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Arrays of tree-like nanowires consisting of Si trunks and TiO2 branches facilitate solar water-splitting in a fully integrated artificial photosynthesis system - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists have developed the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis, in which solar energy is directly converted into chemical fuels. “Similar to the chloroplasts in green plants that carry out photosynthesis, our artificial photosynthetic system is composed of two semiconductor light absorbers, an interfacial layer for charge transport, and spatially separated co-catalysts,” says Peidong Yang, a chemist with Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division, who led this research. “To facilitate solar water- splitting in our system, we synthesized tree-like nanowire heterostructures, consisting of silicon trunks and titanium oxide branches. Visually, arrays of these nanostructures very much resemble an artificial forest. “In natural photosynthesis, the energy of absorbed sunlight produces energized charge-carriers that execute chemical reactions in separate regions of the chloroplast,” Yang says. “We’ve integrated our nanowire nanoscale heterostructure into a functional system that mimics the integration in chloroplasts and provides a conceptual blueprint for better solar-to-fuel conversion efficiencies in the future.” Via Wildcat2030 Delete the scoop?
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In case you missed the memo, climate change is happening. Luckily those of us who wish to wise up and cut down on our energy consumption can do so in style. Delete the scoop?
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Utilities are fighting with solar advocates over an obscure but important policy called "net metering." Here's what's at stake, and why it matters. Delete the scoop?
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High-speed rail is still just a dream in America. But why then aren't smart roads a reality?
It is possible to imagine a world in which smart pavement, smart cars, and embedded monitoring and controls would turn highways from gulches that pollute a wide swath of land around them with both particles and noise would become more like rivers. Read more at the article link... Via Lauren Moss Delete the scoop?
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Texas leads the nation in wind power; in Washington, hydroelectric dams provide 60 percent of the state’s energy. Delete the scoop?
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Mark Vander Meer gives a presentation on soil science as it relates to forestry. I was presenting in another room at the same time, so Mark gave permission to Jocelyn Campbell to record this for me. Once I saw it, I thought it was so good, that I asked Mark if it was okay to put it up on YouTube. Delete the scoop?
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Representatives from 195 nations party to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification will meet in Windhoek to assess progress and plan future actions. Delete the scoop?
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idx4qQcu8jc&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] This post is brought to you by GOOD, with support from UPS. Delete the scoop?
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In the future, 3-D printers won’t just print replacement organs (like the type we’ve covered in the past). Delete the scoop?
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Want to lower your carbon footprint? Looking at how you heat and cool your living space will likely make the most difference; your transportation choices are next on the list in terms of impact. Delete the scoop?
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Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Company is planning to test the world's first hybrid wind-current power generating system this year off the coast of Japan Delete the scoop?
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The Rockefeller Foundation plans to fund positions in 100 cities worldwide. Delete the scoop?
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The most recent U.N. demographic projections show world population growing to 9.3 billion by 2050, an addition of 2.3 billion people. Delete the scoop?
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May 17, 4:25 PM
Un nuovo modello di sviluppo verso la Green Landscape Economy Un nuovo approccio alla sostenibilità, nella quale il paesaggio, elemento di indubbia identità soprattutto in Italia, possa giocare un ruolo di primaria importanza. Delete the scoop?
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Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has shown what they call the "first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis". Delete the scoop?
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An analysis of the nation's largest metro areas reveals some of the top urban destinations for people who love the outdoors. Delete the scoop?
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The key, according to a new report, is forming partnerships with farmers. Delete the scoop?
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America's green jobs movement parades as many green hues as our national parks, ranging from deep green work to pale green employment. Delete the scoop?
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May 15, 5:45 PM
This is where I want to return to the idea that what we face is a design problem, where answers exist not at an unattainable theoretical level but on the floors of our factories, in the streets of our towns and cities, the classes of our schools, the waiting rooms of our hospitals. These answers will manifest themselves as true acts of creation, originating new ways of getting stuff done, informed by the decisions we collectively take. So in re-designing the world, we need human creativity in the sense of the capacity to ‘make’, we need visionary leadership in the sense of making a difference. And we seek the craftsman’s critical eye, steady hand and creative mind. It is this process of seeing – realising new pathways to success, by bringing two ‘unlikes’ (new information, tools, processes etc.) together in close adjacency – that we create, and make new things. Then we can meaningfully apply that capability. Delete the scoop?
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If managed effectively and accountably, oil, gas and minerals can stimulate economic development, but too often, secrecy, corruption and weak institutions obstruct effective development. Delete the scoop?
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"When I brush my teeth, I try to remind myself to brush like I do when I’m camping (to conserve water)," designer Michael Buckley writes. Delete the scoop?
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Editor's note: We're proud to support the Earth Policy Institute's online publication of Lester Brown's most recent book Full Planet, Empty Plates by publishing selections from the book. Delete the scoop?
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A bit of background: "conservation banking" refers to banking for listed species under the ESA (a backgrounder is available here), whereas habitat credit trading (HCT) refers broadly to voluntary offsetting that seeks to protect imperiled species and habitat. HCT has been in the news a lot recently thanks to interest in incentive mechanisms to protect so-called 'Candidate Species', which may be eligible for listing under the Endangered Species Act but the listing hasn't happened yet. Delete the scoop?
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A bit of background: "conservation banking" refers to banking for listed species under the ESA (a backgrounder is available here), whereas habitat credit trading (HCT) refers broadly to voluntary offsetting that seeks to protect imperiled species and habitat. HCT has been in the news a lot recently thanks to interest in incentive mechanisms to protect so-called 'Candidate Species', which may be eligible for listing under the Endangered Species Act but the listing hasn't happened yet. Delete the scoop?
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In an effort to encourage outdoor music festival clean-up, Glad, the venerable purveyor of plastic wrap and trash disposal accoutrement, introduces a camping tent that doubles as a giant garbage bag. Delete the scoop?
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