Low Carbon Energy
Could bacteria soon help us meet some of our energy needs?
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are aquatic microorganisms whose evolutionary lineage stretches back 3.5 billion years, right to the first stirrings of life on Earth. They were responsible for releasing the first oxygen molecules into the planet’s atmosphere, thereby
Wearable solar-powered devices may soon be on the way
The sun is an inexhaustible source of clean energy, but much of that readily available energy we have yet to be able to harness. Imagine, for instance, if we could carry some ultrathin solar cells with us embedded in our
Experts: don’t shun nuclear for political reasons
When he witnessed a nuclear weapon detonating for the first time in history on July 16 in 1945, famed nuclear scientist Robert Oppenheimer felt the need to wax lyrical. “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds,” he declared,
The EU ups its wind power target. Not everyone is happy
Come 2030, the Europe Union will have achieved a 32% target for wind power within the grouping. The new target, which has been raised from the 27%, is part of a newly reached “binding” agreement that compels EU nations to
Extracting uranium from ocean water? Done
When we think of the oceans, we tend not to think of them as large depositories of uranium, the key ingredient in nuclear power production. We might as well start doing so, though. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Transparent solar panels are in the works
Solar power is a great power source: it’s cheap, green, highly efficient and inexhaustible. But it isn’t without some drawbacks. For one thing, solar panels tend to be bulky and unsightly, occupying plenty of space. But they no longer have