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Researchers improve production of chemicals from wood waste

Researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have succeeded in making a significant leap forward in the production of biochemicals and biofuels from waste wood. They discovered ...

17 hours ago from PhysOrg

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World crude oil production may peak a decade earlier than some predict

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In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak ...

16 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Seafarers' scourge provides hope for biofuel future

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For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage on wooden piers and docks in coastal communities.

Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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Toothbrush tech helps buses go green

South Korea is trialling a new way to turn public transport green by using a technology popular in electric toothbrushes and razors to power buses and cars.

Tue 9 Mar 10 from ABC Science

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Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California

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(AP) -- A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck ...

Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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'The Rosenfeld' named after California's godfather of energy efficiency

Pioneering French physicists Marie and Pierre Curie have the curie, a unit of radioactivity, named after them. Renowned inventor Nikola Tesla is honored with the tesla, which measures a magnetic ...

Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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High-Speed Pipeline Revs Up Biomass Analysis

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(PhysOrg.com) -- High throughput system can analyze enzymes, poplars, switch grass, thousands at a time to help determine which plants are best suited for biofuels.

Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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Free Energy and the Meaning of Life

When we think about the “meaning of life,” we tend to conjure ...

6 hours ago from Discover Magazine

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Carbon capture funding

NRG Energy has been selected by the US Department of Energy to receive up to $154m to build a post-combustion carbon-capture demonstration unit at its coal-fired power plant in Texas.

5 hours ago from The Engineer

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LED streetlights best buy for cities, researchers report

University of Pittsburgh researchers have conducted the first cradle-to-grave assessment of light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights and determined that the increasingly popular lamps strike ...

Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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