September 10, 2018
Sipping carbon-neutral fuel from the atmosphere
In the near future, vehicles may be powered by carbon that comes from the sky, rather than out of the ground. Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology …
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July 20, 2012
Trash-to-treasure: Turning nonrecycled waste into low-carbon fuel
Americans produce more than four pounds of trash per person per day, amounting to 20 percent of the world’s waste. Although recycling rates have …
January 20, 2012
Crystal Ball EARTH: Agriculture: The future will have a different face than the past
Tomorrow’s agriculture is facing an immense challenge. By 2050, the world’s population will reach somewhere between 9 billion and 10 billion …
January 5, 2012
Testing methane's potential on the North Slope
Buried beneath the gigantic swath of desolate tundra that forms Alaska’s North Slope are some of the nation’s biggest hydrocarbon resources. For …
January 5, 2012
Breaking the Energy Barrier
Can the Department of Defense solve the world’s energy crisis one jet at a time? The United States has all the tools it needs to solve the …