Researchers create material to more efficiently harness wasted heat By Darren Quick 20:28 January 18, 2011 Thermoelectric materials offer the potential to harness electricity from otherwise wasted heat. Continuing research in the field could yield applications scavenging energy from vehicle exhaust systems, industrial processes and equipment, and even sunlight. Now researchers have created a material with [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2011 by Editor
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High school teacher creates microfluidic devices using a photocopier By Ben Coxworth 13:23 January 24, 2011 A high school physics teacher has invented a method of producing microfluidic devices, using little else than a photocopier and transparency film Microfluidic technology, in which liquid is made to pass through “microchannels” that are often less than a millimeter [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2011 by Editor
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Less is more for cost-efficient wind farming By Darren Quick 16:46 January 23, 2011 A wind tunnel on the Homewood campus the researchers used to experiment with variables such as the correct spacing of wind turbines (Image: Will Kirk/Homewoodphoto.jhu.edu) While there are increasing numbers of large wind farms being built around the world, many of these [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2011 by Editor
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Moth eye-inspired material now boosts efficiency of solar cells By Ben Coxworth 21:03 January 23, 2011 In order for a solar cell to be as efficient as possible, the last thing it should be is reflective – after all, light should be getting absorbed by it, not being bounced off. With that in mind, a few [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2011 by Editor
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Calif. Ikea store to go to solar power COSTA MESA, Calif. (UPI) — Home furnishings giant Ikea says it will light one of its Southern California stores using solar panels if the city of Costa Mesa, Calif., approves. Khanh Nguyen, a Costa Mesa building official , said the Swedish chain applied last week for a [...]
Posted on January 24th, 2011 by Editor
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New water treatment system saves space and reduces costs August 9, 2007 A new waste water treatment system may soon be available for commercial and governmental use which would reduce the costs associated with treating water, produce higher quality water than currently available systems and significantly reduce the size of land needed to house treatment [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2011 by Editor
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Microfluidics and sunlight combined to purify water By Ben Coxworth 17:24 January 16, 2011 It has been known for some time now that sunlight can be used to purify drinking water. The practice of Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) basically involves just leaving water sitting in direct sunlight, where a combination of heat and UV rays [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2011 by Editor
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Largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere to be built in Australia The largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere will be built in Australia at Macarthur near Hamilton, 260km west of Melbourne, Victoria. Comprising 140 Vestas V112-3.0 MW wind turbine generators, the 420 MW Macarthur Wind Farm will have the capacity to power more [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2011 by Editor
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Ostara reactors harvest phosphorus from raw sewage Here’s something rather important that you might not know: there may be a worldwide phosphorus shortage within the next few decades. The majority of the world’s phosphorus is currently mined from non-renewable phosphate rock deposits, and widely used in crop fertilizers. Scientists have begun to question just how [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2011 by Editor
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Poo-Gloos treat sewage as quickly and effectively as mechanical plants, but cheaper Poo isn’t something generally talked about in polite company but like it or not, all of that human waste has to go somewhere. In smaller rural communities, it usually goes to wastewater lagoon systems; the alternative is mechanical treatment plants which process waste [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2011 by Editor
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