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BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
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All Fired Up Over Clean Coal One environmentalist says his system can zap coal-plant pollution. Skeptics abound.   |
Popular Mechanics
November 2006
Wise & Hutchinson |
The Truth About Hydrogen Can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy. |
Science News
September 29, 2001 |
TimeLine: September 26, 1931 Flash welding joins metal amid shower of sparks... Six generations of poliomyelitis virus grown outside the body... Faraday's research on metals anticipated modern steel... |
Science News
April 19, 1930 |
TimeLine: Apr. 19, 1930 70 Years Ago in Science News: Travel to The Moon by The Year 2050... Planet Possibly Not Object Predicted... Ant Gestures Have Chemical Cause... |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy sources we may see in the not-too-distant future. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Peter Fairley |
Syn City Could Zaozhuang's hybrid chemical and power plants help clean up China's energy sector? |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2011
Aimee Duffy |
U.S. Natural Gas Kills Coal An abundance of natural gas changes the game for coal players. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2013
Peter Fairley |
Quicker Coal Power Greater agility in output may keep Old King Coal in place in a nonnuclear Germany |
Chemistry World
November 15, 2006
Lionel Milgrom |
Carbon Nanotubes: Saladin's Secret Weapon Carbon nanotubes are no longer the proud boast of 21st century materials scientists. It appears their discovery was unwittingly preempted by medieval Muslim sword-smiths whose tough Damascus blades taught the Crusaders the true meaning of cold steel. |
Popular Mechanics
August 1, 2008
Alex Hutchinson |
Is MIT's Latest Solar 'Breakthrough' All Hype or a New Hope? MIT announced on Thursday afternoon a new method of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, predicting that it will unleash a "solar revolution." And they're partly right. |
Technology Research News
August 25, 2004 |
Method Makes Stronger Steel Researchers have found a way to cast relatively large structures from a type of steel whose atomic structure is amorphous, like glass, rather than the usual orderly crystalline structure of metal. |
Popular Mechanics
November 14, 2006
Jerry Beilinson |
Carbon Futures It's a bit ironic, but the dirtiest of alternative energy technologies could have the biggest impact. Gasification is the process of taking one fuel -- coal, often -- and turning it into a gas (syngas) that can be burned, plus a bunch of other chemicals. |
Chemistry World
March 28, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Cracking Water with Sunlight A power plant that makes hydrogen by splitting water with concentrated sunlight launches in Spain this month. It's a glimpse into a possible carbon-free future that uses solar-driven chemical reactions to produce the gas. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Amber Dance |
Peering Back in Time Joseph P. Noel wants to use paleontology to learn how plants endured history's harsh climates and how to ready crops to face severe conditions in the future. |
Industrial Physicist
Oct/Nov 2004
Jesse H. Ausubel |
Big Green Energy Machines Zero-emission power plants and Continental SuperGrids can multiply the power of the energy system 5-10 times while shrinking it in a revolutionary way. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
William Sweet |
Winner: Restoring Coal's Sheen A Swedish energy company is the first to initiate and complete a project of significant scale to demonstrate carbon capture and storage with a coal plant. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2008
Alex Hutchinson |
Solar Thermal Power May Make Sun-Powered Grid a Reality For five decades solar technologies have delivered more promises than power. Now, new innovations are exiting the lab and plugging into the grid -- turning sunlight into serious energy. |
Popular Mechanics
December 8, 2009
James B. Meigs |
The Myth of Clean Coal: Analysis Although coal-fired power plants are cleaner than they used to be, they are still bad news for the environment and human health. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Where Does Steel Go Now? With the first wave of consolidation bringing stability, the steel industry looks to further integration and policy change to remain competitive. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 37
David Bradley |
X-rays Reveal PSII Secret The possibility of using solar energy and water as a cheap source of hydrogen and oxygen is a step closer thanks to British researchers who discovered how the photosynthetic centre in a cyanobacterium works. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005
Michael Arndt |
The New Clean Fuel: Coal Producer Goes Green American Electric Power, once the nemesis of environmentalists, will embrace an eco-friendly way of producing electricity from coal. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2011
Dave Levitan |
Prospects for an Artificial Leaf Are Growing Scientists design artificial photosynthesis devices that could make hydrogen or other fuels |
Geotimes
June 2007 |
News Notes -- Energy & Resources New standards for fuel economy proposed... Mineral resource of the month: Steel... |
Wired
February 2002
Richard Martin |
Meltdown On October 15, Big Steel became a museum -- as in Smithsonian. A case study on the effects of globalization... |
Science News
January 19, 2001 |
