Thorium poised to meet world's energy needs
...ative concept to exploit the benefits of a thorium fuel cycle. "For decades, research scientists across t...ewer environmental and human health hazards in its fuel production than the conventional uranium fuel cycle. Most significantly, the new technologies being ...Increase in carbon dioxide emissions accelerating
...issions seem to be near the high end of the fossil fuel use scenarios used by the Intergovernmental Panel ... average, nearly half of all emissions from fossil fuel use and land-use changes remain in the atmosphere, with the rest being absorbed by the land and ocea...Plant potential in the pipeline
...Each of those activities is dependent on oil, from fuel for transport to the plastic parts of your kettle,...consumer lifestyles is accelerating even as fossil fuel supplies are dwindling, and the environmental impact of their use becomes ever more apparent. But p...Resilient form of plant carbon gives new meaning to term 'older than dirt'
...hind the carbon locked deep in the Earth as fossil fuel oils and coal and the carbon that is dissolved in the world's oceans. In soils, the more edible kinds of carbon from plants are quickly digested by bacteria and turned back into carbon dioxide. But about half the organic carbon in soils is less edibl...Carnegie Mellon's Granger Morgan pens op-ed
...liminating dangerous carbon dioxide emissions that fuel global warming. In today's Science magazine, Morgan argues that legislators should impose regulations that will prevent power companies from rushing to build large numbers of long-lived conventional coal plants before regulations on carbon dioxide e...Microorganisms one part of the solution to energy problem, says report
...o focuses on the relatively new field of microbial fuel cells, in which bacteria are used to convert food ...ctly to electrical energy. "The study of microbial fuel cells is in it infancy, and yield and current density are low in today's systems, but the potential ...New maps emphasize the human factor in wildfire management
...oking to fire managers for protection. Typically, fuel is the sole consideration used to decide the locat...places, it's like there is a continuous blanket of fuel on the ground," says Alexandra Syphard, a postdoctoral researcher in the UW-Madison department of fo...Forum to explore thorium as abundant source of clean energy
...mate, the environmental costs of the uranium oxide fuel have been a significant public concern. This session will provide an overview of the environmental benefits of thorium vis--vis current nuclear technology. 11:45 a.m. Lunch 12:30 p.m. Thorium's Role in Safety and National Security (Dr. Andr...Dartmouth researchers identify a gene that enhances muscle performance
...rs says that the carbohydrate, glucose, is a major fuel that powers muscles, and this contributes directly to a muscle's ability to repetitively contract during exercise. The activated AMPK in the Dartmouth mouse appears to have increased glycogen content by actually switching on a gene that normally synt...New test may identify cardiovascular disease earlier
...icator that the body is not properly using certain fuel sources, and may represent a marker for cardiovascular risk, Shah said. "We found clear evidence for a strong genetic component to metabolites in families heavily burdened with cardiovascular risk factors," Shah said. "Some of the metabolites we i...Researchers to present advances in energy, health, technology at chemical engineering conference
...ple, a major question that must be answered before fuel cell vehicles can be powered by hydrogen-as part o...t to relinquish the stored hydrogen for use by the fuel cell. A group led by materials science and engineering Professor Bruce Clemens and chemistry Profess...End of deforestation in view? Experts advance new way to size up global forest resources
...nd clear forest for crops. Harvesting biomass for fuel also forestalls the restoration of land to nature. Through paper recycling and a growing reliance on electronic communication, people help the transition by lessening demand for wood products." Anticipating impacts of expanding global trade The...RAND study says renewable energy could play larger role in US energy future
... by 2025 at little or no additional cost if fossil fuel prices remain high enough and the cost of producin... the energy used for electricity and motor vehicle fuel in the United States supplied by renewable energy sources by the year 2025. The report is titled "Im...Winners of the 2006 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...OW A program on RNA interference, the chemistry of fuel cells, two wizards of supercomputing, and the fast...eatured a humorous description of the chemistry of fuel cells, complete with electrons attached to the posteriors of "Car Talk" hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi;...Learning how nature splits water
... sunlight to split water and form hydrogen to feed fuel cells or other non-polluting power sources. Specifically, an international team led by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) pieced together high-resolution (approximately 0.15 ngstrom)...Using science and agriculture to achieve sustainable investments in the new bioeconomy
...great attention throughout the U.S., especially as fuel prices soar. Production of bioenergy has the potential to provide growers with an additional source of income, reduce farm subsidies, expand the rural industrial base, and reduce reliance on increasingly scarce fossil fuels. Many agree that agricultu...U of M researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen
...work could significantly improve the efficiency of fuel production from renewable energy sources. It will ...ippings, cornstalks or trees." One up-and-coming fuel is biodiesel, which is produced from soy oil. Currently, the key step in conversion of the oil to bi...ASU researchers test antibacterial effects of healing clays
... learned yet," Williams notes. Clay's properties fuel interest Williams' career fascination with clay started when she was a mineral exploration geologist looking for ore deposits. She worked with 'the father of clay mineralogy,' Bob Reynolds, at Dartmouth College. Later, as a research associate at Lo...Boston University, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft form alliance to accelerate biomedical innovation
...nt care. "This alliance with Fraunhofer will add fuel to our translational research program in biomedical engineering," said BU College of Engineering Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen. "Indeed, throughout the College are world-class and top-ranked faculty working at the interface of engineering and medicine, and...The power behind insect flight: Researchers reveal key kinetic component
...ks down adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the chemical fuel consumed by muscles, and converts it into force and motion. To do this, myosin splits ATP into two compounds, adenine diphosphate (ADP) and phosphate. Each compound is released from myosin at different rates. In slow-muscle contraction, ADP release i...