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Renewable production of high-energy fuels made possible?
A strain of yeast has been genetically reprogrammed by MIT engineers so that it converts sugars to fats much more…
Electric vehicle boom in China with clean energy policy
The Chinese-branded electric vehicle (EV) market is propped up by huge government subsidies as part of Beijing's…
Predicting the light absorbed by photosynthetic pigments
A wide variety of pigments to absorb different wavelengths of light are used by plants and other photosynthetic…
Plug-in hybrid fuel consumption cut by one third
To improve the efficiency of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by more than 30%, engineers at the University…
Drop in petrol taxes despite climate change fight
Even as the world acknowledged the need to slash greenhouse gases from fossil fuels, researchers reported that the…
Global emissions targets need tenfold jump in green tech
A new Duke University study shows the global spread of green technologies must quicken significantly to avoid…
French town powered by solar panel paved road
France has inaugurated the world's first 'solar highway', a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to…
Nanotechnology to benefit the environment
Nanotechnology offers many chances to benefit the environment and health. It can be applied to save raw materials…
A move away from offshore oil and gas drilling
President Obama moved to solidify his environmental legacy by withdrawing hundreds of millions of acres of…
The bigger, the better, for solar power storage
It would be a lot easier to expand our use of solar and wind energy if we had better ways to store the large…