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Fish can recognize a face based on UV pattern aloneFish can recognize a face based on UV pattern alone

Ancient DNA from rare fossil reveals that polar bears evolved recently and adapted quicklyAncient DNA from rare fossil reveals that polar bears evolved recently and adapted quickly

'Anaconda' meets 'Jurassic Park': Study shows ancient snakes ate dinosaur babies'Anaconda' meets 'Jurassic Park': Study shows ancient snakes ate dinosaur babies

Scientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off AntarcticaScientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off Antarctica

Mars Express heading for closest flyby of PhobosMars Express heading for closest flyby of Phobos

Artificial bee silk a big step closer to realityArtificial bee silk a big step closer to reality

Predicting the fate of stem cellsPredicting the fate of stem cells

Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walkingArtificial foot recycles energy for easier walking

New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothingNew fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing

What drives our genes? Researchers map the first complete human epigenomeWhat drives our genes? Researchers map the first complete human epigenome

Juggling enhances connections in the brainJuggling enhances connections in the brain

Tracking down the human 'odorprint'Tracking down the human 'odorprint'

Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaosScientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos

Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating lessResearchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less

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Double-action power stations: Energy and hydrogen (4/24/2009)

Gas power plants could be cheaply retrofitted to generate hydrogen as well as power ...> Full Article



Researchers develop new way to use biomass (10/16/2008)

Researchers develop new way to use biomassScientists have discovered a novel way to directly convert cellulose to industrially useful chemical compounds using tungsten carbide as a catalyst. ...> Full Article



'Omnivorous engine' hopes to run on many fuels (9/6/2008)

'Omnivorous engine' hopes to run on many fuelsEngineers seek to fashion an engine that can run on just about any type of spark-ignited fuel. ...> Full Article


Fueling the next generation of hybrid cars (8/2/2008)

Scientists have revolutionised the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build. ...> Full Article



Cow power could generate electricity for millions (7/27/2008)

Cow power could generate electricity for millionsConverting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions ...> Full Article



Researcher uses grant to study little-known but largely useful microbes (7/21/2008)

Researcher uses grant to study little-known but largely useful microbesResearcher spends his days trying to understand how interactions on a microscopic scale could change how we think of energy production, climate change and even soil contamination. ...> Full Article



Atomic tug of war (7/3/2008)

Atomic tug of warA new form of energy-transfer may have implications for the study of reactions going on in the atmosphere, and even for those occurring in the body. ...> Full Article


Researchers synthesize molecule that exhibits self-control (6/14/2008)

Plants have an ambivalent relationship with light. They need it to live, but too much light leads to the increased production of high-energy chemical intermediates that can injure or kill the plant. ...> Full Article


Are microbes the answer to the energy crisis? (6/5/2008)

The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi to microalgae, are biological factories that are proving to efficient sources of inexpensive, environmentally friendly biofuels that can serve as alternatives to oil. ...> Full Article


Electricity from the exhaust pipe (6/4/2008)

Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity ...> Full Article


Researchers create new material for fuel cells (5/16/2008)

Increases power output by more than 50 percent ...> Full Article



Researchers Identify Photosynthetic Dimmer Switch (5/12/2008)

Researchers Identify Photosynthetic Dimmer SwitchIn a study of the molecular mechanisms by which plants protect themselves from oxidation damage should they absorb too much sunlight during photosynthesis, a team of researchers has discovered a molecular "dimmer switch" that helps control the flow of solar energy moving through the system of light harvesting proteins. This discovery holds important implications for the future design of artificial photosynthesis systems that could provide the world with a sustainable and secure source of energy. ...> Full Article


Researcher devises fuel that are more efficient cells, thanks to a new catalyst (5/6/2008)

Researcher has developed new materials that enable the manufacture of cheaper and more efficient methanol fuel cells ...> Full Article


Chemical Engineer Discovers Way of Increasing Battery Life with Environmentally Friendly Fuel Cells (4/23/2008)

Chemical engineering professor is exploring a way to increase battery life with an environmentally friendly alternative ...> Full Article



Biogas production is all in the mixing (4/20/2008)

Biogas production is all in the mixingEngineers using an impressive array of imaging and tracking technologies, have determined the importance of mixing in anaerobic digesters for bioenergy production and animal and farm waste treatment. Anaerobic digesters employ reactors that use bacteria to break down organic matter in the absence of oxygen. ...> Full Article


Money Doesn't Grow on Trees, But Gasoline Might (4/12/2008)

Money Doesn't Grow on Trees, But Gasoline MightResearchers make breakthrough in creating gasoline from plant matter, with almost no carbon footprint ...> Full Article


