Technology


Simple Sensors Provide Data on Snowfall, Snowmelt

A University of Washington professor has refined temperature sensors to measure air temperature and gauge accuracy of current computer models.

Germans Test Low-emission Truck Engine with New Probe

TUM researchers say they have reduced pollutants in diesel exhaust emissions to barely measurable levels.

NatureServe Creates Climate Vulnerability Index for Plants, Animals

The science-based tool lets a user quickly assess the relative vulnerability of species to the effects of predicted climate change in a specific geographic area.

Solar Camera to Monitor Fires, Environmental Data at Tahoe City

A group of students in Meadow Vista, Calif., with Sony developed wi-fi, solar-powered cameras that will enlist the help of Internet firewatchers who can raise the alarm.

Tax on Carbon Emissions Could Fuel Cleaner Tech, MIT Researcher Says

Thomas Adams and Paul I. Barton have already applied for a patent on a novel configuration of natural gas, solid oxide fuel cells, and carbon capture and sequestration that would compete well in the power sector if the government placed a tax on carbon emissions.

Lakeland Uses E-Reverse Auction for Residual Hauling

Incumbent supplier wins contract and the city saves 40 percent over previous year's contract.



Nevada Geothermal Power Gets $57.9 M in Stimulus for Plant

The company plans to use American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to complete drilling and pipeline connect to the Blue Mountain Faulkner 1 power plant in Nevada.

TIA to Develop Common Language for Smart Devices

The Telecommunications Industry Association hopes to fashion a common platform across healthcare, transportation, security, automation, and energy distribution industries.

Maersk Line Switches to Low-Sulfur Fuel to Clear Gulf Air

The shipping company and EPA are optimistic the change will result in lowering emissions at the Port of Houston, Texas and the Port of Progreso, Mexico.

Biosolids Drying-Electric Generation Facility Starts Up

The first-of-its-kind system in the United States has scheduled a grand opening for Nov. 18 at the Toland Road Sanitary Landfill in Santa Paula, Calif.

Portable Farms Claims It Can Solve Problems

The company says a single 10,000 square foot Aquaponics System can bring vegetables and fish to feed the hungry with a small environmental footprint.

Energy Recovery, Inc. Unveils Quadribaric Technology

Company says technology doubles the workload of PX Pressure Exchangers in seawater desalination applications.

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Sandia Labs Covers Mixed Waste Landfill

The New Mexico Environment Department in 2005 selected an evapotranspirative cover with a biointrusion rock barrier as the remedy for the low-level radioactive waste landfill, which was constructed this fall.

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Rice University 'Discovers' Zeolite-like Materials

Professor Michael Deem's team calculates that there are 2.7 million possible structures.

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Green Footstep Helps Building Become Part of Solution

Rocky Mountain Institute's tool shows architects, engineers, and developers how much their building is contributing to greenhouse gas levels and reveals design targets to achieve carbon neutrality.