Archive for October, 2008

Solar Synapse Featured in Solar Industry Magazine

Solar Night Presenting Solar Synapse Pre-Wire Kit for New Construction at Timbers at Creekside Home-Tuesday, August 7thCome See the Finished Home by Belcher Homes featuring the Solar Synapse Pre-Wire Kit for New Construction! Last Chance to See the Timbers at Creekside Home Timbers at Creekside home (the Essex Plan). This home will be sold on […]

WWMT Channel 3 Coverage of Western Michigan University Wind Turbine Dedication

CA’s Prop 10: 10 Reasons to Love or Hate ItCalifornia legislators have proposed a $10 billion bond measure known as Proposition 10 that would provide incentives for moving vehicles toward cleaner fuel. While some alternative fuel advocates are for it, others such as Plug In America say it is a corporate giveaway that subsidizes industries […]

Globe Conference Draws Business and Sustainability Leaders to Vancouver from around the World

Compost Heap Bacteria Could Provide 10% Of UK Transport Fuel NeedsBacteria found in compost heaps able to convert waste plant fiber into ethanol could eventually provide up 10% of the UK’s transport fuel needs, according to new research.

China Olympics: Green Will Take a Bronze behind Human RightsI thought the Beijing Olympics would create a world […]

Expanding Cell Girth Indicates Seriousness Of Breast Cancer

Expanding Cell Girth Indicates Seriousness Of Breast CancerHow fat cells become after being exposed to a specialized electrical field is helping researchers determine whether cells are normal, cancerous or a stage of cancer already invading other parts of the body.

Strong Elasticity Size Effects In ZnO NanowiresResearchers recently performed experiments and computations to resolve major existing […]

New Material Could Act As Nanofridge For Microchips In Smaller And Faster Computers

Hey Action Takers–It’s Almost Time!I’ve asked you repeatedly to take action on the impending energy bill as it went through the House and Senate. Don’t remember? Just click here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here (with the “I’m Just a Bill” song from […]

Flexible Nanoantenna Arrays Capture Abundant Solar Energy

Flexible Nanoantenna Arrays Capture Abundant Solar EnergyResearchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources. The new technology is the first step toward a solar energy collector that could be mass-produced on flexible materials, say the researchers.

Converting Sunlight To […]

House Priorities–Right on Track!

Low-emission, High-performance Engine For Future HybridsIn an advance toward introduction of an amazing new kind of internal combustion engine, researchers in China are reporting development and use of a new and more accurate computer model to assess performance of the so-called free-piston linear alternator (FPLA).

There is Still Time to Take Action on The 2007 Energy […]

Alternative Fuels May Drain Dwindling Water Supplies

50,000 Eyes on Modern Energy!We love people like Western Michigan University professor John Patten. People motivated by producing “clean, green, energy”. John mentioned this as his main motivator when spending $10,000 of his own money on a 45 foot Skystream 3.7 for the university’s campus. Well done professor! But, what I love about it is […]

Smart Solutions Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Converting Sunlight To Cheaper EnergyScientists are working to convert sunlight to cheap electricity. They are working with new materials that can make devices used for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper and more efficient.

State-level Renewables Portfolio Standards Policies ExaminedRenewable electricity is being supported by a growing number of states through the creation of renewables portfolio standards. […]

Uptime chief shares five ways to cut datacenter cooling costs

7-7-07–Live Earth!Happy Fourth everyone! In 3 days (7-7-07) the Live Earth concerts will be taking place in cities all over the world. Those cities being: London, New York, Johannesburg, Rio De Janeiro, Hamburg, Sydney, Tokyo, and Shanghai. “Live Earth is a 24-hour, 7-continent concert series taking place on 7/7/07 that will bring together more than […]