Nanotechnology
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Catalytic Dehydration of Fructose into HMF with Ionic Liquid
Green Car Congress &bull Yesterday
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore have demonstrated the catalytic dehydration of fructose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) in an HCl-imidazolium ionic liquid (catalyst-solvent) system, in ambient conditions. HMF can subsequently be converted into plastics, petroleum or diesel... Full Story »
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Cotton Cloth Coated in Nanotubes Electrifies Bacteria to Purify Water
TreeHugger &bull Sep 1, 2010Fresh, clean, drinkable water is an increasingly rare thing on this planet, especially in places that are suffering through catastrophes like floods or must deal with high levels of pollution without the resources to set up water treatment facilities. But a project from Stanford University researchers could see cheap, simple filtration… Full Story »
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Lomborg Does An About Face On Climate Change
intoxination.net via @JamieHolly &bull Aug 31, 2010The world's most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront", in an apparent U-turn that will give a huge boost… Full Story »
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Biofuel Cells Could Run on Energy Drinks
buildaroo.com via @algaebiofuels &bull Aug 30, 2010Now I know energy drinks have the word 'energy' in them, but did anyone even think that we'd one day use them for power? Well according to new research, we one day very well might. Researchers at St. Louis University… Full Story »
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MIT builds swimming, oil-eating robots - Computerworld
www.computerworld.com via @wsgyou &bull Aug 30, 2010Computerworld - MIT researchers have used nanotechnology to develop a robot that can autonomously navigate across the surface of the ocean to clean up an oil spill. Scientists envision using a fleet of the devices, dubbed a Seaswarm, to clean… Full Story »
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Gulf Coast Disaster - Friday, August 27
NRDC: Switchboard &bull Aug 27, 2010
Day 130Highlights in this issue:- BP to begin work to remove cap on Monday- Doomed rig had a good reputation- Third BP employee refuses to testify- Survey: Oil spill more traumatic than Katrina- US reopens more fishing area- Feinberg not winning support from state attorneys generalThis afternoon's summary:It's hard to miss all the hoopla surrounding the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina which comes this weekend. And it's harder not to compare the devastation five years ago with what is happening today on the Gulf of Mexico. The latest poll finds that the oil spill is more traumatic than Katrina when… Full Story »
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Solar-Powered Robot Swarm Could Clean Oil : Discovery News
news.discovery.com via @1solarguy &bull Aug 27, 2010One robot has the capacity to operate for weeks on just 100 watts of energy and absorb several gallons of oil per hour. That's the idea behind a new solar-powered robot prototype equipped with nanotechnology designed by researchers at MIT.… Full Story »
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The Economist's Strange Attack on Industrial Policy
The Breakthrough Institute &bull Aug 26, 2010
Last week's The Economistleader and cover story, "Picking winners, saving losers", painted an insidious picture of governments' increasing intervention in market economies, arguing that the hideous Leviathan of the state was gobbling up one sector after another and warning that "picking industrial winners nearly always fails." Now, put aside the fact that the government was forced into some sectors--such as automobiles and financial services--only after mammoth market failures and pleas for rescues from capitalism's chieftains. The more important fact is that the article feeds a Socialism-is-coming hysteria and ignores how picking winners--within limits--has worked in the past for the United… Full Story »
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Environmental News BitsBlog Archive ITP Webcast - Energy Efficiency Projects: Overcoming Internal Barriers to Implementation
lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu via @EnvNewsBits &bull Aug 26, 2010Rustle the Leaf is an online outreach that uses syndication-quality, weekly comic strips and other creative tools to communicate essential environmental themes and truths. The Illinois Electronic Documents Initiative provides permanent public access to official publications of the State of… Full Story »
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Things Fall Apart: Complexity, Supply Chains, Infrastructure & Collapse Revisited
The Oil Drum &bull Aug 26, 2010
This is a presentation by Dr. David Korowicz from Feasta, given at the Oil Drum/ASPO Conference at Alcatraz, Italy in June 2009. It can be downloaded here: Things fall apart: Some thoughts on complexity, supply chains, infrastructure & collapse dynamics , PDF 23 slides, 1.3 MB, text of spoken presentation. It was previously posted on The Oil Drum in August 2009. Slide 2: Poem This poem by W.B. Yeats inspired my talk's title. Slide 3: A 16,000 thousand year switch Suppose I were to take your new born infant, and by some magic transport her back through 16,000 years to… Full Story »
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Nano- material could be used for energy conservation - The Zeitgeist Movement
www.thezeitgeistmovement.com via @cidamedeiros &bull Aug 25, 2010Professor Steven Suib, Chemistry Department, UConn has recently come out with a novel method that could be useful for energy conservation. The nano-size crystalline material could be used a s a catalyst in alternate fuel development. The cover story on… Full Story »
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Nano-sized crystalline material has huge potential for energy conservation
www.nano.org.uk via @innano &bull Aug 25, 2010A cover story in the September issue of Small, a prestigious nanotechnology journal, features a method developed by UConn chemistry professor Steven Suib for the production of a nano-sized crystalline material that will be used for energy conservation. The cover… Full Story »
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News Blog
www.solarpanelrebate.com.au via @SolarGenAus &bull Aug 25, 2010Tony Abbott has restated his sceptical views on climate change, and suggested the world may be getting cooler, as the Australian Academy of Science released a new report warning of the future impact of global warming. The Opposition Leader said he accepted ''that climate change is real'', but he did not back away from his view, based in part on the work of the Australian climate sceptic Ian Plimer, that the world is getting colder. Asked by the ABC's Four Corners if he still disputed that humans are responsible for climate change, Mr Abbott said: ''Sure, but that's not really… Full Story »
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Can Renewable Energy Help You Save on Your Electric and Gas Bill?
