| Less Is More for Designers of "Right-Sized" Nuclear Reactors "Small is beautiful" has for decades been a mantra for environmentalists committed to building ecologically sound communities, economies and agriculture.But does the phrase apply to nuclear power plants? [More] rss.sciam.com |
E-Transportation Jump-Start: Coalition Seeks to Pave the Way for Electric Vehicles Although the widespread adoption of electric vehicles and their related infrastructure has always suffered from chicken-and-egg syndrome , Nissan and FedEx, along with several utilities and technology companies have formed a coalition to break the stalemate. At a press conference Monday in Washington, D.C., the Electrification Coalition announced its formation as well as a new 130-page report on the dangers of oil dependence, the benefits of electric vehicles, and ways to overcome roadblocks that have kept these vehicles from being deployed en masse. [More] rss.sciam.com |
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U.S. Electrical Grid Undergoes Massive Transition to Connect to Renewables The U.S. electrical grid is the largest interconnected machine on Earth: 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and 5.5 million miles of local distribution lines, linking thousands of generating plants to factories, homes and businesses. The National Academy of Engineering ranks it as the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century. What it cannot do is support the massive shift to low-carbon power that scientists warn will be needed to avoid catastrophic climate change impacts. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Bad news for crested gibbons, the forgotten apes Crested gibbons are the world's most endangered primates, and the world needs to take action immediately if we are to save these lesser apes from extinction , according to scientists who spoke last week at the International Primatological Society Congress in Kyoto, Japan.There are just seven species of crested gibbon, all of which are endangered. Rarest of the rare is the Hainan gibbon ( Nomascus hainanus ), which numbers just 20 apes living in two family groups on China's Hainan Island. The Hainan gibbon's closest relative is the cao vit gibbon ( N. nasutus nasutus ) from Vietnam, which has about 100 individuals remaining. [More] China - Primate - Hainan - Japan - Species rss.sciam.com |