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Energy refers to the application of engineering to energy efficiency and services, facility management, ecology, and alternative energy technologies. It includes renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal power, biofuels, and hydro power.
The seagull diet: Sea food and eat it
Ocean-faring birds are sometimes found with bellies full of plastic. But very little research examines why…
Fuel efficiency standards to reduce carbon emissions
A new study by researchers at MIT and elsewhere could provide some valuable guidance on the most effective…
Cure for Zika virus developed in mice
The most devastating consequence of Zika virus infection is the development of microcephaly, or an abnormally small…
Comprehensive evaluation platform for GaN transistors launched
GaN Systems has launched a daughterboard style evaluation kit to help power design engineers easily evaluate the…
Through the radioactive waste glass…
Rutgers researcher Ashutosh Goel has discovered ways to immobilize nuclear waste – the offshoot of decades of…
Waste not, want not: Scrap metal energy generation
Put some metal scraps from the junkyard in a glass jar with a common household chemical; and, voilà, you have a…
Scientists’ research goes down the toilet
Wastewater treatment plants across the United States may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude oil, thanks to…
Follow the purple bacteria road…to light harvesting
Plant life has become super-efficient at using light after billions of years on earth– and now it's showing how it…
Temperature sensor found through mutant plants
To feed more people in this warmer world we are pushing at the limits of agriculture and it is commonly…
Super emitters responsible for over half of US methane emissions
According to a new study, the bulk of methane emissions in the United States can be traced to a small number of…