Boston - Dec 09, 2003 - A new way to manufacture a low-cost superconducting material should lead to cheaper magnetic resonance imaging machines and other energy-efficient applications, say Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists. Hot isostatic pressing of wires made of magnesium diboride, or MgB2, significantly increased the amount of electrical current the wires can carry without electrical resistance.
Austin - Dec 03, 2003 - Technology that significantly improves the ability of high-speed flywheels to store energy has been developed by research engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Beijing (Xinhua) Dec 03, 2003 - After frequent blackouts during summer in half the nation, the country now has to struggle to keep up with the surging electricity consumption in winter.
Westborough - Nov 25, 2003 - American Superconductor Corporation said Monday that it has been selected by United Defense Industries, Inc., as a subcontractor for the Electro-Thermal Ignition Pulsed Power System (ETIPPS) that United Defense is developing for the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC). ETIPPS is a firing system that is being designed for use with electro-thermal chemical (ETC) guns, an advanced weapon technology for future artillery, battle tank and infantry fighting vehicles.
Boulder - Nov 25, 2003 - New research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggests that next-generation, high-temperature superconductor (HTS) wire can withstand more mechanical strain than originally thought. As a result, superconductor power cables employing this future wire may be used for transmission grid applications.
Atlanta - Nov 24, 2003 - Sterling Planet, Inc., a national leader in renewable energy sales and development, today announced that corporate partners of the World Resources Institute's (WRI) Green Power Market Development Group (The Green Power Group) are now buying Sterling Planet's Green AmericaTM renewable energy certificates (RECs) in an amount that breaks all prior U.S. records for corporate REC purchases.
Moscow - Nov 18, 2003 - On November 10, 2003 the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) signed the agreement on cooperation between the RAS and Norilsk Nickel mining and metallurgical company. Under the agreement, the scientists will get a US$20-40 million per year funding on hydrogen power engineering researches.
Washington - Nov 17, 2003 - Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced Thursday that Department of Energy-funded researchers have achieved a significant scientific advance in their efforts to piece together DNA strands, thereby helping develop new, biological methods to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, produce hydrogen and clean the environment.
Gainesville - Nov 17, 2003 - As the U.S. Congress continues work on a federal energy bill, a group of University of Florida researchers is to working to implement a radical idea for making computers more energy efficient -- as well as smaller and faster.
Salt Lake City - Oct 27, 2003 - A staggering 98 tons of prehistoric, buried plant material ¿ that's 196,000 pounds ¿ is required to produce each gallon of gasoline we burn in our cars, SUVs, trucks and other vehicles, according to a study conducted at the University of Utah.
Cambridge - Oct 24, 2003 - Researchers at MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing will collaborate on the development of a pebble-bed nuclear reactor, thanks to an international agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the China Atomic Energy Authority. The reactor could become a cost-competitive, meltdown-proof alternative to today's commercial nuclear power plants.
Edmonton - Oct 20, 2003 - A team of researchers in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta (U of A) has discovered a new way of generating electricity from flowing water. It may soon be possible to never have to charge up a cellular phone again instead, the phone could be fitted with a battery that uses pressurized water.
Albany - Oct 13, 2003 - MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro), a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc. and Harris Corporation announced Friday an agreement that builds on work completed under an earlier project and advances their joint development of micro fuel cell systems for portable military communications equipment.
Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2003 - China has banned coal-fire power plants in the capital Beijing and other major cities -- a long-awaited move expected to reduce chronic air pollution and acid rain, state press reported Thursday.
Wilmington - Oct 07, 2003 - DuPont and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced a joint research agreement leading toward the development of the world's first integrated bio-refinery that uses corn or other renewable resources ¿ rather than traditional petrochemicals ¿ to produce a host of valuable fuels and value-added chemicals.
Hampton - Oct 02, 2003 - Thanks to NASA, a new method for reducing smokestack emissions of toxic formaldehyde and carbon monoxide may soon be in use throughout industry.
