Power grids are fragile things, utility poles and wires susceptible to damage by storms, falling trees, even animal activity. Add to this the increasing strain put on the aging infrastructure by modern technology, especially during the hot summer months,...
As automakers work to make their vehicles more efficient on the road, they have many challenges. Reducing weight, increasing internal combustion engine efficiency, electrifying vehicles, among other efforts, have some of today's vehicles pushing 100 mpg-e. As a result,...
Ever since the production of feedstock for bioenergy gained popularity, the big discussion about indirect land-use change started. There is never enough land available for bioenergy crop production due to various environmental, economic and social constraints.
Interestingly, however, a team...
Cosmic rays can be used to gain information from damaged nuclear reactors. This conclusion was made by a team of researchers from the multidisciplinary research institution- Los Alamos National Laboratory.
In their attempt to understand what happened inside the reactor...
In 2009 in Copenhagen, countries agreed to emission reduction by year 2020. Until then, we will not know for certain whether the targets are met or not. However, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Astrid...
Ice behavior is controlled by the geometry of channels underneath the ice cover, hiding the signals of retreat, according to scientists from Durham, Sheffield and Cambridge University, together with the British Antarctic Survey.
The study, funded by The Natural Environment...
What does Lincoln stand for? Jim Farley, group vice president, Global Marketing, Sales and Service, responds, “MKZ is our strongest proof yet on what the reinvented Lincoln stands for – beautiful vehicles with compelling and warm experiences that create...
In a press release yesterday, A123 Systems, an advanced lithium-ion electric vehicle battery manufacturer, announced what investors and owners feared and expected, bankruptcy. Since its IPO in 2009, A123 Systems initially attracted a lot of investors to...
We're seeing these days many scientists and environmental researchers talking about how forests could improve the environment. After developing and implementing so many green technologies that can reduce carbon emissions, some researchers concluded that forests are still unbeatable in...
July 2012 was the hottest month ever recorded, and 2012 is becoming the hottest year since record-keeping began in the nineteenth century. Global climate change is here now; it is not only a harmful problem for future generations. And...
