WVU awarded $5 million to continue rare earth project, build acid mine drainage treatment facility
Credit: Raymond Thompson Jr./West Virginia University The West Virginia Water Research Institute at West Virginia University has been awarded $5 ...
Tag: Energy Sources
Scientists quantify global volcanic CO2 venting; estimate total carbon on Earth
Scientists update estimates of Earth's immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon Deep Earth naturally swallows and exhalesGas sampling ...
Will US and China agree to win-win trade deal?
Or will they 'fight to the bitter end' to defend their respective nation's self-interests?Credit: World Scientific If you have been ...
Solar cells with new interfaces
Innovative two-dimensional materials increase the efficiencyCredit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientists from NUST MISIS (Russia) and University of Rome Tor ...
Rock-solid climate solutions: Negative emissions technology
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions funds $1.5 million research projectCredit: Ocean Networks Canada/CSSF-ROPOS A team of international researchers plan to ...
Model helps choose wind farm locations, predicts output
Credit: Stam Shebs The wind is always blowing somewhere, but deciding where to locate a wind farm is a bit ...
Iridium ‘loses its identity’ when interfaced with nickel
Rutgers-led study could lead to greater manipulation of quantum materials and deeper understanding of the quantum state for novel electronicsCredit: ...
New standard of reference for assessing solar forecast proposed
Combined method draws together oft-cited climatology and persistence methods of forecasting to better compare forecaster performance for predicting conditions for ...
New Mersey designs show tidal barriers bring more benefits than producing clean energy
An ambitious new Mersey barrage concept shows how tidal energy projects can offer many benefits to society in addition to ...
Converting absorbed photons into twice as many excitons: Successful high-efficiency energy conversion with organic monolayer on gold nanocluster surface
Applications expected in solar energy conversion, material conversion, and medical careCredit: Keio University, Kobe University. A research group comprising Associate ...
New report deepens understanding of wind-wildlife interactions
Credit: Photo courtesy of Invenergy LLC, NREL. The Ecological Society of America (ESA) announces the publication of a new report, ...
Improvements to rheology measurements in reservoirs proposed by Kazan Federal University
The research was published in Journal of Petroleum Science and EngineeringCredit: Kazan Federal University KFU's In-Situ Combustion Lab has been ...
Controlling methane is a fast and critical way to slow global warming, say experts
Credit: Bernhard Buchholz In independent studies, two Princeton University research teams recently identified surprisingly large sources of methane, a powerful ...
Untapped resource, or greenhouse gas threat, found below rifting axis off Okinawa coast
Kyushu University researchers' analysis of seismic data reveals for the first time a large reservoir of methane or carbon dioxide ...
Earth Commission to identify risks, guardrails, targets for entire planet
First holistic attempt to identify scientific risks, guardrails -- akin to a 2C rise for climate -- to create targets ...
The life aquatic made clear with freshwater lens
Researcher finds way to view marine life in murky watersCredit: Swansea University A Swansea University doctoral student has found a ...
Inventions for developing world lead to Lemelson-MIT Prize for ASU engineering professor
ASU engineering professor Cody Friesen will donate $500,000 prize to Colombian communityCredit: Zero Mass Water TEMPE, Ariz. - Dedication to ...
New route to carbon-neutral fuels from carbon dioxide discovered by Stanford-DTU team
Credit: Cube3D If the idea of flying on battery-powered commercial jets makes you nervous, you can relax a little. Researchers ...
Lithuanian scientists contributed to creating the record-breaking solar cell
Tandem perovskite-CIGS solar cells, produced as a result of the collaboration between Lithuanian and German researchers, have reached an efficiency ...
Supergen ORE Hub awards £1 million to advance research in offshore renewable energy sector
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub has awarded almost £1million to UK universities to support ambitious research projects investigating all ...