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Bright skies for plant-based jet fuels
5:07am, 19th March, 2019

Bright skies for plant-based jet fuels

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) With an estimated daily fuel demand of more than 5 million barrels per day, the global aviation sector is incredibly energy-intensive and almost entirely reliant on petroleum-based fuels. However, a new ana...
UTSA funded to develop accident tolerant nuclear fuels
7:02am, 27th February, 2019

UTSA funded to develop accident tolerant nuclear fuels

(University of Texas at San Antonio) Almost eight years have passed since the accident at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, in which thousands of residents have yet to return to their homes. Now the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has tapp...