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Feb
09

Scientists use laser to take oil's 'fingerprints'

Researchers with the petroleum company Saudi Aramco have found a way to use a laser to “fingerprint” oil. The innovation
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Feb
09

Survey: Where's the value in corporate social responsibility?

Do you work for a firm that’s taking steps to be a socially responsible business? If so, we’d
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Feb
09

Jurdy: Wasteful motoring

Jurdy finds a better use for government paperwork …
Feb
08

US unveils new climate portal for decision-makers, public

The US government today unveiled a new web portal today that’s designed to meet a rising demand for information
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Feb
08

Car bodies, mobile phones could one day be their own batteries

Could we one day see a battery-free future for mobile phones, electric cars and other devices? European researchers believe we
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Feb
05

Breakthrough could lead to cheap, printable sheets of light

Swedish and US researchers have developed a new lighting technology that could lead to innovations like illuminated wallpaper made entirely
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Feb
05

Jurdy: Piecing things together

Jurdy offers a reminder …
Feb
05

Brazil: Europe's perfect supplier for biomass & biofuels

Editor’s note: The following is a guest commentary by Stanley Wootliff, chairman of jatropha grower Viridas PLC. Shell’s
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Feb
05

Why Cisco is feeling so smart

Energy companies around the world are worried. They’ve been tasked to deliver a “smart grid” — one that is able
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Feb
04

Finally, good government waste: Office trash becomes biofuels

Finally, a use for all those thousand-plus-page pieces of legislation that our elected officials never read anyway: shred ’em, pulp
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