Category: energy
There's no shortage of water on the blue planet—just a shortage of fresh water. New technologies may offer better ways to get the salt out.
Three hundred million people now get their water from the sea or from brackish groundwater that is too salty to drink.
Reported in Scientific America, March 7, 2010
By: Tina Casey
A team of researchers at Yale University has developed a new kind of magnetic, lead free solder that could be used to manufacture electronics more cheaply and efficiently.
What do cook stoves in Bangladesh have to do with F-15 jet fuel? Or a plant fungus discovered in the Amazonian rain forest with sustainable architecture? As the faculty who attended the West Campus Energy Symposium on Feb.
For decades, hydrogen has been touted as a fuel of the future, providing a cleaner, more sustainable energy source that could one day replace fossil fuels.
The Green Gym Project, the system in Yale’s Payne Whitney Gym, that allows gym-goers to charge their iPhones, iPods, BlackBerries and other portable devices through the energy created by their workouts was recently featured on Connecticut’s NBC News affiliate.
Mechanical Engineering senior, Henry Misas
Henry Misas is a senior in mechanical engineering with aspirations for a career in renewable energy – particularly wind energy.
Speakers representing government, academia and industry in Spain will provide a firsthand accounting of the benefits of wind energy at a Texas/European Union Wind Energy Symposium on Oct. 27.
As the "green"-conscious know, using less energy and biking and walking more are two ways to help fight climate change.
Yale University chemists and engineers will be part of five new federally-funded Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) that are seeking novel ways to tackle the growing energy crisis.
Dozens of experts will join Indiana University students, faculty and staff this fall for an intensive planning exercise to improve sustainability practices at one of IU Bloomington's best-known buildings: the Indiana Memorial Union.
