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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.
Can you smell that scientific fight brewing?
There is a battle brewing between competing visions for the future of energy, and it has recently blown open with a…
‘Cleaner’ emissions from newer vehicles just as dangerous
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering found that newer gasoline vehicles emit less…
Membrane filters radioactive waste from water
Membrane effectively filters out heavy metals, radioactive waste, other toxic substances, and bacteria from…
Carbon dioxide swamp forest sinks face further decline
A significant 'sink' that helped remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, tropical peat swamp forests, once…
The world’s largest floating solar farm – in China
China's clean energy ambitions are being reflected in the launch of the world's largest floating solar farm.
Biodegradable cellulose microbeads to replace plastic ones
Biodegradable cellulose microbeads from a sustainable source that could potentially replace harmful plastic ones…
Solar energy: saving both you and the planet
Over 50,000 deaths in the US every year could be saved through swapping coal for solar photovoltaics, which would…
Barrier Reef green turtles affected by human chemicals
A group of turtles have been found in the Great Barrier Reef with traces of human medicines in their blood,…
Generating electricity when seawater and freshwater combine
A hybrid technology that produces unprecedented amounts of electrical power where seawater and freshwater combine…
It’s all in the way you walk
When we walk we produce kinetic energy that is unique to us and new research has found this energy could be used to…