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5/3/12
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists are exploring whether a common soil bacterium can be engineered to produce liquid transportation fuels much more efficiently than the ways in which advanced biofuels are made today. The process would be powered only by hydrogen and electricity. The goal is a biofuel—or electrofuel, as this new approach is called—that doesn’t require photosynthesis.
Apr 20 | News
According
to a recent report from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S.
commercial building owners could save an average of 38% on their heating
and cooling bills if they installed a handful of energy efficiency
controls that make their heating, ventilation and air conditioning
(HVAC) systems more energy efficient.
Apr 20 | News
Theoretically,
a solar cell can achieve 33.5% efficiency under ideal conditions, but
until now researchers had hit only 26%. This past year, a company called
Alta Devices acted on the theory that emission and voltage go
hand-in-hand by creating solar cell that acts like a light-emitting
diode. Its prototype broke the record, achieving 28.3% efficiency.
1 hour ago | News
While many are focusing on atmospheric solutions to reduce greenhouse gases, some researchers are setting their sights on the ground—deep underground. Li Li, an assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State University, is investigating geologic carbon sequestration as a way to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
15 hours ago | News
Enbridge Inc. will enlarge a pipeline that ruptured nearly two years ago in southwestern Michigan so it can carry more oil from deposits in western Canada and North Dakota, a company official said Thursday.Replacement of the 286-mile-long line that runs from Griffith, Ind., to Sarnia, Ontario,...
23 hours ago | News
A federal judge in New Orleans has recused herself from the criminal case against a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.U.S District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo didn't specify in Tuesday's order why she is...
May 16 | News
Some types of breast cancer can be successfully treated with drugs such as tamoxifen, but treatment for a type of breast cancer more common in young and black women is still limited to radiation and general chemotherapy. Called triple negative breast cancer, this type of cancer is the...
May 16 | News
Montana officials said Wednesday they are investigating several sites with suspected oil left over from an Exxon Mobil pipeline break last year, but recent tests showed at least one such site downstream of the spill is oil-free.The July 1 accident spilled an estimated 1,500 barrels of crude...
May 16 | News
Thanks
to new energy taxation regulations taking effect in Germany, electrical
engineers there have invented a space-saving energy usage metering unit
that can be simply clipped onto a power cable like a laundry peg,
without having to disconnect the load. The device is based on a magnetic
field sensor originally developed for use in washing machines, where it
monitors the position and orientation of the rotating drum.
May 16 | News
By
combining the light of three powerful infrared telescopes, an
international research team has observed the active accretion phase of a
supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy tens of millions of
light years away, a method that has yielded an unprecedented amount of
data for such observations.
May 16 | News
An
international team of researchers has used SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light
Source (LCLS) to discover never-before-seen behavior by electrons in
complex materials known for their strongly correlated structures. The
unusual qualities of these materials, which include oxides such as
striped nickelate, stem from the collective behavior of their electrons.
May 16 | News
Argonne National Laboratory announced major new efforts with Northwestern University and the University of Chicago to advance the research and development of new materials to help solve the nation’s challenges in the fields of energy, health, and security.
May 16 | News
A small company that holds a federal lease to extract petroleum from oil shale reserves in western Colorado is taking a new approach to withdrawing crude oil from solid rock — one that it hopes will avoid groundwater contamination.The process is "basically the same as steaming vegetables," said...
