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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.
Tornados are chilly at all times of the year
Inside an intense tornado, it's always chilly - no matter the time of year. A new study from Concordia proves why…
Satellite-tracked soil moisture memory plays crucial role
The top 2 inches of topsoil on all of Earth’s landmasses contains an infinitesimal fraction of the planet’s water —…
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…
Protecting loggerhead turtles with satellite tracking
Work to protect loggerhead turtles in and around Greece has been undertaken for over 30 years by local NGO…
NASA to crisscross the globe in 2017
From a Hawaiian volcano to Colorado mountain tops and west Pacific islands, NASA scientists are crisscrossing the…
From power plant to wall socket: calculating the cost
To identify and quantify the full-system cost of electric power generation and delivery—from the power plant to the…
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…