 'Glutton', is a dust-, noise- and exhaust-free litter vacuum that will reduce the University's carbon emissions by approximately four tonnes each year.
Jun 18th, 2014
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Setting up the new indoor climate chamber LOBSTER - study confirms effect of ceiling fans.
Jun 18th, 2014
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Roads in Finland in 2020 will hum to the sound of low-emission vehicles running on renewable energy, electricity, hydrogen and sustainable biofuels. The share of public transport and car pooling in densely populated urban areas will increase. Mobility arranged through easy-to-use services will become a viable alternative to buying a private car.
Jun 18th, 2014
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The SustainValue project yielded several new tools and methods for promoting sustainable business development and performance management.
Jun 18th, 2014
Read moreMIPT's Laboratory for the Spectroscopy of Planetary Atmospheres has come up with a high-resolution meter to gauge the concentration of gases in the atmosphere with unparalleled precision.
Jun 17th, 2014
Read moreReducing energy consumption in sodium chlorate production by 10-20%.
Jun 17th, 2014
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Researchers have developed the first fuel cell that can directly convert fuels, such as jet fuel or gasoline, to electricity, providing a dramatically more energy-efficient way to create electric power for planes or cars.
Jun 16th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have carried out an environmental lifecycle assessment of 2-megawatt wind turbines mooted for a large wind farm in the US Pacific Northwest. They conclude that in terms of cumulative energy payback, or the time to produce the amount of energy required of production and installation, a wind turbine with a working life of 20 years will offer a net benefit within five to eight months of being brought online.
Jun 16th, 2014
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Researchers have succeeded in imaging the distribution of frozen and liquid water in a hydrogen fuel cell directly for the first time. The method opens up the prospect of studying one of the main problems of using fuel cells to power vehicles: ice can clog the pores in the fuel cells and affect their performance.
Jun 16th, 2014
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The LIFE I+DARTS project aims to address this problem by developing a protocol to enable the recovery of soils contaminated with Arsenic and heavy metals in former mining and industrial sites.
Jun 16th, 2014
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Scientists have developed a mathematical model to minimize the infrastructure and operational costs of the TOSA ultra-rapid rechargeable electric bus system.
Jun 16th, 2014
Read moreA new version of SmeO, the tool specifically developed for assessing the sustainability of construction projects in Switzerland, is available now.
Jun 16th, 2014
Read moreElectric carmaker Tesla announced on Thursday it was giving up its patents to 'the open source movement' to help spur electric vehicle technology.
Jun 12th, 2014
Read moreScientists report a new solid, stable material that can pack in a large amount of hydrogen that can be used as a fuel.
Jun 12th, 2014
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Solutions to halving energy consumption, costs and greenhouse emissions in cities may be on the horizon, as long as partners find suitable ways to cooperate.
Jun 11th, 2014
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Particles of soot floating through the air and comets hurtling through space have at least one thing in common: 0.36. That, reports a research group, is the measure of how dense they will get under normal conditions, and it's a value that seems to be constant for similar aggregates across an impressively wide size range from nanometers to tens of meters.
Jun 11th, 2014
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