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Over recent years, robotic spy planes and unmanned drones have helped armies around the world take the best decisions for a specific situation on the battlefield. This ability stems from the fact that these aircrafts are perfectly capable of supplying their commanders with live feeds from the hot spot. Now, innovatio... |
21 November 2009
02:13 GMT |
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Scientists from the US Air Force (USAF) Academy are currently working on a new method of making wave energy readily available for harvest. The technology will be able to exceed the current limitations that plague the industry, and could result in power plants that can better withstand the rigors of the sea, while at ... |
19 November 2009
04:06 GMT |
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Solar power is the most abundant source of renewable energy in the world today, rivaled only by wind power and geothermal energy. The Sun will indeed rise every day when expected, at least for the next four to five billion years, so harvesting its energy is a long-term objective. Existing solar cells can easily trap ... |
15 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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The United Kingdom (UK) plans to move forward with the construction of a new generation of power plants, which it wants to have ready as soon as possible. Detailed plans of the initiative will be announced any day now by Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change secretary. The MP will also speak about the most suita... |
9 November 2009
03:27 GMT |
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Working together with the market-leading supplier of wind-power solutions, Vestas Wind Systems, QinetiQ has recently managed to demonstrate a new wind-turbine blade design that supposedly represents a unique radar mitigation technology for the developing industry. QinetiQ, a renowned technology provider and consultan... |
2 November 2009
20:41 GMT |
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has recently announced that it will award $1.7 million in grant money to the University of Rochester, to support new, alternative, hydrogen-production methods. The university's approach relies on using artificial photosynthesis and carbon nanotubes to get the job done, and this ... |
15 October 2009
18:11 GMT |
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The Oakville-based Napa Wine Company is currently the proud owner and tester of an innovative hydrogen production method that may very well represent the first such technique of producing the important chemical that is renewable. The refrigerator-sized generator uses wastewater from the winery, alongside special micr... |
7 October 2009
04:32 GMT |
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The concept of 'natural systems' refers to two main areas of research, namely producing energy from plants and microorganisms, and creating groundbreaking, sensing and response capabilities. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is at the forefront of these efforts, having announced the awarding of 20 ne... |
30 September 2009
09:12 GMT |
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The US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded experts at the University of Texas in Austin (UT) a total of $2.5 million, for research related to developing new methods of using sunlight to break up water (H20) and produce hydrogen (H2). The new materials will be used in ... |
17 September 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Out of all the renewable sources of energy that could be tapped to create electricity, solar radiation is now, by far, the most favored. Although some may argue that geothermal energy is truly endless, the fact is that billions of dollars are currently being poured into research related to creating more efficient and... |
18 August 2009
02:42 GMT |
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Experts from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have recently released a new set of statistics, showing that the ratio of alternative energy to fossil fuels noticeably increased in 2008, as opposed to 2007. Wind farms, solar stations, geothermal plants and biofuels ... |
21 July 2009
08:44 GMT |
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced recently that the city would move towards gradually reducing, and eventually eliminating, the use of coal in its power plants by 2020, in a bid to combat air pollution, global warming, and climate change. This move is only the latest in a row coming from California, th... |
4 July 2009
05:26 GMT |
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Over the past couple of years, the necessity of finding sustainable alternative fuels to replace coal, oil, and natural gas for the next decades has become abundantly clear to everyone with a bit of common sense. Researchers from various universities and institutes have taken it upon themselves to come up with soluti... |
25 June 2009
06:01 GMT |
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The International Energy Agency (IEA), the main international organization in charge with assessing and regulating the amounts of electricity that are being consumed on the globe each year, is urging increased awareness of the issues surrounding gadgets ranging from computers to cell phones and PDAs. While these devi... |
25 May 2009
18:31 GMT |
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has engaged in one of the largest scientific research initiatives of the last years, as it has begun to fund the construction of over 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers, to be errected all around America. One such institute will be built at Princeton University, wh... |
6 May 2009
14:11 GMT |
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UK-based enterprise Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd. is currently working on a new device meant to augment the electricity-producing abilities of wave-powered plants on shorelines, officials from the company have announced recently. The new instrument they've developed is an anaconda-shaped device, which is able to pick... |
6 May 2009
08:45 GMT |
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Shifting wind and varying intensities in the way air hits the blades are just two of the main reasons why wind farms lose a great deal of efficiency and produce current at fluctuating levels. But a new development in turbine blade technology could lead to an increased efficiency, and could finally make the wind a res... |
