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Purdue University awarded $5M for biofuel research
Purdue University is helping develop a new form of biofuel. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $5 million to a team of researchers Wednesday. The researchers are working to develop a plant that could produce a substance that can directly be used as...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Purdue University
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Why Higher Prices Are The New Normal
It’s a presidential election year, which means we’re hearing politicians talk about “the new normal” whenever the topic of the economy or political gridlock comes up. But there’s also a new normal in the automotive arena....Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles, Luxury Vehicles, Mercedes-Benz, Passenger Cars
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Energy-saving LED street lights could be headed our way
Q: Aug. 1 marked the five-year anniversary of the fatal collapse of the I-35 bridge in Minnesota. That bridge has been replaced with an improved design that is not 'fracture critical' and is considered to be a 'smart' bridge featuring 26 accelerometers...Tags: Allentown, Whitehall, Hybrid Vehicles, Energy Saving, Lehigh County
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UCSD gets $500K for magnetism project
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- UC San Diego was awarded more than $500,000 Friday for a three-year project to develop and deploy an electromagnetic system in an effort to access more natural gas for energy use. The grant from the U.S. Department of Energy is part...
Tags: University of California, San Diego, Energy Resources
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Huge travel weekend likely for Labor Day
South Bend TribuneIf you were planning on hitting the road this weekend and thought that maybe a rise in gas prices might hold traffic down a little, don't count on it. According to AAA, 33 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this weekend, a 2.9 percent...Tags: Holidays, Tropical Storms, Labor Day, Washington, DC, AAA
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Green-certified homes sell for 9% more, study in California finds
WASHINGTON — It has been a controversial question in the home real estate market for years: Is there extra green when you buy green? Do houses with lots of energy-saving and sustainability features sell for more than houses without them? If so, by...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Politics, Hybrid Vehicles, Real Estate Buyers, Energy Saving
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More wells approved for geothermal plant
Staff WriterHeber’s geothermal plant is expected to get four more wells as the Imperial County Planning Commission approved amending the plant’s permit Wednesday. The plant, owned by Ormat, was built in the 1980s and currently has its wells inside the...Tags: Plant Openings, Energy Resources
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Scientists May Have Found 'God Particle'
CNNScientists said Wednesday that they had discovered a new particle whose characteristics match those of the Higgs boson, the most sought-after particle in physics, which could help unlock some of the universe's deepest secrets. "We have reached a...Tags: Science and Technology, Higgs Boson Search, Geneva (Kane, Illinois), Applied Physics, Geneva (Swiss Confederation)
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UCF-based business needs “likes” to win energy contest
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelA company founded at UCF needs votes from the public to win a contest put on by the U.S. Department of Energy. The company, Mesdi Systems, founded by Brandon Lojewski, is one of six finalists from more than 300 universities that competed in the National... -
Saturday Drive: 2012 Fisker Karma
The car: Fisker Karma
The power: 403 total horsepower coming from two 201.5-horsepower (150 kW) AC motors, mounted just above the rear wheels.
Torque is in the neighborhood of monstrous, with 981 pound-feet available at 0 RPM. That figure sounds like...Tags: Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering, Joe Namath, Hybrid Vehicles, Aston Martin
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W.R. Grace awarded nearly $3 million for carbon reduction
W.R. Grace & Co. will receive nearly $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a nationwide effort to develop cost-effective ways of reducing the carbon pollutants released by coal-fired power plants, the department announced Thursday. The...Tags: Politics, Mining, Elections, Metal and Mineral, Companies and Corporations
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Illinois sequestration project is first in U.S. for man-made CO2
GreenspaceA demonstration project in Illinois is the first in the U.S. to begin pumping over a million metric tons of man-made liquid CO2 into permanent underground storage. The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium announced this week that its project in...
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