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Nanomaterial in novel home-air treatment counters hazards from toxic drywall

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A nanomaterial originally developed to fight toxic waste is now helping reduce debilitating fumes in homes with corrosive drywall.

Fri 30 Jul 10 from PhysOrg

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Plugless Power soon to arrive for electric and hybrid vehicles

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evatran, a company from Virginia in the US, has developed a working prototype of a plugless induction charger for electric and hybrid vehicles, and demonstrated the system at ...

Fri 30 Jul 10 from PhysOrg

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Blog - Porsche to Make a Plug-in Hybrid

The company will start production of a high-performance concept car that reaches 198 mph and can get 78 mpg.

Fri 30 Jul 10 from MIT Technology Review

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Panasonic to buy out Sanyo, Panasonic Electric

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(AP) -- Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses ...

Thu 29 Jul 10 from PhysOrg

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Cow-a-bella -- making eco-friendly diesel fuel from butter

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The search for new raw materials for making biodiesel fuel has led scientists to an unlikely farm product - butter. In a new study in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, ...

Thu 29 Jul 10 from PhysOrg

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Nissan to offer breathable Vitamin C in new cars

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In a riposte to those who think a reliance on cars is unhealthy, new Nissan models will feature air conditioners that pump breathable vitamin C and stress-reducing seats, the firm said Wednesday.

Wed 28 Jul 10 from PhysOrg

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July's top ten contract wins

The pick of the past month's most notable contract news stories from The Engineer's Business Briefs archive.

Fri 30 Jul 10 from The Engineer

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Sandia National Laboratories and Sunpower Corp. Extend Solar Energy Research Partnership

Sandia National Laboratories and SunPower Corp. recently formalized an agreement to conduct research on integrating large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems into the grid. By signing a Cooperative ...

Thu 29 Jul 10 from Newswise

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Blog - GM Sets a Price for the Volt

At $41,000, the Volt will be more expensive than a competing electric vehicle from Nissan. GM has announced that it will sell the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt--an electric car with a gas ...

Tue 27 Jul 10 from MIT Technology Review

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Findings show promise for nuclear fusion test reactors

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Researchers have discovered mechanisms critical to interactions between hot plasma and surfaces facing the plasma inside a thermonuclear fusion reactor, part of work aimed at developing coatings ...

Tue 27 Jul 10 from PhysOrg

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