ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Colorado State Puts The Measure Across Construction Emissions

Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)

If you can't measure it, you can't manage it - especially if "it" is greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, produced by building construction and operations....

Like Water for Batteries

Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)

Objects made from graphite-such as lithium-ion batteries-are "hydrophobic," meaning that they "dislike" water. For decades this lack of likeability has presente...

Rensselaer Researchers Identify Cause of LED Efficiency Droop

Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have identified the mechanism behind a plague of LED light bulbs: a flaw called "efficiency droop" that causes LEDs...

Potential well water contaminants highest near natural gas drilling

Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)

A new study of 100 private water wells in and near the Barnett Shale showed elevated levels of potential contaminants such as arsenic and selenium closest to na...

Taking a cue from cactus, new spiky material removes oil from water

Aug 06, 2013 (UPI)

Chinese researchers say a new material inspired by the way cactus spines pull moisture from desert air can clean oil from water. Copying the shape of cactus spi...

Gag order in US bars children from discussing fracking

Aug 06, 2013 (AFP)

Under an oil company settlement reached in the US state of Pennsylvania, two children, aged seven and 10, were told that any talk of fracking is a no-no. Under ...

Floating LNG a possibility for Woodside's Browse

Aug 05, 2013 (UPI)

Australia has signaled it is open to a floating liquefied natural gas processing facility, offshore, for the massive Woodside Browse LNG project. Federal Resour...

Oil prices edge higher on upbeat Chinese economic data

Aug 05, 2013 (AFP)

Oil prices turned higher in Asian trade Monday on upbeat economic data from China but concerns about weak jobs growth in the United States capped gains, analyst...

China agency sued over oil production in spill-hit bay

Aug 05, 2013 (AFP)

China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) is being sued for allowing US oil major ConocoPhillips to resume production after spills off northern China in 2011, ...

Moniz addresses emissions, natural gas and exports

Aug 02, 2013 (UPI)

The United States is on course to meet its greenhouse gas reduction target of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, said Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. "About h...

Oil prices rise on US, China data

Aug 01, 2013 (AFP)

Oil prices rose on Thursday following positive US and Chinese economic indicators that may lead to a boost in demand for crude, according to analysts. Brent Nor...

Major west-to-east oil pipeline proposed in Canada

Aug 01, 2013 (AFP)

TransCanada announced plans Thursday for the construction of a $12 billion pipeline to carry oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Atlantic seaboard. The compan...

Hydro Nano Gas Could Completely Neutralize CO2 Emissions

Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)

Hydro Nano Gas or HNG, has been created by Hydro Infra Technologies, HIT, in Stockholm, Sweden. Developed as an answer to greenhouse gases and fossil fuels emis...

Sequestration and fuel reserves

Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)

A technique for trapping the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide deep underground could at the same be used to release the last fraction of natural gas liquids from a...

Mideast energy industry under terrorist attack

Jul 31, 2013 (UPI)

Iraq's main oil export pipeline to Turkey has been attacked repeatedly in recent weeks by resurgent al-Qaida terrorists who're waging a murderous bombing campai...

Support Fusion Propulsion Research

Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)

University of Alabama in Huntsville is conducting pulsed fusion propulsion research with the Charger-1 device. The Charger-1 is a ~500 kJ pulsed power facility ...

Cadmium poisoning from China factory kills 26: report

Jul 31, 2013 (AFP)

At least 26 villagers have died from cadmium poisoning and hundreds more fallen ill since 2009 near a disused factory in central China, local media said Wednesd...

Shell rejects Ukrainian-made pipes for Yuzivska shale gas field

Jul 31, 2013 (UPI)

Royal Dutch Shell said this week Ukrainian pipe makers won't be included in its plans to develop the country's shale gas reserves due to low-quality product. Th...

Printing silver onto fibers could pave the way for flexible, wearable electronics

Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)

A new technique for depositing silver onto clothing fibres could open up huge opportunities in wearable electronics. Scientists at the National Physical Laborat...

Oil spill reaches Thailand resort island

Jul 29, 2013 (UPI)

Oil from a leaking pipeline has washed up on a resort island in Thailand, a Thai lawmaker says. The spill occurred early Saturday when the pipeline operated by ...