Fire without smoke (4/3/2008)

Flameless turbo power ...> Full Article


Study of Energy Crops Finds Miscanthus More Productive than Switchgrass (2/4/2008)

Study of Energy Crops Finds Miscanthus More Productive than SwitchgrassAt the annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists in Chicago (July 7-11, 2007), scientists presented findings on how to economically and efficiently produce plant crops suitable for sustainable bioenergy. Improving the production of such biomass is important because it should significantly ease and eventually replace dependence on petroleum-based fuels. Biomass is plant material, vegetation or agricultural waste used as fuel. ...> Full Article


Scientist researches ways to squeeze two fuels from one kernel of corn (1/19/2008)

Scientist researches ways to squeeze two fuels from one kernel of cornGetting ethanol from a corn kernel has changed the way the country looks at a corn field. ...> Full Article


A breakthrough in advancing coal gasification technology (1/3/2008)

A breakthrough in advancing coal gasification technologyResearchers have successfully carried out a 1.0MPa, long period (up to 72 hours) high pressure testing on a semi-industrial platform of pressurized ash agglomerating fluidized bed (AFB) coal gasification, which was jointly developed by the CAS Institute of Coal Chemistry (ICC) and Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group, both being in north China's Shanxi Province. ...> Full Article


Researchers Investigate Supercritical Method of Converting Chicken Fat and Tall Oil into Biodiesel (12/22/2007)

Researchers Investigate Supercritical Method of Converting Chicken Fat and Tall Oil into BiodieselChemical engineering researchers have investigated supercritical methanol as a method of converting chicken fat into biodiesel fuel. The new study also successfully converted tall oil fatty acid, a major by-product of the wood-pulping process, into biodiesel at a yield of greater than 90 percent, significantly advancing efforts to develop commercially viable fuel out of plentiful, accessible and low-cost feedstocks and other agricultural by-products. ...> Full Article


Promising material for hydrogen storage (12/13/2007)

A Swedish research team led by Professor Rajeev Ahuja has reported a highest hydrogen capacity for the hydrogen storage material called metal-organic framework-5 (MOF-5) . These findings are being published in this week's Net edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). ...> Full Article


Microbial fuel cells turn on the juice (12/5/2007)

Microbial fuel cells turn on the juiceThe combination of beer, wastewater, microbes, fuel cells, high school students and teachers sounds like a witches' brew for an old-fashioned, illicit '60s beach party. ...> Full Article


Researchers fuelling the 'hydrogen economy' (11/27/2007)

Scientists are turning low-grade sludge into high-value gas in a process which could make eco-friendly biodiesel even greener and more economical to produce. ...> Full Article


Researcher making biofuel from rotten peaches (11/21/2007)

Researcher making biofuel from rotten peachesWhat's brewing in Caye Drapcho's bioreactor may well be a fuel of the future. Drapcho, a biosystems engineer at Clemson University, is investigating a bacterium that produces hydrogen. The microbe is called Thermotoga neapolitana. And it has a taste for peaches, especially rotten ones. ...> Full Article


Fuel Cells Gearing Up To Power Auto Industry (11/1/2007)

The average price for all types of gasoline is holding steady around $2.95 per gallon nationwide, but the pain at the pump might be short-lived as research may eliminate one of the biggest hurdles to the wide-scale production of fuel cell-powered vehicles. ...> Full Article


Persistence pays off (10/26/2007)

Persistence pays offChemists have come remarkably close to mimicking a type of protein previously thought impossible to imitate. The long-term application of this work could be in the development of new types of glucose sensors for diabetics, or in the production of new biofuels. ...> Full Article


Aluminum Alloys for Hydrogen Generation (10/12/2007)

Research group has successfully developed aluminum alloy which generates hydrogen when in contact with poured room-temperature water. ...> Full Article


Switchgrass: Bridging Bioenergy And Conservation (10/9/2007)

An important part of the answer to the country's energy woes could be blowing in the prairie wind, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant geneticist Michael Casler. He has spent the past 10 years breeding switchgrass, an eight-foot-plus native plant that was an integral part of the tall grass prairies that once dominated America's Midwest. ...> Full Article


Learning What Makes a Simple Circadian Clock Tick (10/6/2007)

Researchers have figured out how a bacterial circadian clock ticks away using only three interacting proteins. They have shown that the cellular equivalent of this clock's pendulum and timing gear is so rugged that it can keep precise time for weeks even after its components have been isolated from bacteria and placed in a test tube. ...> Full Article

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