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What's Holding Biofuels Back?: By Kevin Bullis | 08/06/2010 | 25 Comments; Startups say reduced mandates for oil companies make it difficult to finance biorefineries.

Porsche with a Plug: By John Voelcker | 08/05/2010 | 10 Comments; The 918 Spyder will be the world's fastest plug-in hybrid.

A Quicker Test for Hybrid Batteries: By Kevin Bullis | 08/04/2010 | 2 Comments; Promising battery technologies often get bogged down in long experiments--a new test could set them loose.

Garbage Trucks Go Green: By Julie Halpert | 08/03/2010 | 1 Comment; A hydraulic hybrid technology lets trucks burn a third less fuel than they normally would.

Genes to Make Hydrocarbon Fuels: By Kevin Bullis | 07/30/2010; The startup LS9 reveals a discovery that could lead to biofuels that would work in conventional engines.

A Boost for Battery Life and Capacity: By Kevin Bullis | 07/28/2010 | 2 Comments; Electric cars could benefit from a new manufacturing method.

Fuel from the Sun: By Nidhi Subbaraman | 07/27/2010 | 11 Comments; The DOE funds a research center aimed at making artificial photosynthesis practical.

A Cheaper Way to Catch CO₂: By Kevin Bullis | 07/23/2010 | 6 Comments; Genetically engineered enzymes are the key to a new carbon-capture method.

Bumpy Coatings for Better Solar Cells: By Katherine Bourzac | 07/22/2010 | 4 Comments; A simple method applies nanoscale texturing over large areas.

U.S. Backs Electric-Car Batteries. Will Drivers Follow?: By Kevin Bullis | 07/21/2010 | 79 Comments; If federally funded factories don't get enough demand, even more government spending could result.

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Jason Pontin | Cambridge, MA

Interesting - I just got a note on FB telling me the service was disabling 3rd party boxes on my profile page. So much for FB as a platform! 09/06/2010 03:45 PM
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carbonmind | Thompsonville, MA

India wants local servers from Google and RIM http://zd.net/dxvOVF 09/06/2010 10:36 AM
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