Green Technology

New Studies Reveal Clues that could Boost Fuel Ethanol Production Worldwide

Cold Spring Harbor, NY (Scicasts) - As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two studies published online in Genome ResearchAC, scientists have analyzed the genome structures of bioethanol-producing microorganisms, uncovering genetic clues that will be critical in developing new technologies needed to implement production on a global scale.

New Environmentally Focused Campaign Calling to "Reduce Today, Respect Tomorrow"

ROSWELL, GA (Scicasts) – A new global communications campaign is being launched today by Kimberly-Clark Professional, the company behind such global brands as Kleenex, Scott, Kimcare, WypAll, KleenGuard, and Kimtech, called "Reduce Today, Respect Tomorrow."

Green IT Movement Sweeping into the Small Business Sector

Apple Commits to a Full Environmental Disclosure

NEC Display Solutions Receive TCO Eco-Certificate for Its Projectors

Munich (Scicasts) – The Swedish firm TCO Development sets international standards for the certification of monitors’ environmental compatibility and ergonomics. Now the firm has drawn up a similar catalogue of criteria for projectors and developed including a new measurement called “TCO Image Size”. This measurement facilitates the choice of the right projector for the customer. According to the press report, NEC Display Solutions is the world’s first manufacturer to receive a TCO certificate for projectors, mainly for its NEC NP215 and NP410 models.

First Prototype of Green Flash Project Runs Successfully

Berkeley, CA (OBBeC) - According to a report from Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,  its Green Flash project, which is exploring the feasibility of building a new class of energy-efficient supercomputers for climate modelling, has successfully reached its first milestone by running the atmospheric model of a full climate code on a logical prototype of a Green Flash processor.

Researchers Create a Nano-sized Photocatalyst for Artificial Photosynthesis

Berkeley, CA (OBBeC) - For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an artificial version of photosynthesis that can be used to produce liquid fuels from carbon dioxide and water.

Microchip Uses 30 Times Less Power

Houston, Texas (OBBeC) - In the first real-world test of a new type of computing that thrives on random errors, scientists have created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today's best technology. The U.S.-Singapore team developing the technology, dubbed PCMOS [pronounced "pee-cee-moss"], revealed the results at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), a forum for engineers working at the cutting edge of integrated-circuit design.

Cutting Through the Green IT Jungle

HP Broadens Green Business Technology Initiative

Diatom Genome Helps Explain Success in Trapping Excess Carbon in Oceans

Cray Unveils "Green" Cooling Technology

Genomics Helping to Create a Greener Environment

Walnut Creek, CA (OBBeC) – A report by Eddy Rubin, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), in the August 14 edition of the journal Nature, has outlined how genomics is accelerating improvements for converting plant biomass into biofuel—as an alternative to fossil fuel for the nation's transportation needs.

IBM Unveils New Greener Data Centre Plans

UC San Diego Announces GreenLight Project

San Diego, CA (OBBeC) – According to a report from the University of California,  scientists and engineers at the institute are building an instrument to test the energy efficiency of computing systems under real-world conditions – with the ultimate goal of getting computer designers and users in the scientific community to re-think the way they do their jobs.

Accenture Introduces Green Technology Suite

NEW YORK (OBBeC) - Accenture has announced the introduction of its new Green Technology Suite, a comprehensive set of tools designed to help an organization assess its environmental standing, provide recommendations on how to address its carbon footprint by improving the way information technology (IT) is managed, and support the entire organization’s green agenda.

New High-Performance Chip-cooling Technology

Fujitsu Opens New Green Data Centre

Computer Simulations Could Help Predict Fracture Risk

Switzerland (OBBeC) - Scientists of the ETH Zurich Departments of Mechanical and Process Engineering and Computer Science have teamed up with researchers at IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory to develop an accurate, powerful and fast method to automate the analysis of bone strength. The  method developed by the team combines density measurements with a large-scale mechanical analysis of the inner-bone microstructure.

New Software Tool to Help Data Centres Cut Carbon Emissions

The Carbon Trust, an independent company set up by the British government in response to the threat of climate change, has announced a partnership agreement with the British Computer Society (BCS) to develop a simulation software tool to assist companies in understanding the energy use within data centres.