Hidden Costs Of Energy Production And Use
| Clean Energy in Federal Budget Proposal While most of us are slashing budgets for everything, including energy, the federal government’s budget for clean energy is poised to jump significantly — directing a total of $646 billion between 2012 and 2019 to the development of clean energy sources. |
| Toward Better Solar Cells: Chemists Gain Control Of Light-harvesting Paths Chemists have pioneered a method to tease out promising molecular structures for capturing energy, a step that could speed the development of more efficient, cheaper solar cells. |
| Ion Tiger Fuel Cell Unmanned Air Vehicle Completes 23-hour Flight The Naval Research Laboratory’s Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle, has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered flight. |
| Hidden Costs Of Energy Production And Use A new report examines and, when possible, estimates “hidden” costs of energy production and use — such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health — that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. |
| Transparent Solar Cells Made For Windows If solar cells were transparent, they could be fitted to windows and building facades. Physical modeling helps in the development of suitable materials for transparent electronics and thus in creating the basis for transparent solar cells. |
| Bioengineering Of Nerve-muscle Connection Could Improve Hand Use For Wounded Soldiers Prosthetic hand devices used by wounded soldiers have limited motor control and no sensory feedback. But a bioengineered interface, made of muscle cells and a nano-sized polymer, could go a long way in creating prostheses that move like a normal hand. Animal studies show the interface may possibly restore a sense of touch. |