UMFK dedicates new $858,000 biomass system

Source: Bangor Daily News

FORT KENT, Maine — A sizable grant from the Maine Department of Conservation is being used at the University of Maine at Fort Kent to make two of its largest buildings more energy efficient. The new wood-to-energy heating system will conve ...
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DougieTek LLC Announces Breakthrough in the Use of Electromagnetic Field as a Renewable Energy Source

Source: 24-7PressRelease.com

TAMPA, FL, May 26, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Alternative energy research company DougieTek LLC has made a major breakthrough, unlocking the potential of the electromagnetic field as a renewable energy source. DougieTek LLC's bre ...
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Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Matches Performance of Grätzel Cell

Source: IEEE Spectrum

This is not to say that nanotechnology is not improving various alternative energy solutions, in particular photovoltaics. But the process of bringing these technologies to market is much slower than many people s ...
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Managing biodiversity data from local government

Source: PhysOrg.com

Local governments around the world have a new tool to help share and use vast amounts of biodiversity knowledge collected in the course of their work. GBIF Executive Director Donald Hobern said, "This guide demonstrates that by following sim ...
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A new invading sea crab reaches the Ebro Delta

Source: PhysOrg.com

The new invading crab could have arrived at the Ebro Delta (Spain) on sea transport or other trade exchanges. Credit: Guillermo Guerao Originally endemic to the Atlantic Coast of North America, over the past 30 years Dyspanopeus sayi has been involu ...
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Nanotechnology for solar energy conversion systems

Source: PhysOrg.com

EU researchers extensively characterised the self-organisation of nanotubes and developed novel compositions particularly appropriate to solar energy conversion applications. Self-organized one-dimensional (1D) oxide nanotube systems are a hot resear ...
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Nanoparticles Act As 'Artificial Atoms' To Form Complex Structures

Source: RedOrbit

A new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory may resolve the question over whether or not nanoparticles act as “artificial atoms” when forming molecular-type building blocks that can assemble into complex structures. The findi ...
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Quantum effect in photosynthesis leaves researchers mystified

Source: Science A GoGo

Using ultrafast spectroscopy, scientists have observed what happens at the subatomic level during the very first stage of photosynthesis and uncovered a much more fundamental interaction than had previously been considered possi ...
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IXYS Announces Record Cash and Revenues at, and for the Fiscal Year Ended, March 31, 2012

Source: Business Wire

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS), an international power semiconductor and IC company, today announced results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. “We are please ...
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