4 May 2009
06:04 GMT |
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Recreating the conditions that exist within the Sun has been a long-term desire for physicists, and it would appear that scientists in the US are very close to finally fulfilling this dream. The country's National Ignition Facility (NIF) is, according to officials, operational and ready for action. The device is... |
31 March 2009
06:19 GMT |
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Research presented on Thursday at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) hinted at the fact that, in the future, people would no longer have to plug their mobile devices in sockets in order to replenish their power source, but would only wave their hands, go for a walk, or stretch their arm... |
27 March 2009
10:14 GMT |
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More than 500,000 acres of land in the Mojave Desert are currently the target of extensive bidding on the part of renewable energy companies, which want to construct either solar power plants or wind farms here. However, their plans may be upset by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who said last Friday that the respective land ... |
25 March 2009
04:52 GMT |
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In addition to the traditional “approaches” to stopping global warming and climate change, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and installing clean technologies at power plants, scientists also ponder larger schemes, at a planetary scale. Among them, sprinkling the world's oceans with iron part... |
18 March 2009
03:44 GMT |
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International scientists are currently looking for cutting-edge geophysical methods that would allow them to tap into the largest sources of energy – geothermal deposits – safely and efficiently. These are the most important natural resources of the planet, they say, and some of the smallest deposits, whi... |
27 February 2009
09:58 GMT |
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Big businesses and conservative politicians have again launched a campaign seeking to deter the Australian government from sticking to its 2010 deadline for the introduction of the carbon trading system. They say that the goal is unrealistic in the new economic downturn, and that the authorities should consider 2012 ... |
26 February 2009
08:16 GMT |
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The Energy Independent Farm concept developed by the New Holland Agriculture (NHA) company has yielded one of the most sophisticated pieces of farming equipment on Earth, the NH2 hydrogen-powered tractor. The impressive machine makes use of technologies similar to those already employed in the automobile industry, bu... |
24 February 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Dialog Telekom, a Sri Lankan operator, has announced its plans to deploy ten solar and wind-powered base stations around the country. The company has already set up two base stations this month, and plans to go live with the other eight sites in March and April this year. These will comprise five off-grid and five on... |
23 February 2009
03:44 GMT |
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Apparently, the Mafia's influence in Italy is as strong as ever, according to central authorities. Police and other law enforcement agencies are currently engaged in a massive crack-down on all the major Sicilian families, who have been planning, over the last months, to make sure that the contract for a new maj... |
19 February 2009
13:01 GMT |
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A growing agreement of opinions among architects worldwide holds that almost everything that could have been done with conventional construction techniques has been done. As proof, we have the City of Culture, in Galicia, Spain, a mind-boggling architectural complex, and the newest innovation – the first rotati... |
17 February 2009
02:24 GMT |
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More than two years ago, Belgium announced its intentions of constructing a zero-carbon permanent base in Antarctica, one that would rely solely on smart materials and renewable energy sources in order to survive. On Sunday, that dream came true, and the Princess Elisabeth Base was inaugurated as the world's fir... |
16 February 2009
04:36 GMT |
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International economists and UN representatives say that $400 billion is the sum needed to avert the effects of global warming and climate change on our planet, and to ensure that future generations will have a place to live in, without having to experience a world without animals, with a few acres of forest, and wit... |
11 February 2009
10:22 GMT |
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The United Kingdom currently debates the faith of one of the most ambitious water projects in the world, the 20 billion pound- ($28 billion-) Severn barrage, which is to stretch for a whooping 10 miles (16 kilometers), between Lavernock Point near Cardiff and Brean Down near Weston-super-Mare. The giant tidal wave po... |
2 February 2009
09:08 GMT |
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A new device, created by miniWiz, makes use of the light emitted by the Sun to charge its batteries, and can supply six hours of LED lighting on a single charge. The small apparatus, dubbed the Solarbulb, can be stored outdoors without a problem, as its entire surface is covered in a water-resistant plastic polymer, ... |
21 January 2009
02:52 GMT |
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Although it's very difficult to set up renewable energy-producing units in the very harsh conditions of Antarctica, most bases on the southern continent do it nonetheless, in an attempt to rid at least this part of the world of the dangerous effects of greenhouse gases (GHG), the main trigger of climate change a... |
20 January 2009
06:56 GMT |
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American Building Technologies, a subsidiary of Mulk Holdings, a multi-national group based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has managed to devise a new method of producing solar energy at a 50 percent lower cost, while at the same time increasing the efficiency of the entire process. The new production system is s... |
19 January 2009
09:56 GMT |
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Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO) managed to create the first smart fridge that can decide for itself how much power it needs to operate. It can also communicate with other similar devices across the network and decide the best time to use electricity, so as to avoid using it ... |
