When University of Illinois crop scientist Fred Below began growing tropical maize, the form of corn grown in the tropics, he was looking for novel genes for the utilization of nitrogen fertilizer and was hoping to discover information that could be useful to American corn producers. Now, however, it appears that maize itself may prove [...]
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With gasoline at high prices, it’s disheartening to know that up to three-quarters of the potential energy you are paying for is wasted. A good deal of it goes right out the tailpipe instead of powering your car.
Now a Northwestern University-led research team has identified a promising new material that could transform a technology that [...]
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In the latest issue of Elsevier’s Materials Today, the leading magazine for researchers in areas of advanced materials science, Dr. Gilles Dennler of Konarka Austria GmbH and twenty other experts warn that an unseemly race to report organic solar cells (OSCs) with world record efficiencies is leading to a significant number of published papers claiming [...]
To make the products people use every day, from mobile phones and computers to toothpaste, TVs, and cars, the United States relies on a variety of nonfuel minerals that have limited global availability.
However, a new report from the National Research Council finds that neither the federal government nor industry leaders have enough accurate information to [...]
Fujitsu installs Hydrogen Plant, Supply 50 Percent to Cool Data Center in Silicon Valley
posted in EnergyFujitsu announced this week it plans to install a dedicated a hydrogen fuel cell power plant on its Sunnyvale campus in California. The power plant will provide 50 percent of the power needed to cool the Fujitsu’s data center and labs on the campus, while reducing the amount of fossil fuel that must be burned to maintain operations [...]