Dot Earth: Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air
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Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory say they have developed a way to produce a truly carbon-neutral fuel using carbon dioxide removed from the air as the raw material.
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Combining the assets of NASA and the EPA with NOAA's weather information is at the heart of a new NASA project called IDEA:  Infusing Satellite Data into Environmental Air Quality Applications. IDEA will improve forecasters' ability to track regional pollution and make air quality forecasts.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A fuel sensor that has given NASA headaches in the past began acting up early Friday morning as space shuttle Atlantis' crew prepared for liftoff.The agency was working to fix the problem and continuing with launch preparations, NASA spokesman Bruce Buckingham said.
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There's fuel in waste water. Who knew?
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Blog: Federal scientists using Google earth to map smoke form big wild fires.
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The mysterious origins of cosmic rays that slam into the Earth's atmosphere could soon be revealed, thanks to a better ground-based sensor that costs less than balloons or satellites.
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U.S. government scientists say they've discovered satellite technology that overcomes an obstacle to measuring atmospheric water vapor from space.
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Four North Carolina State University researchers have been asked by NASA to determine how greens ultimately can be grown on the red planet.
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Plans to make cars greener by using fuel made from crops and animal fat are in doubt
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US scientists announced they had made a breakthrough in the research of low-cost hydrogen fuel. Researchers from the US government&#39;s Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
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By Anne Blythe, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 12--DURHAM -- Environmental safety officers will continue to monitor the air in a medical research building for radioactivity after a fire swept through a lab Monday morning.
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The $1.8 billion facility will demonstrate a novel technology to fight global warming.
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Particles that capture infrared light could allow everyday objects to tap into an under-exploited source of energy.
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A new spectrometer lets scientists learn more about the planet's chemistry.
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NASA scientists announced Monday the successful testing of the first nanotechnology-based electronic device to fly in space.  National Aeronautics and Space Administration researchers said the test showed the nanosensor could monitor trace gases inside a spaceship.
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Finding could trigger recalculation of Earth's energy balance and help feed astronautsScientists have long assumed that fungi exist mainly to decompose matter into chemicals that other organisms can then use.
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DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah Sept. 8, 2004 - A space capsule holding atoms collected from solar wind was en route to a tricky rendezvous with Earth, offering scientists the first material NASA has brought back from space in nearly three decades.