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What happens when schools go solar?
Stanford research examines overlooked benefits of solar panels on US campuses Sunshine splashing onto school rooftops and campuses across the ...
Study suggests earthquakes are triggered well beyond fluid injection zones
Computer model and field experiment data suggest a new link between subsurface injections and earthquake swarmsCredit: USGS MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (May ...
New clues to coastal erosion
What we can learn from the seaCredit: Stock photo: Getty Images. New research has uncovered a missing nutrient source in ...
Researchers make organic solar cells immune to the ravages of water, air and light
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, May 3, 2019 - The market for organic solar cells is expected to grow more than ...
Diving deep into water and energy trade-offs
Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University Two papers by Michigan State University (MSU) scientists begin challenging a more simplistic, input/output ...
Improved risk management for geothermal systems
Drilling hole monitoring in near real-time helps to keep induced seismicity to a minimumCredit: Tero Saarno Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) ...
Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater
Credit: Lu Lu, Waltteri Vakki, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Chuanxiao Xiao, Katherine Hurst, Michael Fairchild, Xi Chen, Fan Yang, Jing Gu ...
New research to explore technology needed for peer-to-peer ‘free trade’ in excess energy
Households and businesses that generate their own power through micro-renewables, such as solar panels and wind turbines, may soon be ...
Plant cells eat their own … membranes and oil droplets
Study IDs dual role for 'autophagy' -- a.k.a. 'self-eating' -- in building and breaking down plant oils; manipulating the process ...
Graphene sponge helps lithium sulphur batteries reach new potential
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology To meet the demands of an electric future, new battery technologies will be essential. ...
Ready for refit: Navy-owned research vessel getting suped-up for service
Credit: Photo by Scripps Institution of Oceanography ARLINGTON, Va.--Like a classic car being restored, the research vessel (R/V) Roger Revelle ...
Studies link earthquakes to fracking in the central and eastern US
Small earthquakes in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Texas can be linked to hydraulic fracturing wells in those regions, ...
Study: Deep-ocean creatures living a ‘feast-or-famine’ existence because of energy fluxes
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists for the first time have tracked how much energy from plants and animals at the surface ...
How to take the ‘petro’ out of the petrochemicals industry
New paper in Science by U of T Engineering research team charts a road map for displacing fossil fuels in ...
Using DNA templates to harness the sun’s energy
Credit: Neal Woodbury and Hao Yan As the world struggles to meet the increasing demand for energy, coupled with the ...
Ten ASU engineering faculty receive the National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty members continue record of dynamically solving research challengesCredit: Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Tempe, ...
From coal to gas: How the shift can help stabilize climate change
Benefits of phasing out coal outweigh risks, new study finds Led by Katsumasa Tanaka, a senior climate risk researcher at ...
Rewriting the textbook on fossil fuels: New technologies help unravel nature’s methane recipes
Not all methane originated in buried, decayed remains of ancient life; some deep hydrocarbons aren't conventional 'fossil fuels' as popularly ...
PA residents shoulder health impacts of state’s oil and gas waste
Comprehensive study tracking 26 years of waste disposal shows most stays in-stateCredit: PSE Healthy Energy OAKLAND, Calif. - More than ...