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| June 04, 2014 |
 Global warming: Breakthrough material absorbs CO2 from gas Paris (AFP) June 03, 2014 - Chemists said on Tuesday they had invented a material that easily removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas, making the abundant fuel more climate-friendly. The porous substance can cheaply separate CO2 at wellheads and safely store it for industrial use or for re-injection into the gas field, they said. Current processes for removing CO2 involve chemical scrubbing, a costly procedur ... more |  |
 Researchers predict electrical response of metals to extreme pressure Troy NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences makes it possible to predict how subjecting metals to severe pressure can lower their electrical resistance, a finding that could have applications in computer chips and other materials that could benefit from specific electrical resistance. The semiconductor industry has long manipulated materials like silicon throu ... more |  |
Renewable Energy Target Not The Power Price Villain Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) confirmed on Friday what the clean energy industry has been saying for years - that the Renewable Energy Target is not a major factor in rising power prices. Clean Energy Council Policy Director Russell Marsh said the latest price determination from the QCA showed that in 2014-2015 the cost of the Renewable Energy Target to Queensland households w ... more |  |
World's best thermometer made from light Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - University of Adelaide physics researchers have produced the world's most sensitive thermometer - three times more precise than the best thermometers in existence. Published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the researchers from the University's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) report they have been able to measure temperature with a precision of 30 billionths of a ... more |  |
 Researchers create microbes for direct conversion of biomass to fuel Athens GA (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - The promise of affordable transportation fuels from biomass-a sustainable, carbon neutral route to American energy independence-has been left perpetually on hold by the economics of the conversion process. New research from the University of Georgia has overcome this hurdle allowing the direct conversion of switchgrass to fuel. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academ ... more |  |
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 Intersolar Europe Conference 2014 Gets Underway Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - The international solar industry is meeting at the ICM - Internationales Congress Center Munchen to kick off the Intersolar Europe Conference, which brings together industry participants and experts from around the world to discuss trends, markets and technologies within the global solar industry. Between today and June 4, around 300 speakers and 2,000 attendees are set to participate in t ... more |  |
Lasers create table-top supernova Oxford, UK (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Laser beams 60,000 billion times more powerful than a laser pointer have been used to recreate scaled supernova explosions in the laboratory as a way of investigating one of the most energetic events in the Universe. Supernova explosions, triggered when the fuel within a star reignites or its core collapses, launch a detonation shock wave that sweeps through a few light years of space from ... more |  |
 Physicist builds useful light source from harmonic generation Manhattan KS (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - A Kansas State University physicist's proposal may lead to a new way of creating tabletop light sources in the laboratory. Cheng Jin, research associate in physics; Chii-Dong Lin, university distinguished professor of physics; and collaborators are developing a way to greatly enhance the generation of high-order harmonics to create powerful small tabletop light sources that are important to scie ... more |  |
Pitt team first to detect exciton in metal Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - University of Pittsburgh researchers have become the first to detect a fundamental particle of light-matter interaction in metals, the exciton. The team will publish its work online June 1 in Nature Physics. Mankind has used reflection of light from a metal mirror on a daily basis for millennia, but the quantum mechanical magic behind this familiar phenomenon is only now being uncovered. ... more |  |
Stronger than steel Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - A Swedish-German research team has successfully tested a new method for the production of ultra-strong cellulose fibres at DESY's research light source PETRA III. The novel procedure spins extremely tough filaments from tiny cellulose fibrils by aligning them all in parallel during the production process. The new method is reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications. "Our fila ... more |  |
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 Rush a light wave and you'll break its data Washington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2014 - Quantum information can't break the cosmic speed limit, according to researchers* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute. The scientists have shown how attempts to "push" part of a light beam past the speed of light results in the loss of the quantum data the light carries. The results could clarify how noise ... more |  |
 Twenty-two dead in southwest China coal mine accident Beijing (AFP) June 03, 2014 - Twenty-two people were killed in an accident at a coal mine in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing on Tuesday, state media reported. The accident at the Yanshitai coal mine in Chongqing municipality's Wansheng district occurred at around 5.40pm and was described as a "gas incident" by local authorities, official news agency Xinhua said. Rescuers have recovered the bodies of all the ... more |  |
 French police raid Areva over UraMin purchase Paris (AFP) June 03, 2014 - French police Tuesday carried out a dozen raids concerning state-controlled nuclear giant Areva's controversial 2007 purchase of a Canadian uranium mining company, a judicial source told AFP. The probe focuses on the $2.5 billion (1.8 billion euro) purchase by Areva of UraMin at a height of demand for enriched uranium. Areva was later forced to revalue its UraMin uranium mines to only 41 ... more |  |
 Japan starts building underground ice wall at Fukushima Tokyo (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Japan on Monday started work on an underground ice wall at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, freezing the soil under broken reactors to slow the build-up of radioactive water, officials said. The wall is intended to block groundwater from nearby hillsides that has been flowing under the plant and mixing with polluted water already there. The Nuclear Regulation Authority, the national ... more |  |
Obama plans power plant rules in bold climate push Washington (AFP) June 02, 2014 - President Barack Obama vowed Monday to force US power plants to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent in his most ambitious action yet on climate change. Acting on his own faced with steely opposition in Congress, Obama laid out a plan that would let the 50 states choose their own approaches as long as each enforces restrictions on carbon emissions. The cuts would average 30 percent nationwide ... more |  |
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Nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land invalid, court told Sydney (AFP) June 02, 2014 - The earmarking of a remote Australian outback area as a nuclear waste dump was invalid because officials failed to contact all traditional Aboriginal landowners affected, a court heard Monday. Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory was nominated in early 2007 as a site to store low and intermediate radioactive waste under a deal negotiated with the Aboriginal Ngapa clan. While Austra ... more |  |
UGE creates first grid-tied solar energy system on Turksand Caicos Islands New York NY (SPX) Jun 01, 2014 - UGE has announced that it has completed the first commercial-scale solar energy project on the Turks and Caicos Islands, in partnership with local company Urban Green Environmental. The 35.25-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system, installed on the roof of Fortis TCI's headquarters in Providenciales, will serve as a pilot project that could ultimately usher an additional wave of renewable ener ... more |  |
Trojan Showcases Smart Carbon Line of Advanced Lead Acid Batteries Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Trojan Battery will showcase its new lines of deep-cycle batteries featuring Smart Carbon technology which addresses the impact of partial state of charge (PSOC) on cycling batteries in renewable energy (RE), inverter backup and remote telecom applications. Smart Carbon is designed to enhance life and performance of Trojan batteries operating in PSOC. Smart Carbon is a standard feature in ... more |  |
Rare chemical phenomenon used to harvest solar energy Singapore (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - A team of international scientists led by Professor Jagadese J Vittal of the Department of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Faculty of Science has successfully unraveled the chemical reaction responsible for propelling microscopic crystals to leap distances up to hundreds of times their own size when they are exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. This popping effect, ... more |  |
Solar Power Storage System Sales Set to Soar in Germany Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - German solar photovoltaic generation peaked at around 15 GW on 11 May 2014 - a record high that caused prices to sink briefly into the negative. "Balancing supply with demand in the grid presents operators with a significant challenge and leads to market price fluctuations. That is where storage solutions come into play," says Tobias Rothacher, renewable energies manager at Germany Trade and Inv ... more |  |
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