www.confusedtoday.co.uk via @altenergyjobs &bull Aug 24, 2010Is the green revolution a passing fad, or is it really the way of the future? We've been hearing about the massive global benefits of a greener world for many years now, yet the practicalities still seems to be somewhat elusive for many of us, particularly without a substantial financial outlay. Oil Resources - In the late 70s the prevailing academic wisdom was that oil reserves… Full Story »
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Great Things Come in Small Packages: Nanotechnology and Energy
www.allcleanenergynews.com via @NewsCleanEnergy &bull Aug 24, 2010If current news is any indication, Nanotechnology is poised to play a significant role in the development of clean, less expensive energy. The potential of nanotechnology for solving some of today's greatest energy challenges is vast. Nanotechnology refers broadly to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is the control of matter on the molecular level… Full Story »
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Tapping into the Electric Power of Heat
National Geographic News &bull Aug 23, 2010
An enormous amount of heat is lost when a 3,000F (1,650C) furnace melts quartz rock to extract silicon at this West Virginia Alloys plant near Charleston, but a Recycled Energy Development system aims to capture that heat to generate electricity. More ideas for converting heat to power are on the horizon. What if every gallon of gas in our cars and lump of coal in our power plants did extra duty? What if we could get more work out of our fuel? That's the basic idea of waste heat recovery systems. A young venture based in San Francisco, California, called… Full Story »
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Mike Stopa Massachusetts 3rd District Candidate on GZ Mosque, Health Care and Global Warming
beforeitsnews.com via @B4INTeaParty &bull Aug 23, 2010Mike Stopa is a conservative running for the U.S. House of Representatives for Massachusetts' 3rd District. He faces four other Republicans in the September 28th primary. All are running for the seat currently held by Rep. James McGovern, pegged as a "far-left" Democrat "leader," by GovTrack, who has been sitting in the House and voting the Democrat party-line since 1997. Mike Stopa Stopa is making some… Full Story »
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Maggie's Notebook: Mike Stopa Massachusetts 3rd District Candidate on GZ Mosque, Health Care and Global Warming
maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com via @michealdw63 &bull Aug 23, 2010You are a Freedom Crusader, also known as a neoconservative. You believe in taking the fight directly to the enemy, whether it's terrorists abroad or the liberal terrorist appeasers at home who give them aid and comfort. Patrons of this Blog are advised that they will be held responsible for any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, or harmful material of any kind or nature posted by their respective ISP. Patrons are cautioned not to transmit via comments, including links to any material… Full Story »
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Self-cleaning solar panels could find use in the dusty environs of Arizona, the Middle East or Mars - InfoSmell.com
www.infosmell.com via @infosmell &bull Aug 22, 2010The best places to collect solar energy are also some of the dustiest on Earth and beyond, a quandary that leads to inefficiencies in how well the cells are able to convert strong sunlight into renewable electricity. The solution, according… Full Story »
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Purple Pokeberries And Solar Power
www.solarpowerwindenergy.org via @homeelectric &bull Aug 21, 2010Amongst many ways of making solar power accessible is one way that has been researched by the researchers at Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials. Through this they are trying to gain green and clean power with the help of pokeberries. What… Full Story »
