On Tuesday, the Obama Administration released a plan to protect oceans, coastal and Great Lakes environments while simultaneously protecting environmental businesses that are responsible for 44 million jobs.
The plan will set in motion the National Ocean Policy that was...
Electrical devices have gotten smaller over time but, in spite of advances in circuit miniaturization, the batteries that power them are still monstrous by comparison. A micro-battery could change all of that.
The first cell phone, or what we might...
According to researchers at the National Oceanography Center, Southampton (NOCS), a particular type of marine algae might grow and thrive as oceans absorb increasing carbon dioxide emissions.
Coccolithophores are microscopic algae that form the base of marine food chains. They...
The Cadillac ELR is an extended range electric vehicle with some very cool features, but doesn't seem to be a stepping stone to a pure electric vehicle for the near future.
The Cadillac ELR is based roughly on the...
It may come as a surprise that Opel's current engine lineup is already ready to meet European automobile emissions standards for 2015, but for 2020? Unless they go diesel hybrid, not so much.
According to the European Commission, by 2015,...
The wind power industry in the US is growing in leaps and bounds with the country particularly keen on tapping its offshore potential. This is evident with the industry’s strongest year to date being 2012 which saw the number...
Researchers from University of California (UCLA) discovered new supercapacitors based on niobium oxide, which will be able solve the problem of energy storage and availability in both batteries and normal capacitors.
This new discovery, published in the Nature Materials Journal,...
More gears in a transmission does two things, smooths out shifting during acceleration and increases fuel economy, which is sorely needed in tomorrow's automobiles.
Since 2002, Ford Motor Company and General Motors have partnered to develop and manufacture six-speed automatic...
There's no doubt about it, development of renewable energy is time consuming and expensive, which is probably why it isn't nearly as advanced as fossil fuel energy sources.
Tax incentives and federal funding have done much to bring renewable energy...
Electric vehicles are mostly designed with electric motors in place of a transmission or engine or even an axle, but Protean Electric's in-wheel electric motors promise more efficiency and power than any other design.
Power-to-weight ratio in any vehicle is...
