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Exelon Foundation Awards Grant to Aspira of Pennsylvania to Enhance Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Programs

Published on Dec 19 2012 // Energy, science
Three-year grant totaling $450,000 will expand STEM education opportunities for students at several Philadelphia-area schools CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Exelon Foundation today announced a grant of $450,000 to ASPIRA, Inc., of Pennsylvania to expand educational programs in science, technology,...

Scientists Invent a Battery Powered by an Ancient Red Dye Made from Madder Roots

Published on Dec 13 2012 // Environment, science
Scientists Invent a Battery Powered by an Ancient Red Dye Made from Madder Roots
This holiday season, it is almost a sure thing that one of the gifts you will receive will require a battery. Instead of a plain old Duracell, you may soon be able to reach for a battery powered by a plant. From paper to sugar, there are a number of renewable materials being utilized to create batteries...

BYD Energy Storage Station goes live in Doha during United Nations Climate Change Conference

Published on Dec 10 2012 // business, Environment, Money and Business, science
GreenGulf and Chevron select Iron-Phosphate battery storage system DOHA, Qatar–(BUSINESS WIRE)–This week, BYD announced the launch of a large 40-foot containerized Battery Energy Storage Station (ESS) in Doha, Qatar. The BYD ESS is part of a Solar Testing Facility whose ceremonial launch...

NASA Satellites Team Up To Track Pollution

Published on Dec 04 2012 // climate change, co2 emmissions, Environment, environmental sustainability, science
NASA Satellites Team Up To Track Pollution
Three NASA satellites are now being used by a professor from the Tel Aviv University to gauge an accurate measure of the pollution levels over our planet’s megacities, the first to provide a comprehensive standardised global testing of pollution levels. Prof. Pinhas Alpert of Tel Aviv University’s...

Major advance in using sunlight to produce steam without boiling water

Published on Dec 03 2012 // Environment, science
Major advance in using sunlight to produce steam without boiling water
Scientists today are describing a revolutionary new way to use sunlight to produce steam and other vapors without heating an entire container of fluid to the boiling point. The advance, reported in the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal ACS Nano, has potential applications, especially in the poverty-stricken...

New American Chemical Society video series shines a light on transparent solar cells

Published on Dec 03 2012 // Energy, science, solar energy
New American Chemical Society video series shines a light on transparent solar cells
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has launched a new video series that highlights New American Chemical Society video series shines a light on transparent solar cells-making research from the society’s suite of more than 40 peer-reviewed scientific journals. The first episode of Breakthrough...

Tiny algae shed light on photosynthesis as a dynamic property

Published on Dec 03 2012 // Environment, science
Tiny algae shed light on photosynthesis as a dynamic property
One of the first chemical reactions children learn is the recipe for photosynthesis, combining carbon dioxide, water and solar energy to produce organic compounds. Many of the world’s most important photosynthetic eukaryotes such as plants did not develop the ability to combine these ingredients...

Google reaches $1 billion in renewable energy investments

Published on Nov 23 2012 // business, fossil fuel, renewable energy, science
Google reaches $1 billion in renewable energy investments
Google, a company that has been carbon neutral since 2007, is about to top $1 billion in renewable energy investments. The company is a huge energy consumer; its data centers’ operations use as much energy as nearly a quarter of a million households. But Google is using renewable energy not only...

Mayor Bloomberg’s video shows NYC’s daily CO2 emissions

Published on Nov 21 2012 // co2 emmissions, science
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has released an eye-opening study on the city’s carbon dioxide emissions using an interesting visual aid: balloons. Bloomberg’s Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability created a model of a nice day in the Big Apple. The temperature is estimated...

Will East Coast’s wind turbines survive Hurricane Sandy?

Published on Oct 29 2012 // science, wind energy
Will East Coast’s wind turbines survive Hurricane Sandy?
For those interested in the effects that Hurricane Sandy (also known as “Frankenstorm”), CleanEnergy.org has an interesting post about the affect hurricanes have on wind turbines. It may come as a surprise, but in general, wind farms seem to fare better than traditional power sources. “When...

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