Houston is home to SURGE Accelerator, an incubation and mentorship program for startups in the energy software space.  At a year and a half old SURGE can provide the accepted startup company with $30,000 in seed funding, free office space, and access to dozens of mentors in Houston’s vibrant energy sector in exchange for a […]

Brad Harstad argues that buying and holding extraction rights to fossil fuels is a more effective means of curbing their use than legislating to reduce demand. Harstad, who is associate professor of managerial economics & decision sciences at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, said, “Both on the demand-side and the supply-side the result is […]

Battelle with R&D Magazine has its annual Global R&D Funding Forecast out suggesting global research and development (R&D) spending will grow by about 5.2%, to more than $1.4 trillion in 2012. Battelle/R&DMag has it that R&D funding growth will largely be driven by the Asian economies that will see an increase in spending of nearly […]

Your humble writer is careful not to go where the basic understanding to be competent in getting the science into workable explanations isn’t within the resident skill set. But some things are just so tempting.  At the risk of seeming Star Trek, we’re going to have a run at antimatter and where there might be […]

Making cement is a major use of natural gas.  Then comes the transport, steel and other construction materials that usually are involved with concrete structures.  Building things uses plenty of energy, and making them last has important implications. Charles Carraher, Ph.D., explained at the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society last […]

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