14-09-04 Four UK nuclear reactors that were shut down for safety reasons may not be back online until the end of the year, EDF Energy has said. 英国电网集团称，四座核发电厂因安全原因被关停，可能到今年年底才会重新开机。 The reactors at the Heysham 1 and Hartl...

14-08-27 Existing power plants around the world will pump out more than 300 billion tons of carbon dioxide over their expected lifetimes, significantly adding to atmospheric levels of the climate-warming gas, according to UC Irvine and Princeton University s...

14-05-16 Technicians have finished installing solar panels on the White House roof, capping a project that President Obama hopes will send a signal that renewable energy is feasible and environmentally shrewd. 白宫屋顶太阳能电池板安装工程已经完工，美国总统奥...

14-04-28 Chinese president Xi Jinping has reiterated core socialist values , urging deep understanding and comprehensive implementation of the moral doctrine nationwide. 中共中央总书记习近平强调社会主义核心价值观，要求全面学习和弘扬社会主义核心价值观道德准则...

14-04-28 China's public and media are praising the central government's recent order to its departments to disclose their power lists -- registers of their administrative approvals. 中央政府近日下令让各部门公开各自的权力清单行政审批事项清单，此举获得了公众和...

14-03-13 Landscape with Translucent Moon Jennifer Atkinson Palm trees, like old pilings, tip in the sand toward the Maldive Islands still. The moon, a slice of green coconut, floats in a sky streaky（有条纹的） with cloud. Eight winters after the tsunami hit...

14-03-12 As energy costs rise, more Americans are turning to bioenergy to provide power to their homes and workplaces. Bioenergy is renewable energy made from organic sources, such as biomass. Technology has advanced enough that biomass power plants small en...

14-02-28 A sheep was once forced to submit to much harm from the other animals. He therefore appeared before Jupiter, and begged him to lessen（减少） his misery. Jupiter appeared willing, and said to the sheep, I see plainly, my pious（虔诚的） creature, th...

14-01-18 The capacitors（电容） of electronic circuits function something like batteries -- storing electrical charge that can be quickly dumped to power devices like camera flashes. So-called supercapacitors take the energy-storing abilities of capacitors a...

14-01-09 A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a new type of battery that could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar far more economical and...