12-06-25 Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have identified a catalyst（催化剂） that provides the same level of efficiency in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as the currently used platinum catalyst, but at 5% of the cost. Since more than 6...

12-03-21 High-gain nuclear fusion（核聚变） could be achieved in a preheated cylindrical（圆柱形的） container immersed in strong magnetic fields, according to a series of computer simulations performed at Sandia National Laboratories. The simulations show t...

12-03-06 As scientists continue the hunt for energy sources that are safer, cleaner alternatives to fossil fuel, an ever-increasing amount of valuable farmland is being used to produce bioethanol（生物乙醇） , a source of transportation fuel. And while land-...

12-01-30 Japan used seawater to cool nuclear fuel at the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant after the tsunami in March 2011 -- and that was probably the best action to take at the time, says Professor Alexandra Navrotsky of the University of California...

12-01-10 A general strike in Nigeria over the elimination of a fuel subsidy has brought the country to a standstill. 尼日利亚停止发放燃料补贴引起了一场全国大罢工，目前该国已陷入瘫痪状态。 Shops, offices, schools and petrol stations around the country closed...

11-10-16 Britain's first commercial flight, powered by sustainable biofuel, has taken off from Birmingham Airport. 英国首架使用环保生物燃料的商业航班近日从伯明翰机场始发，试飞成功。 The Thomson Airways Boeing 757 used a 50/50 mix of used cooking oil and trad...

11-07-11 An estimated two billion people in the developing world heat and cook with a biomass（生物质） fuel such as wood, but the practice exposes people especially women to large doses of small-particle air pollution, which can cause premature death and lu...

11-05-23 Hi. Im speaking with you today from the Allison Transmissions plant in Indianapolis, Indiana. I came here because this is a place where American workers are doing some big and impressive things. The hybrid（混合的） technology they manufacture here...

11-04-03 If were serious about making the transition from gas-guzzlers to hybrids, then weve got to show automakers and truck manufacturers that theres a real market for these incentives（激励） . They're not going to build them if they don't think anybodys...

11-02-17 Up to two-thirds of Earth's permafrost（永久冻土） likely will disappear by 2200 as a result of warming temperatures, unleashing vast quantities of carbon into the atmosphere, says a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder's Cooperative Inst...