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  Powerful Ideas: River Turbines Could Electrify New York City

  Floating docks could provide clean energy and new space for parks, researchers now propose.

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  Electricity Harvested From Trees

  New devices can be powered by electricity from trees.

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  Powerful Ideas: Reducing China's Carbon Emissions a Breeze

  China is now the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, the most important global warming pollutant.

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  Powerful Ideas: To Hot Rocks in Earth, Just Add Water

  A major study will help determine the future of geothermal energy.

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  Powerful Ideas: Cars Could Run on Watermelons

  Sugar from watermelons could be a sweet deal for your car.

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  Powerful Ideas: Bacteria Clean Sewage and Create Electricity

  Batteries made with microbes could help generate power by cleaning up organic waste at the same time.

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  Microbe Metabolism Harnessed to Produce Fuel

  Genetic engineering used to manipulate microbes to produce biofuels.

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  More Wind Power: Not So Simple

  Getting more energy from the wind may require some extra ingenuity.

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  Powerful Ideas: Spray-On Solar Cells

  Nano-inks could allow for spray-on solar cells.

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  Powerful Ideas: Wind Turbine Blades Change Shape

  A wind turbine that adapts to windy conditions may harness more energy.

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  Seawater May Someday Power Jets

  The ocean may hold the largest source of power.

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  Powerful Ideas: Beer Waste Makes Fuel

  After beer is made, the waste from breweries could help generate power, researchers now suggest.

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  Computer Game Aims to Offer Real Energy Solutions

  Thought experiment will focus the creative genius of hundreds of scientists.

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  Powerful Ideas: Fungus Sex Forced for Fuel

  Scientists hope to breed fungus that can help the environment.

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  Fleet of 'Cloud Ships' Could Cool Climate

  Wind-powered fleet of 1,900 ships would crisscross the oceans, sucking up sea water and spraying it skyward.

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  Powerful Ideas: Shrimp Cocktail Helps Make Biodiesel

  Scientists are turning to shrimp shells to help save the environment.

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  How to Really Save Energy

  Rather than just re-invent the energy wheel, we should all grease the ones we have, a new study suggests.

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  Powerful Ideas: Chicken Feathers Could Store Fuel

  Chicken feathers may help hydrogen cars go the extra mile.

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  Powerful Ideas: Military Develops 'Cybug' Spies

  Scientists can already control the flight of real moths using implanted devices.

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  Powerful Ideas: Alcohol Could Run Artificial Muscles

  Artificial muscles driving the robots or prosthetic limbs of the future might be powered by the kind of alcohol that can make people blind.

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  Electric Airplane Sets Speed Record

  The electric SkySpark flew for 8 minutes and hit a top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h) on June 10, 2009.