Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. Better health through social networking
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

...  “If there is a significant difference between simple and complex contagions, that actually matters for our policy interventions,” says Centola. The public promotion of screenings and other forms of disease ...

2. Personal cushion of air
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... landing, the kinetic energy created from this motion is combined with the energy of the gas molecules moving inside the bags. This increases the pressure of the gas inside the bag, which could cause bouncing. ...

3. Slow-moving 'earthquake' under Olympic Peninsula monitored by University of Washington, will help understand devastating quakes
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

...  The first ground motion associated with the event was recorded very early Sunday morning in an area north of Olympia and west of ...

4. Slow-moving 'earthquake' under Olympic Peninsula monitored by University of Washington, will help understand devastating quakes
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

...  The first ground motion associated with the event was recorded very early Sunday morning in an area north of Olympia and west of ...

5. Discovering The Secret, Speedy Life Of Plants
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Plants have a reputation for being sedentary, unmoving, planted. But some plants are moving so quickly, their motion is invisible to human eyes. Biologist Joan Edwards and physicist Dwight Whitaker broke ...

6. Here Come the Electric Cars: "Leaf" and "Volt"
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... battery while the vehicle is in motion. While this gives the Volt unlimited effective range, it means that the Volt is not truly "zero emissions". ...

7. Explained: the Doppler effect
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... pattern and size of Doppler shifts over time. In other words, the pattern of a star’s Doppler shifts can change over time as a result of gravity affecting the star’s motion. “If this shift is large, then ...

8. Here Come the Electric Cars: "Leaf" and "Volt"
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... battery while the vehicle is in motion. While this gives the Volt unlimited effective range, it means that the Volt is not truly "zero emissions". ...

9. A plane that lands like a bird
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Everyone knows what it's like for an airplane to land: the slow maneuvering into an approach pattern, the long descent, and the brakes slamming on as soon as the plane touches down, which seems to just ...

10. Can blocking a frown keep bad feelings at bay?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Your facial expression may tell the world what you are thinking or feeling. But it also affects your ability to understand written language related to emotions, according to research published in the July ...

11. Fibers that can hear and sing
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... of millions of tiny acoustic sensors. Zheng, a research scientist in Fink's lab, also points out that the same mechanism that allows piezoelectric devices to translate electricity into motion can work ...

12. Weathering Emotional Storms Over Gulf Oil Spill
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

The spill in the Gulf of Mexico has caused a lot of visible damage, and now signs of the mental toll have also started to show. Thousands are seeking counseling from professional clinics and neighbors ...

13. Explained: Phonons
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... how heat spreads through a material, consider that heat — as well as sound — is actually the motion or vibration of atoms and molecules: Low-frequency vibrations correspond to sound, while higher frequencies ...

14. FuelCell Energy Creates COO Position
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

FuelCell Energy has announced the promotion of Anthony ('Tony') Rauseo to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. This ... ...

15. UTC Transit Bus Fuel Cell System Surpasses 7,000 Hours
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

UTC Power has announced it has set durability records for its latest generation transit bus fuel cell system.A PureMotion® Model 120 ... ...

16. Oceanic Volcanos
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

...  The Earth's crust is broken into plates that are in constant motion over timescales of millions of years. Plates occasionally collide and ...

17. Oceanic Volcanos
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

...  The Earth's crust is broken into plates that are in constant motion over timescales of millions of years. Plates occasionally collide and ...

18. Gesture-based computing on the cheap
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... well, however, he’s expanding on the idea, with the design of similarly patterned shirts that can be used to capture information about whole-body motion. Such systems are already commonly used to evaluate ...

19. A look back in time
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... bacteria lived in a turbulent environment. This is because when bacteria compete for nutrients in stirred, rather than still, water, this motion means they can consume nutrients from greater distances, ...

20. Restless Plates in the Peruvian Andes
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... and are the result of the movement of tectonic plates. The Earth's crust is restless, constantly in motion, and earthquakes represent the most violent shifts. However, even when there are no earthquakes, ...

21. Interview: Jerome Milgram on oil spills
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... with a barge or tanker that has plumbing capable of recovering and holding the oil/water mix as it is removed from the ocean’s surface. Booms are not perfect. The motion of the waves allows for some amount ...

22. NASA chief defends Obama’s space plan
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... who completed four space flights, Bolden expressed sadness about the prospect of ending NASA’s space-shuttle fleet, admitting he is “emotionally attached” to the shuttle program. But he insisted that NASA ...

23. BP's next try to stem oil gusher: Smaller tube (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - BP officials said Thursday they would thread a small tube into a jagged pipe on the seafloor to suck oil to the surface before it can spew into the Gulf and add to a disaster apparently set in motion ...

24. Restless Plates in the Peruvian Andes
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... and are the result of the movement of tectonic plates. The Earth's crust is restless, constantly in motion, and earthquakes represent the most violent shifts. However, even when there are no earthquakes, ...

25. Moving in circles
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... beyond housing. The parents in MTO were often under severe emotional stress; Briggs believes the implementation of universal health-care coverage in 2013 will help the poor get treatment for their mental-health ...

26. Should Google stay in China?
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... China, and that Google’s withdrawal from mainland China didn’t make the servers that had been attacked any safer, there still remained the question of whether the promotion of Chinese democracy required ...

27. New views at the nanoscale
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... the cantilever. The spins are then repeatedly flipped, causing the cantilever to gently sway back and forth in a synchronous motion. That displacement is measured with a laser beam to create a series of ...

28. DOE and Masdar Sign a Clean Energy Pact
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

... development, and promotion of clean energy solutions with Masdar. ...

29. Robotic therapy helps stroke patients regain function
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... each hour-long session, they made hundreds of repetitive motions with their arms. At the end of 12 weeks, tests revealed a small but statistically significant improvement in quality of life, and a modest ...

30. Underwater Robot That Can Run Forever
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... motion machine it is close to that. The Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangrian Observer Thermal RECharging (SOLO-TREC) autonomous underwater ...