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International Standards Emerge for EV Charging Systems


The automobile market is an international market. Cars made around the world are all sold around the world. It therefore makes sense for there to be standards, such as fuel use, so that the same cars can function properly in each country. As electri…

International Standards Emerge for EV Charging Systems


The automobile market is an international market. Cars made around the world are all sold around the world. It therefore makes sense for there to be standards, such as fuel use, so that the same cars can function properly in each country. As electri…

Getting Instant Cash…Off the Grid


Many of us in the West take for granted our state-of-the-art banking systems, which make it very easy to deposit and withdraw cash. Every little town has a bank, and in the city there is practically one around the corner. Unfortunately, not every cou…

Major Apartment Air Quality Issue: Tobacco Smoke


One of the reasons that smoking has been banned in so many places in cities like New York is because the population density is so high. There are people everywhere you look, many of whom feel their right to privacy is violated by someone else’s smoke …

Mapping the Nebraska Grasslands for Biofuel Potential


At the moment, America’s number one crop for producing biofuel is corn. However, naturally growing plants like switchgrass also have great potential as a biofuel crop because they do not require much, if any, inputs such as watering, fertilizing, or p…

American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery Technology


One of the primary concerns with owning an electric vehicle is cost of the battery, the range it offers, and the time it takes to recharge. Those concerns will be significantly lessoned with the development of a new lithium-ion battery. Designed by s…

Illinois Researchers Identify Promising New Biofuel


Biofuel production has ratcheted up to become a major part of America’s energy and agricultural industries. Corn, or maize, is by far the most widely grown crop to be converted into ethanol. However, the dominance of maize in the biofuel industry is …

The Future of Trucking is Electric


Trucking has become the most common mode for transporting goods across the land. However, all those trucks on the road burning diesel fuel can create a great deal of air pollution. Plus, higher gas prices cause increases in the prices of goods. Now …

Finding Nature’s Speed Limit


The speed of light is considered to be the limit at which no object can go faster. But here on Earth, nature has its own speed limit which affects its fastest creatures every day. The speed at which an animal can go, and human aircraft for that matte…

China Sets Historic Limits on GHG Emissions from Select Regions


China is starting to get on board with the international push to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Last week, China’s authoritarian government ordered five cities and two provinces to institute limits on GHG emissions. These areas will now have to …