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The X-PRIZE Foundation announces a $10 million competition, sponsored by Progressive Insurance, for production-ready, super-efficient, 100 miles per gallon (or equivalent) cars that are also…
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Vanguard 1, the fourth artificial satellite launched into space, is the oldest human-made object still orbiting about the Earth. Congratulations--Vanguard 1--on your pioneering efforts in…
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Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have designed a new chip that they claim could be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than the current…
Scientists, engineers, and architects at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) are working on the "City Car," a rechargeable, two-passenger vehicle that promotes socially responsible transportation…
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According to a California study conducted in Indiana, extended daylight-savings time (eDST) was supposed to save energy in the United States, but it doesn’t.
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Australia and China have signed a formal international agreement for clean coal research which could result in a massive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from…
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On February 26, 1896, Henri Becquerel stored a photographic plate with uranium salts lying on top of it. He intended to later perform an experiment on…
A committee selected by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced on February 15, 2008, a list of the most important engineering projects for the…
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interior interior Massachusetts-based Webb Research has successfully tested an unmanned mini-submarine that uses temperature differences in the ocean to power itself.
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CSIRO claims revolutionary waste into fuel process solves energy problem
By Stan Beer
Australia's Commonwealth and Industrial research Organization (CSIRO) and Monash University in Melbourne have developed a chemical process that turns common green waste into a stable…
