Comet Dust Reveals Unexpected Mixing Of Solar System
| Comet Dust Reveals Unexpected Mixing Of Solar System Chemical clues from a comet’s halo are challenging common views about the history and evolution of the solar system and showing it may be more mixed-up than previously thought. |
| Liquid Or Solid? Charged Nanoparticles In Lipid Membrane Decide Patchiness in phospholipid membranes is fundamental to their use as biomolecules and biosensors. Using charged nanoparticles, researchers at the University of Illinois have found a new way to stimulate patchiness in phospholipid membranes. |
| New System Proposed To Optimize Combined Energy Use Engineers in Spain have developed an algorithm that can optimize hybrid electricity generation systems through combined use of renewable energies, such as photovoltaic and wind power, and non-renewables, such as diesel. Their study envisions storing the energy in batteries or hydrogen tanks. |
| Greenhouse Gas Auction Revenues Can Help Cut Maryland Electric Use Significantly, Says Study Maryland officials can reduce electricity use in the state significantly by investing revenues from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap-and-trade auctions in energy efficiency programs, says a new study. It adds that neighboring states might benefit as well. |
| Jeff M-S Blogs the Solar Synapse! As a fellow blogger this is huge! Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is the Barry Bonds of green blogging (less the 20+ inch biceps). I have been a huge fan of Jeff’s writings on Sustainablog, Treehugger, and now, Green Options, for years. Therefore, it was exciting for me to check Sustainablog this morning and see that he is featuring a discussion with SNI’s president, Jason Loyet, AND featuring the Solar Synapse! We’re a national company based out of St. Louis and Jeff is a national/international green writer based here as well–so I guess it was inevitable–but it’s also a sign of success. Thanks. |
| New Type Of Laser Discovered Researchers have discovered an entirely new mechanism for making common electronic materials emit laser beams. The finding could lead to lasers that operate more efficiently and at higher temperatures than existing devices, and find applications in environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics. |
| Shimkus/Farmergy Webinar Highlights If you were unable to attend Farmergy’s webinar yesterday, with U.S. Congressman John Shimkus from Illinois’ 19th district, check out this link for highlights from the event. |
| Sharp’s Forecast is not Dull Sharp Solar Energy Solutions Group foresees the U.S. reaching Japan’s level of solar power production by 2010 and passing Germany soon thereafter. As the two top solar generators in the world, Japan and Germany got a head start in the game because of their country’s energy shortcomings (the first step is admitting you have a problem–don’t worry guys, we all do), and their government’s ability to offer incentives way back before it was the cool thing to do. Providing well less than one percent of the world’s power, solar has room to grow. And where better to do so than. |
| Plastic Made To Conduct Electricity Plastic that conducts electricity and metal that weighs no more than a feather? It sounds like an upside-down world. Yet researchers have succeeded in making plastics conductive and cutting production costs at the same time. |
| Smart Electricity Meter Developed Engineers have just developed one of the worlds most advanced Smart Electricity Meters. The smart meter monitors energy consumption, giving information not just through a traditional power reading, but in a user-friendly way by displaying animated graphics of money on a large clear screen on the meter. |