Debate continues on post-wildfire logging, forest regeneration
...ot possible to discern this. Conclusions about fuel loadings did not adequately consider fuel continuity or projected fire behavior, and the statement, as reported, that future fire hazard is le...Iowa State researchers convert farm waste to bio-oil
... them into a bio-oil that could be used for boiler fuel and perhaps transportation fuel. "The way I see ... "And there may be more value in using manure as a fuel source than a fertilizer source," Struthers said. Sadaka is convinced this process can help solve ...Purdue creates new low-cost system to detect bacteria
... manufacturing and measuring the size and speed of fuel droplets in jet engines. "We adapted some ideas from that research to build a scatterometer for food safety, and now we're using the second generation of that instrument," Hirleman said. A major motivation for the research is to reduce the time i...Power plants are major influence in regional mercury emissions
... of mercury emitted from the smokestack per ton of fuel burned," said Sigler. "These data are hard to come by. Our top-down technique circumvents those rather cumbersome problems and allows for much more timely estimates of mercury emission. It's difficult to get annual changes in the emission rate with t...Tiny airborne particles are a major cause of climate change
...of man-made aerosols (pollution, forest fires, and fuel combustion) lead to more, but smaller-sized, water droplets. The formation of larger water droplets by the collision process is less efficient and, therefore, rainfall is suppressed. The smaller droplets are lifted higher up into the atmosphere, crea...Pollution threatens coral health by preventing lesions from healing, UCF study shows
...sources on land that release industrial chemicals, fuel oils and other contaminants, a University of Centr...ted levels of fungicides, industrial chemicals and fuel oils. The total tissue loss was highest near the City of Hollywood wastewater outfall and was mode...ACS Weekly PressPac -- July 12, 2006
...rmed "steam explosion" converts the cellulose into fuel for microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Electrochemically active bacteria in MFCs generate electricity by oxidizing the treate...Researchers identify energy gains and environmental impacts of corn ethanol and soybean biodiesel
... percent less greenhouse gas emissions than diesel fuel whereas corn grain ethanol produces 12 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline. Soybeans have another environmental advantage over corn because they require much less nitrogen fertilizer and pesticides, which get into groundwater, streams......sity of Southern California have built a microbial fuel cell laboratory at PNNL. The small bacteria-powere...L scientist Jeff Mclean, who manages the microbial fuel cell laboratory, said that small changes in fuel cell design and culture conditions have already sho...DOE publishes research roadmap for developing cleaner fuels
... potential to be a major source for transportation fuel for America's energy future," Under Secretary for ...an of displacing 30 percent of 2004 transportation fuel consumption with biofuels by 2030. This goal was set in response to the President's Advanced Energy ...More large forest fires linked to climate change
...e change, not fire suppression policies and forest fuel accumulation, as the primary driver of recent incr...anged his mind. "I had thought it was primarily fuel load. These results suggest that for most western U.S. forests, climate is a primary driver and fuel...Genetics behind developmental brain disorders may play a wider role with congenital diseases
... allow beta-actin to bind with ATP -- the chemical fuel synthesized by mitochondria that give a cell its energy. Beta-actin is a structural protein that helps form the cytoskeleton -- a cell's skeleton that gives it structure and strength. Unable to receive fuel, the mutated beta-actin proteins break d...Report warns about carbon dioxide threats to marine life
...-Worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning are dramatically altering ocean chemistry and threatening marine organisms, including corals, that secrete skeletal structures and support oceanic biodiversity. A landmark report released today summarizes the known effects of increased atmosp...New research may reduce global need for nitrogen fertilizers
...constitute approximately 50 per cent of the fossil fuel usage of the modern agricultural process. Inorganic fertilizers also cause environmental problems associated with leeching into our water systems. Dr Giles Oldroyd is the research leader at JIC. He said: "We now have a good understanding of the proc...Carnegie Mellon, USDA report that Fe-TAML catalysts degrade estrogenic compounds
...ng wastewater from textile manufacturing, reducing fuel pollutants, treating pulp and paper processing byproducts, and decontaminating a benign simulant of anthrax -- all of which have been published by the Collins group. ...From campfire to gas tank, Mesquite energy may be harvested for ethanol
... of mesquite that makes it an attractive renewable fuel isonce the above ground growth has been harvested,...uite andlook at the time needed to harvest and the fuel used by the machinery andfactor that into the total cost per acre. "Right now we're estimating $...Producing bio-ethanol from agricultural waste a step closer
...ficient production of the environmentally-friendly fuel bio-ethanol a great deal closer to fruition. The work of Delft researcher Marko Kuyper was an important factor in this. His research in recent years has greatly improved the conversion of certain sugars from agricultural waste to ethanol. On Tuesday ...Device that aids people with muscular dystrophy wins inaugural WPI Entrepreneurship Award
...ed business and employ." This award is designed to fuel the entrepreneurial spirit by funding a single viable invention each year. Proposals are reviewed by an award committee consisting of Paul Kalenian, son of Aram and Alba, Carol Simpson, WPI's provost and senior vice president, and McRae Banks, head o...Hopkins researchers discover potential new approach to treating diabetes
... liver cells turn on genes to make more glucose to fuel the body. The research team found that GCN5 chemically alters another protein called PGC-1alpha that normally turns on a set of genes to manufacture enzymes required for glucose release. When GCN5 is fully functional in liver cells, this cascade is t...... shale rocks at a much later time or modern fossil fuel pollution. "The contamination idea has always been nattered about in corridors or talked about in meetings, but never put down in print," Buick said. "What this new paper does is confirm these as being very, very old biomarkers." The lead author of t...