Mar
9
Starting Seaweed Cultivation Research
March 9, 2012 | 1 Comment
The numbers for productivity of seaweed are stunning compared to everything other than algae on land. The problem is the cultivation, growing the preferred species, harvesting it and getting it to shore for processing. Prof. Avigdor Abelson of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Zoology and the new Renewable Energy Center, with his colleagues Dr. Alvaro […]
Mar
8
A Solar Powered Nanostructure Generates Hydrogen
March 8, 2012 | 1 Comment
Using silicon and zinc oxide a University of California San Diego team has built a forest of nanowires that split hydrogen free from water. Deli Wang, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering quoted in the University press release said, “This is a clean […]
Mar
7
Bussard’s EMC2 Fusion Contracts Extended
March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment
News is out there is a contract extensions and modification for EMC2 Fusion, the theory and work of Robert Bussard, that is working to develop Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) fusion. The news was first seen at Talk Polywell and quickly picked up by Brian Wang at NextBigFuture. The latest news is an ongoing research project […]
Mar
6
Spider Silk Moves Heat
March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment
In an astonishing discovery Xinwei Wang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University found spider silk to be a top quality carrier of heat. Wang said, “This is very surprising because spider silk is organic material. For organic material, this is the highest ever. There are only a few materials higher – […]
Mar
5
Oil In a Fight With Itself
March 5, 2012 | 3 Comments
The renewable fuel producers are about to up the pressure on the world oil industry, and for consumers it’s not a moment too soon. First off, South Dakota’s government has approved a subsidy of 20 cents per gallon for ethanol plants to transition over to butanol. The cap for the subsidy is $4 million per […]
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