New research advances energy efficiency, safety and performance of public transit
...hority in testing the effectiveness of alternative fuel use in its bus fleet. "Rising gas prices and inc...new fleet of hybrids, buses that operate on diesel fuel and electricity. They have also recently received $1.35 million from the Department of Defense to fu...Novel sugar-to-hydrogen technology promises transportation fuel independence
...s by 2012 and a good selection of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles by 2020. Researchers at Virginia T...advances are needed in four areas to make hydrogen fuel an economical reality for transportation production, storage, distribution, and fuel cells. Most in...NIST building software offers green product advice
...bal warming, acidification, eutrophication, fossil fuel depletion, indoor air quality, habitat alteration, human health, ecological toxicity, ozone depletion, smog, criteria air pollutants and water intake. The new consensus weight option, developed by a panel of building product manufacturers, green buil...Carnegie Mellon's David Sholl identifies new materials
...bout global warming and a need to conserve natural fuel sources prompted Carnegie Mellon researchers to fi...be able to easily release the hydrogen to feed the fuel cell for cars of the future. Hydrogen-powered cars run on fuel cells that combine hydrogen and oxyge...Species thrive when sexual dimorphism broadens their niches
...other sex. Differing reproductive demands can also fuel sexual dimorphism: Females of some species, for example, must have larger pelvises to allow the birth of large offspring. "Another explanation is that sexual differences arise so that the sexes can utilize different resources and not compete with e...Global heartbeat control suggests therapy for beating heart failure
...trol most aspects of the integrated processes that fuel the heart by regulating the expression of genes involved at each step. "The receptors control some 400 genes, and probably more," Gigure said. Rather than being randomly distributed, "the genes fell into precise categories of well-defined energy pa...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 25, 2007
... 2 into formic acid, which could be used to power fuel cells for electric vehicles and a raw material to make other fuels. Another promising process, among many being developed in the United States, involves making polycarbonate plastics that contain up to 50 percent CO 2 by weight. ARTICLE #5 EMBARG...Nanotechnology provides 'green' path to environmentally sustainable economy
...improving the performance and lowering the cost of fuel cells, eyed as the energy source for cars and trucks of the future. At the same time, work at the nanoscale is leading toward tools for removing toxic materials and cleaning up hazardous waste sites. "Nanotechnology potentially is a 'doubly green ...Florida Tech explores microalgae for biofuel
...f microalgae. Successful microalgae production for fuel so far is in small-scale cultivation. Lin will cultivate the energy source at the universitys Vero Beach Marine Laboratory. His work is to test conditions that will optimize large-volume cultures of microalgae in outdoor, open settings. Cultures in...Satellites play vital role in understanding the carbon cycle
...xtra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, by fossil fuel burning and deforestation, is well known. Because of this, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are higher today than they have been over the last half-million years or so. Scientists are now using satellite instruments to locate sinks and sourc...Deactivating protein may protect nerve fibers in MS
..., reducing levels of ATP that serves as the cell's fuel source. But scientists believe that cyclophilin D is responsible for causing the unregulated opening of a pore in the mitochondrion's membrane that allows the calcium overload. The OHSU team showed that mice lacking cyclophilin D still developed an...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 18, 2007
...an alternative route to JP-5, a slightly different fuel used on aircraft carriers. Invited to participat...ent refining technology, to produce a "battlefield fuel of the future" that could power the military without reliance on imported oil. ARTICLE #2 FOR IMME...UD chemical engineer receives NSF career award
...of high-performance materials, from more efficient fuel cells to chemical-resistant, yet breathable clothi... as conducting membranes for methanol and hydrogen fuel cells, thin polymer barriers on military clothing that are resistant to biological and chemical agen...Renewable hydrogen energy -- an answer to the energy crisis
...of producing hydrogen which can be used to operate fuel cells. Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that...hydrogen could transform the supply of carbon free fuel and make an enormous impact on the viability of hydrogen as an energy carrier. In addition, it will ...FSU pushing boundaries with environmentally friendly community
...ncluding optimal combinations of solar collectors, fuel cells and biomass systems, in order to generate power over electric "microgrids." System-wide energy management and optimization through the integration of distributed monitoring and control systems. "Load management" techniques that allow fo...Ethanol vehicles pose a significant risk to human health, study finds
.... But if every vehicle in the United States ran on fuel made primarily from ethanol instead of pure gasoli...Ethanol is being promoted as a clean and renewable fuel that will reduce global warming and air pollution,'' said Jacobson, associate professor of civil and...ConocoPhillips establishes $22.5M biofuels research program at Iowa State
...e partnerships are an important part of my plan to fuel Iowa's future. Private sector investments will be ... is especially interested in converting biomass to fuel through fast pyrolysis, a process that uses heat in the absence of oxygen to decompose biomass into ...New study sheds light on long-term effects of logging after wildfire
...is affected by the timing not just the amount of fuel accumulation after fire. The study examines fuel accumulation with and without logging after a large wildfire in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oreg...Biofuels: More than just ethanol
As the United States looks to alternate fuel sources, ethanol has become one of the front runners. Farmers have begun planting corn in the hopes that its potential new use for corn will be a new income source. What many don't realize, is the potential for other crops, besides corn, to provide ...... Leptin is an important regulator of the amount of fuel that our bodies store. It acts in the brain to tell the body that fuel stores have been restocked and that it can stop feeding. Many individuals who are obese exhibit lept...