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The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.
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- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they ...
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- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Call it the Manure Mandate. California’s utilities face a state-ordered goal: Provide one-fifth of electricity from renewable resources by 2010. No...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Okay, so you’re out in the clear waters of Hawaii and notice that algae are smothering the beautiful coral reefs just below the surface. What’s goi...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
If your friends call you an “early adopter," you’ll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak’s way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Attention feed lot operators. Panda Energy International in Hereford, Texas, wants your manure. But only the good stuff.
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Medieval alchemy -- you’ve seen it in the movies: A wizard-like figure hovers over a glowing vat adding mysterious ingredients in his quest to tur...
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Up in the air -- it’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a -- flying windmill? That’s right, a flying windmill.
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
“Thermal depolymerization.” No, it’s not a code word for ‘global warming.’ But it IS a big buzz in alternative energy circles.
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Here’s a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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It's said that “time and tide wait for no man.” But it looks like there’s considerable power waiting for us in the tides.
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- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation and scientists are hoping to capitalize on the beetle’s adaptation...
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- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Okay -- so it sounds pretty disgusting when you first hear about it. But, well, here it goes. We may be able to get drinking water from treated sew...
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- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming. But is there a way to capture the carbon ...
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- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving t...
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Hybrid vehicles on a wall socket: The next “plug-and-play” technology? We might have an answer soon.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
There’s a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Even if you don’t want to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the room,” you could at least count the number roaming around wild. Or so you’d t...
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it’s the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs...
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- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
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When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...
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- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
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Here’s something that probably won’t be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But maybe it should be since it could impact more people than anyth...
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- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
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