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Hybrid Power - Not Just for Cars, Good Enough for Lawnmowers as Well

With all of the auto makers pushing the limits of hybrid technology, it is no surprise to see the lawn mower industry finally following suit. Southern RobotX is leading the way with the introduction of hybrid remote control lawn mowers.

3 Aug 2009

COLED Technology Could be The Replacement for Incandescent and Fluorescent Lighting

SRI International and Showa Denko K.K. in partnership with Itochu Plastics Inc. (CIPS), have achieved record-breaking results using SRI’s new cavity organic light-emitting diode (COLED) technology and SDK’s light-emitting polymers to produce a highly efficient light source that could one day replace incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs.

30 Jul 2009

Shrimp Shells Could Make Make Biodiesel Production Faster and Cheaper

Call it a "shrimp cocktail" for your fuel tank. Scientists in China are reporting development of a catalyst made from shrimp shells that could transform production of biodiesel fuel into a faster, less expensive, and more environmentally friendly process.

30 Jul 2009

American Superconductor Increase Supply Agreement for Wind Turbine Components

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global energy technologies company, today announced that it has amended its multi-year contract with Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Corporation Limited, China’s lar...

29 Jul 2009

Findings Open The Door to Improved Microbial Fuel Cell Architecture

In their most recent experiments with Geobacter, the sediment-loving microbe whose hairlike filaments help it to produce electric current from mud and wastewater, Derek Lovley and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst supervised the evolution of a new strain that dramatically increases power output per cell and overall bulk power.

29 Jul 2009

Green Technology, The Key to Dow Corning's Sustainability and Success

"The ability to design, build and implement green technologies will be the key to sustainability and success for Dow Corning" said Peter Cartwright, Dow Corning's Executive Director for Environment, Health ...

From Dow Corning 29 Jul 2009

Alcoa Partner to Develop Energy Efficient Aluminum Fuel Tanker Trailers

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and CIMC Vehicles (Shandong) Co., Ltd., a leading specialty truck manufacturer in China, announced today that they have formed a strategic partnership, to design and develop a new, energy-efficient, alumi...

From Alcoa - Aluminum Company of America 29 Jul 2009

Environmentally Friendly Sunflower-Based Lubricant Works Just as Well As Traditional Oils

A research group of the University of Huelva (UHU) has proven with a lab trial the efficiency of high-oleic sunflower oil to get industrial lubricants that are more environmentally friendly and with similar characteristics than the traditional ones.

28 Jul 2009

New Class of Economically Viable Flexible Solar Cells Nears Reality

A new class of economically viable solar power cells-cheap, flexible and easy to make-has come a step closer to reality as a result of recent work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

28 Jul 2009

Mixing PET and PLA in Plastics Recycling Not the Best Approach

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) today refuted the premise that polylactic acid (PLA) containers can be successfully mixed in to the existing stream of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PE...

27 Jul 2009

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