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Natural gas will help us slow global warming

Natural gas will help us slow global warming

No matter how you drill it, using natural gas as an energy source is, according to a Cornell academic, a smart move in the battle against global climate change and a good transition step on the road toward low-carbon energy from wind, solar and nuclear power.

Technology doping - a new challenge to fair play?

Technology doping - a new challenge to fair play?

We are all aware of the need to rid sport of performance-enhancing drugs, but according to a recent report, engineers might also be giving our top sports men and women an unfair advantage over their competitors. Advances in nanotechnology, 3D printing and biomedical engineering are set to bring about a technological revolution in sport over the next few years, with UK sports engineers at its heart, says the IMechE, whose report was published earlier this week (July 4).

Carbon counting and capture

Carbon counting and capture

A new Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) was formally launched on Monday March 26 2012, under the direction of a World Economic Forum 'Young Global Leader' - the environment expert, Jane Burston.

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