A 'shrimp cocktail' to fuel cars and trucks
Call it a "shrimp cocktail" for your fuel tank. Scientists in China are reporting development of a catalyst made from shrimp shells that could transform production of biodiesel fuel into a faster, less expensive, and more environmentally friendly process. Their study is scheduled for the Aug. 20 i...CBS Radio presents Cars for Courage Boat Drive
MINNEAPOLIS, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Cars for Courage, Courage Center's vehicle donation program, invites all boat lovers to donate their worthy vessels to the first annual Cars for Courage Boat Drive. The event is sponsored by the Excelsior Chamber of Commerce, BayView Event Ce...Kidney Cars Celebrates Earth Day
Environmentally-Friendly Car Donation Program Extends Life of Used Vehicles NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Those who can't march on Washington, pick up a shovel or save the whales this year on Earth Day can still do their bit for the environment by donating a used vehicle. Brea...Kidney Cars Celebrates America Recycles Day
Environmentally-Friendly Car Donation Program Extends Life of Used Vehicles, Offers Sweepstakes NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's too big to fit in the blue plastic bin at the curb, but your car is what you should think about recycling as you join thousands of Americans in ce...PA's Smoking Ban Should Filter Into Homes and Cars Too, According to Temple University Expert
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On September 11, the Pennsylvania smoking ban will filter into public places. "Now it is up to individuals and families to make their homes and cars smoke-free too," said Jennifer Ibrahim, Temple University assistant professor of public healt...Hybrid Cars Pose Risk to Blind, Visually Impaired
Virtually silent engines remove key cue to safety; group seeks legislative help MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- Because they can be nearly silent, hybrid cars pose a serious threat of injury and death to blind and visually impaired people, says the American Council of the Blind, w...AUDIO from Medialink and Safe Kids Worldwide: Teaming Up to Keep Kids Safe Around Cars
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Children may love going for rides in cars and trucks, but they also may not fully understand how to stay safe around them. Federal statistics show motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death in children ages two to fourteen. "Safe Kids Buckle Up," a p...Chinese Mayor Urges Residents to Stop Buying Cars
The mayor of one of China's showpiece economic cities has urged his 11 million residents to stop buying cars in a bid to ease worsening traffic and pollution woes, state media reported Friday. The booming southern city of Shenzhen, just across from the border from Hong Kong, now has more t...Paris Launches Drive for Clean Cars
Paris plans to offer soon a clean car rental service to reduce pollution and traffic in the capital, Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said Friday . Hundreds, possibly thousands, of eco-friendly vehicles will be made available before the end of the year for use for a few hours and which can be dropped of...Lab Automation Networks Proliferating
...tly improved products, far fewer defects, and significant positive returns in profit and productivity. These days, only a handful of luxury and sports cars are still made by handfeaturing beautiful craftsmanshipand truly staggering prices. In laboratory science, however, a technician-intensive work ...From cars to cancer: UH professor employs auto industry tools for tumor therapy
An effort is under way at the University of Houston to use technologies with origins in the automobile industry to develop new tools that will help doctors and technicians better plan radiation therapy for patients with head and neck cancer. Dr. Ali Kamrani, founding director of the Design and ...City of Newark first in nation using cars to power grid
This month, the City of Newark, Delaware became the first electric utility in the US to use a car to store and provide power for the local electric grid. The vehicle, which runs on electricity alone, is specifically designed to store energy and improve grid reliability. University of Delaware ...Liter of fuel would last UK 1 year if cars had kept pace with computers
One litre of fuel would serve the UK for a year and oil reserves would last the expected lifetime of the solar system - if efficiency in the car industry had improved at the same rate as in the computer world - a leading computer scientist will tell an audience in Manchester on Friday 20 June 2008...Commercial ships spew half as much particulate pollution as world's cars
Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate pollution into the air as the total amount released by cars, according to a new study. Ship pollutants affect both the Earth's climate and the health of people living along coastlines. The study is the first to provide a global es...Carbon capture strategy could lead to emission-free cars
ATLANTA (February 11, 2008) Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles to prevent the pollutant from finding its way from a car tailpipe into the atmosphere. Georgia Tech researchers envision a zero em...Argonne to showcase science and technology at community open house
...lving logic puzzles Learn about the science of toys Walk through an accelerator Glimpse nanoparticles changing colors Battle model cars powered by fuel cells to see which is fastest Watch a master scientific glassblower demonstrate his craft Monitor climate change with live d...DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009
...coatings used for solar panels as well as paints or finishes used on homes, cars or even bridges. The UAWS provides test results 12 times faster than other...ry. Ideal applications include remote wireless sensors, smart homes, smart cars and medical sensing devices. Unlike traditional batteries, the PowerPlane U...Improved air quality during Beijing Olympics could inform pollution-curbing policies
...vations on a building in the heart of Beijing. They also tracked emissions from vehicles in different areas of the city by following randomly selected cars and trucks in a minivan equipped with sensitive instruments for detecting carbon particles, including carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and black carbon...Environmental group works to run cars on Culver's old frying oil
Madison, Wis. The next alternative fuel source for Wisconsin may be where consumers least expect it in the basement of a restaurant. The Wisconsin Department of Administration announced on Monday a $15,000 technological feasibility grant will be awarded to the Madison Environmental Group ...Johnson Controls unveils latest battery for wired cars
The YellowTop battery. Courtesy of Optima Batteries. Milwaukee Optima Batteries , a division of Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls , has announced the latest addition to its line of YellowTop batteries with the introduction of the dual-purpose Group 75/25 and 35 models. Both models were desig...Winter Park Home to World's Foremost Producers of Large-Scale Decontamination Equipment
...ished through the complete decontamination of both the interior and exterior of large assets such as airplanes, ambulances, emergency vehicles, police cars and hospital rolling stock, such as stretchers and wheel chairs, in less than two hours. Not only can AeroClave's system save billions of dollars ...America's Organic Home-Fueling Movement Begins in Los Angeles
...ome has arrived! The first of the revolutionary portable home micro-refinery systems that turns organic waste into a high performance ethanol fuel for cars was installed Thursday night at a home in Pacific Palisades, near Los Angeles, California. GreenHouse introduced the first E-Fuel MicroFu...GreenHouse Debuts the World's First E-Fuel MicroFuelerTM in Los Angeles
...ntment, contact Lucia Stone at 619.236.0231 or 805.234.6369. Visuals Will Include: Debut of the first MicroFueler Hollywood locals fueling their cars on the "green carpet" with E-Fuel100 produced by the MicroFueler 2 minute electronic press release on MicroFueler installation Interviews...Karl Strauss and GreenHouse Partner to Create Alternative Fuel from Beer Waste
...rs in 1989 and now they are opening their backdoor to GreenHouse. Alleviating pressure from landfills, the reusing of brewery waste to create fuel for cars will help in the developing of a cleaner and more sustainable region. Thanks to recent California state legislation, such as the landmark Assembly Bil...Politicians to Drive on Straw-Based Bioethanol at the Climate Change Conference
...toil, have joined forces to deliver 2nd generation bioethanol for 40 of the cars that the Danish Foreign Ministry will provide during the conference. The cars will be supplied by Volvo. "As host nation, Denmark is working to ...