14 January 2009
06:39 GMT |
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A new green device, presented last week at the Consumers Electronics Show (CES) 2009, is capable of supplying 100 percent renewable electricity to iPods, cell phones, and other such mobile devices, via the use of electromagnetic induction. Basically, by simply walking, users can get a full charge on their gadgets in ... |
12 January 2009
03:20 GMT |
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Everyone knows that hydroelectricity can only be obtained via the use of hard-to-build and expensive water dams, which create a lot of nuisance around them, in that people need to be evacuated from their basins, and the threat of them breaking always hangs over the heads of those living downstream. However, now, near... |
23 December 2008
07:55 GMT |
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Undoubtedly, the number one spot for this year's Top Scientific achievement is the discovering of cellular reprogramming techniques, which offer experts an invaluable tool in studying, understanding, and, potentially, curing such diseases as Parkinson's and diabetes. Sick cells can now be programmed into vi... |
19 December 2008
06:26 GMT |
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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Wednesday that new estimates placed the amounts of CO2 that the United States would emit by 2030 below the previously-estimated level of 6,851 billion metric tons. According to the new numbers, the nation will most likely emit somewhere around 6.410 billion met... |
17 December 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Although portions of the coastline where sea and ocean waves are strong enough to generate large amounts of electricity are readily available and very wide spread, harnessing the power of the waves is not as easy as it may seem at first. Corrosion due to the salt in the water damages even the most resistant materials... |
17 December 2008
08:30 GMT |
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Some of you have a swimming pool at home, while others are architects or contractors who are very likely to deal with one at some point. Now, surely most of you agree that a pool at night looks way better with submersed lights on than in the dark. And since pools are rather large objects, serious lighting is mandator... |
11 December 2008
17:31 GMT |
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You all know what “go green” stands for: it's all about using renewable energy. Alternate energy sources to ease the fate of our environment which, you must admit, cannot go on like this for too long, anymore. Solar energy, wind power, muscle power, any kind of truly natural energy not involving gas,... |
10 December 2008
21:31 GMT |
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One of the biggest problems with clocks is that they stop working as you forget to wind them up or as their batteries grow weak or die. And such situations could have more serious consequences than missing the train or the plane. Well, maybe it's time to stop worrying about your time-keeping machines and their p... |
10 December 2008
02:40 GMT |
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The East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has announced that it will outfit the floor of its Tokyo railway station with piezoelectric devices that have the capacity to draw electricity from the steps of those passing in front of ticket booths. For now, the experiment will be fairly limited, covering a small area, but,... |
5 December 2008
06:01 GMT |
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Approximately 90 days from now, LA inhabitants will have a chance to look over the plan that will make their city one of the most environmental-friendly on the face of the Earth. The project, called Solar LA, was announced on Monday by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who says that countless solar panels will be installed... |
5 December 2008
04:36 GMT |
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One thing is really annoying about portable gadgets: that they run out of power, usually when you need them the most. Notebooks are especially prone to such a fate because they're used quite a lot and they need more energy; extra battery packs and larger power reserves are cool, but, in the end, they'll be ... |
4 December 2008
08:10 GMT |
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The British government will distribute approximately 3,000 smart fridges in 2009, in an attempt to test how grid-sensitive appliances will work when connected to the power grid. These refrigerators will have the capacity to recognize peak periods in electricity usage and avoid drawing power at that time, so as to min... |
3 December 2008
03:53 GMT |
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The Nervi Hall in the city-state of Vatican has been outfitted with some 2,400 photovoltaic cells, which will supply the 10,000-people capacity dome and some of its surrounding buildings with approximately 300,000 kilowatts-hour (KWH) of electricity throughout the year, thus reducing the state's dependency on It... |
26 November 2008
05:36 GMT |
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The United Kingdom is currently breaking new international standards, announcing that, since 2016, all the houses built on its territory will have to be carbon neutral. That is to say, the new energy consumption for each of these houses will be zero. All energy necessities will be covered by renewable power sources, ... |
21 November 2008
05:23 GMT |
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Greenpeace (GP) activists protested on Thursday in front of the Garona nuclear power plant, in Spain, chaining themselves to the entrance gate. The environmental organization is trying to get the newly-elected Socialist government to deny the renewed permit request the plant put forward. The facility is old, GP repre... |
21 November 2008
03:58 GMT |
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Exploiting the temperature differences between various layers of oceanic water may provide humankind with a never-ending source of renewable energy, one that could be exploited almost effortlessly. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a concept that scientists pursued since the 1970s. Over the past twelve months... |
20 November 2008
05:22 GMT |
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