Daily Archives: April 14, 2014

CO2 Solutions’ enzymatic carbon capture technology performance exceeds targets in oil sands project

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Canada-based CO2 Solutions Inc., an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, announced that it has exceeded the second set of technical performance milestones for its oil sands project.

BMW breaks with traditional German luxury as models shrink

Chris Bangle, BMW AG’s former design chief, once likened the German carmaker’s lineup to a bratwurst in three different lengths. Now, there’s a lot more on offer, including convenience sizes.

BMW, which previously relied on the 3-, 5- and 7-series sedans, has more than doubled its model offerings in the last 15 years to 26 variants by chiefly adding smaller vehicles.

MIT and Harvard team develop material that stores sun’s heat

Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have developed a material that can absorb the sun’s heat and store that energy in chemical form, ready to be released again on demand. A paper describing the new process is published in the journal Nature Chemistry.

U.S. Navy’s New Jet Fuel: Seawater?

Navy researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division, demonstrate proof-of-concept of novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) from seawater and conversion to a liquid hydrocarbon fuel.