Possible Solution for Storing Nuclear Waste Comes From MIT
The earthquake that hit Japan recently has got every state with nuclear waste thinking: what if the leak should happen to us? What then? So the United States are currently reviewing their nuclear waste policy in search of a better way to store residues. Otherwise, the current facilities are a somewhat easy target for natural disasters and terrorist attacks.
25 Micro Nuclear Plants 10 MW Each Could Get Built in Nunavut, Canada
Despite of all what's happened in Japan lately, despite of all the activists and all of the dangers associated with nuclear fission power plants, there are places on Earth where people want to build their own local nuclear power plant. Scaled down, 10 MW versions are within the building plans of Nunavut, Canada.
India to Develop Solar-Powered UAVs That Can Fly For Longer
What if, instead of waiting for the sun to come to you, you would meet it half way? I'm not talking about any spiritual...
Bloomberg's PlaNYC: Landfill Solar Power and No More Dirty Heating Oil
I's difficult for a city like New York, with a population of more than 8 million people, to go green. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
China’s Wind Industry to Become a Leader In The Field
Progress also means failure and challenges also mean new solutions. This about resumes China's struggles with its developing wind industry, although efforts to make it efficient are currently under way.
MIT Engineered Virus Could Make Solar Cells More Efficient
Viruses are mostly seen as the bad side of nature, the fallen creation or just that unwanted flu during those sunny days when you were supposed to go play outside. For Angela Belcher viruses are working tools, since she and her MIT colleagues have just found a way to guide some of them so they make solar cells more efficient, by as much as a third.
Greenfire Energy Replaces Water With CO2 for Geothermal Extraction
Greenfire Energy stands to prove us how good projects, as long as they're really good, will stand out and receive funding. This project will get $2 million in funding for replacing water with CO2 in the process of extracting geothermal energy.
First Offshore Wind Farm in the U.S. To Start Construction This Fall
Every project has a good side and a downside. In the case of the first American offshore wind farm, these sides seem equal. The construction of the facility is expected to begin this fall in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, upsetting locals and high personalities.
Catalonian Researchers Develop World's First RC Car That Runs on Recycled Soda Cans
We now get to witness the world's first remote-controlled car running on soda cans, roughly speaking, brought to us by Aleix Lovet and Xavier Saluena from the Catalonia Polytechnic Institute.
New Type of Battery Charges From Seas and Oceans and Discharges in Fresh Water
Seas and oceans are often seen profitable for their waves' power, but few know that these huge salt water recipients store energy in yet another way: in their salt. The new approach sees the entire oceans and seas as battery electrolytes. Interesting? Read on.
