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In a fortuitous discovery, chemists have stumbled on a catalyst that strips carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into a useful compound. Published in the most recent issue of the journal Science (sub. req’d.), researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands have discovered a copper-based catalyst that can literally pull carbon dioxide out [...]
The Indian power ministry has revealed that it is in discussion with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to procure its latest solar powered battery storage technology. The Indian government has proposed that the technology be developed for commercial purposes under the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum. The battery storage system would be a blessing for the recently [...]
Certain politicians may be having a hard time wrapping their heads around the reality of climate change, but that hasn’t stopped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The USACE is rolling right along with sustainability programs that range from an award-winning oyster habitat restoration project to the installation of 1,200 solar powered street lights in [...]
Just on the heels of Apple’s Smart Home Energy Management System, Apple has gone and filed for a patent to reinvent their ubiquitous iPod line using solar cell technology. Transparent, or semi-transparent, solar panels would partially cover the device. If one or more of the solar cells are obstructed from light, other panels on the [...]
Other states could learn from this innovative idea. Distributed solar could be a way that cities with regions of urban blight to re-purpose all those empty big box stores so their roofs could supply neighbors with power, and in the process, bringing about urban renewal and lots of clean energy American jobs.
The deadline for agreeing to the Copenhagen Accord may have been dropped, but the pressure to agree to the Accord and to announce commitments to create cleaner energy sources and reduce pollution is still on. The US Climate Action Network (USCAN) is making it easier for all of us to follow all of the countries’ [...]
Nano-scale medical research is promising some amazing breakthroughs in diagnosis and drug delivery techniques. In spectroscopy, for example, tiny crystals called qdots (quantum dots, also called nanocrystals) can be used to study cells at the molecular level. It’s an emerging field that’s ready to explode into mainstream medicine – but there’s a catch. Most qdots [...]
Responding to the ‘Glaciergate’ incident at The Energy and Resources Institue in New Delhi, IPCC Chief Dr. R K Pachauri said that the error in predicting the disappearance of the Himalayan glaciers was a result of lack of adequate knowledge about the glacial dynamics. He also reiterated that even though there was an error in [...]