TimeLine: January 17, 1931 An American romance in steel and steam... Spring-built molecule models simulate vibration of atoms... Margarine made from palm oil becomes competitor of butter... Hard for mathematics to keep up with depression... |
Scientific American
May 15, 2006
Gunjan Sinha |
Pumping Coal Coming soon to the U.S.: Cleaner diesel from dirty coal. |
Chemistry World
May 9, 2013
James Urquhart |
Greener, cleaner steel US researchers have developed a greener way to produce metals such as steel. Their process could cut greenhouse gas emissions while using earth abundant and affordable metals. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2002
Richard Osborne |
Steely Determination LTV closing doesn't mark an end in Cleveland, just the beginning of another fight... |
Science News
March 22, 1930 |
TimeLine: Mar. 22, 1930 70 Years Ago in Science News: The Sun'S New Trans-Neptunian Planet... Black As Coal, Dense As Zinc... Naming The Planet |
BusinessWeek
October 15, 2007
John Carey |
Solar's Day In The Sun John O'Donnell 's big hurdle has been finding a technology that can match the low cost of fossil fuel. He thinks he has that licked. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Megan Sever |
Coal's Staying Power Whatever technologies "win" as economies around the world continue to grow, and other energy source prices remain high, coal production, consumption and prices will all continue to rise, despite continuing concerns about pollution from coal-fired power plants. |
Technology Research News
June 15, 2005 |
Power Sources: Fuel Cells, Solar Cells, Heat, Vibration and Fusion Summaries of how each of these power sources work to create energy. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2001
Megan Rowe |
Steel Warrior AK Steel predicted a downturn in the U.S. steel market and prepared by diversifying its products... |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Bruce Vernyi |
King Coal Makes A Comeback New technology and capacity pressures have producers and regulators considering coal as fuel. |
Science News
January 28, 2006 |
From the January 25, 1936, Issue Huge Scoop Shovel Lifts Largest Truck with Ease... New Cornell Atom Smasher to Find Uses in Cancer Study... Wheat "Stuffed" with CO 2 Grows Larger... |
Science News
December 1, 2001 |
TimeLine: November 28, 1931 Action of steel under stress revealed in writing on sand... Bacteria may have helped in formation of anthracite... Universe pulsating in cycles seen by American scientist... |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Watch Out for Rising Steel Prices When steel prices jump, so will other prices. Rising steel prices will have a major effect on industries such as construction and machinery, and eventually on manufacturers such as automakers. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Higher Prices Going Global Rising production costs put squeeze on steel makers worldwide. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
An Unexpected Player in the Solar Market Global security company Lockheed Martin has entered the solar power space -- and it has big plans. |
Chemistry World
April 4, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Dutch Power Ahead with Carbon Capture The first Dutch trial to capture carbon dioxide from a power plant's waste gas emissions has been launched in Rotterdam, Europe's largest port. |
Popular Mechanics
December 12, 2008
Melinda Wenner |
U.N. Puts Greenhouse-Free Clean Coal on the Back Burner U.N. plans to sign a new international climate treaty next year, and in negotiating recommendations delegates found common ground in many areas. |
Geotimes
December 2005
William L. Fisher |
Energy Outlook 2005 Analysts say political events and natural disasters might well interrupt world oil supplies, but lack of resources and production capability should not. Beyond oil, other energy sources will be creating their own economies in the near future. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
The Burning Issue In an effort to clean up fossil-fuel power stations, scientists have completed a project to create ceramic straws that can produce a stream of pure oxygen from air. |
Popular Mechanics
December 17, 2009
Adam Hadhazy |
How the Manufacturing Sector Can Curtail Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increasing efficiency, which reduces emissions, also improves the bottom line, and so the manufacturing industry has already begun to think creatively about its sizable carbon footprint. |
Food Engineering
January 9, 2006 |
Stainless steel components Custom design and fabrication of stainless steel components to meet special requirements of food, dairy and beverage plants. |
Chemistry World
May 2009 |
The artificial leaf Using sunlight to split water molecules and form hydrogen fuel is one of the most promising tactics for kicking our carbon habit. |
National Gardening
Lynn Byczynski |
Organic Flower Farming Growing cut flowers for farmers' markets. |
Chemistry World
May 13, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Chemistry calculations reveal Earth's inner core Theoretical calculations have confirmed that the Earth's core contains a significant proportion of oxygen. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Samuel K. Moore |
The Water Cost of Carbon Capture Coal power's carbon savior could double its water woes |
Reactive Reports
Issue 63
David Bradley |
Natural Copy Cat While plants convert carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen, chemists are having a more difficult time finding an efficient method for converting carbon dioxide into useful fuels. |
