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	The photonic beetle 19 May, 2008 - Researchers have been unable to build an ideal "photonic crystal" to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have ..

New efficiency record for solar cells 14 May, 2008 - Physicist Bram Hoex and colleagues at Eindhoven University of Technology, together with the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, have improved the efficiency of an ...

	Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, UC San Diego engineers say 13 May, 2008 - University of California-San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly ...

Baker Institute study finds continuing upward pressure on retail gasoline prices 21 May, 2008 - With the price of a barrel of oil hovering around $120, US drivers can expect to pay more at the pump in the near future, according to a new study by Rice ...

Halting methane squanderlust 21 May, 2008 - The pipes that rise from oil fields, topped with burning flames of natural gas, waste fossil fuels and dump carbon dioxide into the air. In new work, researchers ...

Scientists aim to boost world energy supplies -- with microbes! 29 April, 2008 - Canadian and British scientists are preparing to begin field trials next month to apply new technology in which microbes convert solidified oil to natural gas.

Rising fuel costs could lead to nuclear-powered ships 11 June, 2008 - Rocketing fuel prices could make a new bill to get the US Navy to use nuclear-powered ships an attractive option. As well as the rising cost of fuel, proponents of the bill say ...

	Designer isotopes push the frontier of science 9 May, 2008 - Designer labels have a lot of cachet, a principle that's equally true in fashion and physics.

Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier 8 May, 2008 - Designer labels have a lot of cachet -- a principle that's equally true in fashion and physics. The future of nuclear physics is in designer isotopes -- the relatively new ...

Other Renewables

Stanford study: Bioenergy potential of reviving abandoned agricultural land 24 June, 2008 - Across the globe, hundreds of millions of acres of once-productive agricultural land lie abandoned, according to a new report from researchers at ...

Abandoned farmlands are key to sustainable bioenergy 23 June, 2008 - Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, ...

	NIST chemists get scoop on crude 'oil' from pig manure 12 June, 2008 - NIST researchers have developed the first detailed chemical analysis revealing what processing is needed to transform pig manure derived 'crude ...

	Improved ion mobility is key to new hydrogen storage compound 16 May, 2008 - A materials scientist at NIST has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of ...

MIT creates new material for fuel cells 15 May, 2008 - MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally ...

Undergraduates develop 'dirt-powered' microbial fuel cells to light Africa 14 May, 2008 - A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank's Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, ...

Environmental Issues

	Destruction of greenhouse gases over tropical Atlantic 25 June, 2008 - Large amounts of ozone are being destroyed in the lower atmosphere over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. This discovery was made by a scientific team from ...

Tropical forest sustainability: A climate change boon 12 June, 2008 - Improved management of the world's tropical forests has major implications for humanity's ability to reduce its contribution to climate change, according to a paper published ...

	Rising diesel prices renew interest in fuel-saving technologies for heavy trucks 11 June, 2008 - Diesel fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon -- and the resulting economic impact on products transported by truck -- have created ...