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Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
 International Journal of Green EconomicsRenewable oil companies The entry of oil companies into the realm of renewable energy could present major obstacles for the development of a sustainable economy that is not based on carbon resources, according to a report in the International Journal of Green Economics. Contact: Jack Reardon
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
New ORNL system provides hybrid electric autos with power to spare An advancement in hybrid electric vehicle technology is providing powerful benefits beyond transportation. Contact: Kathy Graham
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
Habit-learning device will lower energy bills under new clean energy cashback scheme Smart control units that learn householders' energy habits and provide immediate feedback on consumption could give home energy savings of up to 20 percent without compromising comfort. Contact: EPSRC Press Office
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
NatureScientists find quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis A team of University of Toronto chemists have made a major contribution to the emerging field of quantum biology, observing quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis in marine algae. 
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Contact: Sean Bettam
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
BioEssaysNew research rejects 80-year theory of 'primordial soup' as the origin of life For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a "primordial soup" of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans millions of years later. Today the "soup" theory has been over turned in a pioneering paper in BioEssays which claims it was the Earth's chemical energy, from hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, which kick-started early life. Contact: Ben Norman
Public Release: 29-Jan-2010
Environmental Science and TechnologyHospital scanner could curb nuclear waste threat Medical equipment used for diagnosis of patients with heart disease and cancer could be a key weapon in stopping nuclear waste seeping into the environment, according to new research. Contact: Alex Waddington
Public Release: 27-Jan-2010
Nano LettersEnergy-harvesting rubber sheets could power pacemakers, mobile phones Power-generating rubber films developed by Princeton University engineers could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.
US Intelligence Community
Contact: Chris Emery
Public Release: 27-Jan-2010
NatureMicrobes produce fuels directly from biomass Researchers with the Joint BioEnergy Institute have developed a microbe that can produce an advanced biofuel fuel directly from biomass. Deploying the tools of synthetic biology, the JBEI researchers engineered a strain of E. coli bacteria to produce biodiesel and other important chemicals derived from fatty acids. JBEI is a DOE Bioenergy Research center led by Berkeley Lab.
University of California, LS9
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 27-Jan-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesMetal hydrides for high temperature superconductivity An international research team, comprising scientists working in the Sweden, UK, US and South Korea and led by Professor Rajeev Ahuja of Uppsala University now presents new findings for better understanding of superconducting high-pressure metal hydride systems. The study is published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Contact: Professor Rajeev Ahuja
Public Release: 27-Jan-2010
Physical Review LettersMismatched alloys are a good match for thermoelectrics Using the supercomputers at NERSC, Berkeley Lab researchers demonstrated that the semiconductors known as highly mismatched alloys hold great promise for the future development of high performance thermoelectric devices. Thermoelectrics could play a key role in green energy production because of their ability to convert heat into electricity.
Berkeley Lab
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 25-Jan-2010
Energy & FuelsAdvanced engine-control system reduces biodiesel fuel consumption and emissions Researchers from Purdue University and Cummins Inc. have developed an advanced "closed-loop control" approach for preventing diesel engines from emitting greater amounts of smog-causing nitrogen oxides when running on biodiesel fuels. Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 25-Jan-2010
Sweet success for sustainable biofuel research Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels. Their research is highlighted in the latest issue of Business, the quarterly highlights magazine of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Contact: Tracey Jewitt
Public Release: 24-Jan-2010
Nature PhysicsLevitating magnet may yield new approach to clean energy A new experiment that reproduces the magnetic fields of the Earth and other planets has yielded its first significant results. The findings confirm that its unique approach has some potential to be developed as a new way of creating a power-producing plant based on nuclear fusion -- the process that generates the sun's prodigious output of energy. Contact: Jennifer Hirsch
Public Release: 22-Jan-2010
BioEnergy ResearchBiofuel crop diversity adds value, Michigan State researchers say Diverse biofuel plantings such as native prairie attract more beneficial insects than do single crops such as corn, Michigan State University scientists find. Therefore, biofuel policies should take such added value into account, they urge, based on their pioneering studies of beneficial insects in biofuel crops.
DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Contact: Jamie M. DePolo
Public Release: 22-Jan-2010
Using supercomputers to explore nuclear energy A new computer algorithm developed by researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory allows scientists to view nuclear fission in much finer detail than ever before.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Eleanor Taylor
Public Release: 11-Jan-2010
WIREs Climate ChangeThe Asia-Pacific Partnership and the Kyoto Protocols: In conflict or cooperation? Does the international strategy to tackle climate change hinge on cooperation between the United States and Asia? Analysts consider Asia-Pacific Partnership its role as an alternative to the Kyoto treaty. Contact: Ben Norman
Public Release: 7-Jan-2010
ScienceEminent group of scientists call for moratorium on issuance of mountaintop mining permits Based on a comprehensive analysis of the latest scientific findings, a group of the nation's leading environmental scientists are calling on the US EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers to stay all new mountaintop mining permits. In the Jan. 8 edition of the journal Science, they argue that peer-reviewed research unequivocally documents irreversible environmental impacts from this form of mining which also exposes local residents to a higher risk of serious health problems. Contact: Christopher Conner
Public Release: 5-Jan-2010
2009 AGU Fall Meeting Journal of Heat and Mass TransferUniversity of Nevada, Reno researcher devises new solar pond distillation system Ecosystems of terminus lakes around the world could benefit from a new system being developed at the University of Nevada, Reno to desalinate water using a specialized low-cost solar pond and patented membrane distillation system powered by renewable energy. Contact: Mike Wolterbeek
Public Release: 5-Jan-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesWorm's eye view Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a "molecular worm" algorithm that makes it easier and faster to simulate the passage of a molecule through the labyrinth of a chemical system, a progression that is critical to catalysis and other important chemical processes.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 5-Jan-2010
PLoS ONEMiscanthus, a biofuels crop, can host western corn rootworm The western corn rootworm beetle, a pest that feasts on corn roots and corn silk and costs growers more than $1 billion annually in the US, also can survive on the perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus, a potential biofuels crop that would likely be grown alongside corn, researchers report. Contact: Diana Yates
Public Release: 4-Jan-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesSolar-powered irrigation significantly improves diet and income in rural sub-Saharan Africa Solar-powered drip irrigation systems significantly enhance household incomes and nutritional intake of villagers in arid sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new Stanford University study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
Contact: Mark Shwartz
Public Release: 4-Jan-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesScientists target East Coast rocks for CO2 storage Scientists say buried volcanic rocks along the heavily populated coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England, as well as further south, might be ideal reservoirs to lock away carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and other industrial sources. A study this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences outlines formations on land as well as offshore, where scientists from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory say the best potential sites may lie. Contact: Kevin Krajick
Public Release: 28-Dec-2009
USGS science picks In this edition of Science Picks, learn how scientists are forecasting hazards like volcanoes and landslides, and read about a wolf named Brutus, who emails scientists from the North Pole! Also check out research on ancient salt mines, scientists using high tech remote controlled airplanes to survey dangerous areas, and why the call of the yellow-billed cuckoo is getting quieter and quieter. Contact: Kara Capelli
Public Release: 21-Dec-2009
AIChE JournalMethod makes refineries more efficient Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petroleum into products.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Emil Venere
Public Release: 21-Dec-2009
Rand Corporation study analyzes risks, benefits to Israel of increasing reliance on natural gas Israel can make natural gas usage a bigger part of its energy portfolio without jeopardizing its security, but even more importantly, the nation needs to make conservation measures a priority in its future energy plans, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today
Y & S Nazarian Family Foundation
Contact: Lisa Sodders
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