Energy
The expiration of key federal incentives could bring that wave crashing down in 2013, despite a significant decline in the cost of wind energy.
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Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater.
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Colloidal quantum dot cell is tops in its class.
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Scientists at Lehigh hope to “turn garbage into gold” by using waste products to grow algae that can be converted into a fuel.
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U.S. RE Technical Potential study produces estimates across technologies.
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A new versatile measurement system devised by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) accurately and quickly measures the electric power output of solar energy devices...
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"Machine Gun Kelly," Al Capone, the "Birdman" — Alcatraz prison has had some infamous residents on the craggy island known as "The Rock" in the middle of San Francisco Bay....
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Researchers who are studying a new magnetic effect that converts heat to electricity have discovered how to amplify it a thousand times over - a first step in making the technology more practical.
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When Alex Maish was a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories in the early 1980s, he had a pet project, a low-cost, high-precision way to continuously move solar panels into the best possible position to catch sunlight and generate energy...
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The identification of key proteins in a group of heat-loving bacteria by researchers at the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center could help light a fire under next-generation biofuel production.
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Imagine the mess if we mined one ton of coal, burned five percent of it for energy, and then threw away the rest.
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The Department of Energy's Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory (HIFS-VNL) has recently completed a new accelerator designed to study an alternate approach to inertial fusion energy.
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