Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have found why and how beer transforms from a liquid to a foamy state when received an impact and acts like a nuclear explosion. According to the study, which was carried out in ...
Under New York State Governor Cuomo's NY-Sun initiative, Signal Transformer, a division of Bel Fuse Inc., has completed the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system at its Inwood, NY facility. Signal Transformer manufactures ...
A new study from North Carolina State University indicates that even a sharp increase in the use of electric drive passenger vehicles (EDVs) by 2050 would not significantly reduce emissions of high-profile air pollutants carbon dioxide, ...
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Scientists said on Friday they had mapped ground-level air pollution in China from space for the first time, a feat that should help the fight against a notorious health hazard. French and Belgian atmospheric scientists used an infrared ...
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The European Commission wants EU member states to accept common environment and health rules if they use controversial 'fracking' to develop shale gas resources. A document prepared for the Commission's 2030 Energy and Climate Package due ...
The EU will announce climate change targets for 2030 next week but sharp differences over priorities and an unwillingness to take the lead while global rivals hang back may result in a modest compromise deal. The 2020 programme is widely ...
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Solar energy has long been used as a clean alternative to fossil fuels such as coal and oil, but it could only be harnessed during the day when the sun's rays were strongest. Now researchers led by Tom Meyer at the Energy Frontier Research ...
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Ocean researchers working on the coral reefs of Palau in 2011 and 2012 made two unexpected discoveries that could provide insight into corals' resistance and resilience to ocean acidification, and aid in the creation of a plan to protect ...
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When firefighters want to extinguish a blaze, they often douse it with water. Astronauts on board the ISS, however, are experimenting with a form of water that does the opposite. Instead of stopping fire, this water helps start it. "We ...
Members of the public have a negative view of climate engineering, the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the environment to counteract climate change, according to a new study. The results are from researchers from the University of ...
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Federal Transit Administration (FTA) of the US Department of Transportation has announced a grant of $24.9m for a new generation of advanced, non-polluting transit buses through its new Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program (LoNo). ...
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European nations stand sharply divided over setting new 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, EU sources said Friday. European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso called in commissioners to try to ...
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The publicity department of Wuhai City of Inner Mongolia confirms on January 7 2014 that the world's largest coke oven gas liquid natural gas project is completed in Wuhan and put into full operation. The world's largest coke oven gas ...
In the aftermath of a house fire, many homeowners can anticipate a great deal of time and money will be spent on restoring the structure back to habitable conditions, even if the fire was very minor. Let's take for example a lightning ...
Marine cyanobacteria—tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2—are primary engines of Earth's biogeochemical and nutrient cycles. They nourish other organisms through the provision of ...
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