Nanoengineered Material Applications in Electronics, Biology, and Energy Harnessing

2017 ◽  
pp. 349-386
Author(s):  
Daniel S. Choi ◽  
Zhikan Zhang ◽  
Naresh Pachauri
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harnessing

scholarly journals Energy, genes and evolution: introduction to an evolutionary synthesis

2013 ◽  
Vol 368 (1622) ◽  
pp. 20120253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Lane ◽  
William F. Martin ◽  
John A. Raven ◽  
John F. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Evolutionary Synthesis ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Major Transitions ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Energy Harnessing ◽  
Emergence Of Life ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Planetary Habitability ◽  
Origin Of Eukaryotes

Life is the harnessing of chemical energy in such a way that the energy-harnessing device makes a copy of itself. No energy, no evolution. The ‘modern synthesis’ of the past century explained evolution in terms of genes, but this is only part of the story. While the mechanisms of natural selection are correct, and increasingly well understood, they do little to explain the actual trajectories taken by life on Earth. From a cosmic perspective—what is the probability of life elsewhere in the Universe, and what are its probable traits?—a gene-based view of evolution says almost nothing. Irresistible geological and environmental changes affected eukaryotes and prokaryotes in very different ways, ones that do not relate to specific genes or niches. Questions such as the early emergence of life, the morphological and genomic constraints on prokaryotes, the singular origin of eukaryotes, and the unique and perplexing traits shared by all eukaryotes but not found in any prokaryote, are instead illuminated by bioenergetics. If nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution, nothing in evolution makes sense except in the light of energetics. This Special Issue of Philosophical Transactions examines the interplay between energy transduction and genome function in the major transitions of evolution, with implications ranging from planetary habitability to human health. We hope that these papers will contribute to a new evolutionary synthesis of energetics and genetics.

Potential of Pine Needle Biomass as an Alternative Fuel to Mitigate Forest Fire in Uttarakhand Himalayas - A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (02) ◽  
pp. 192-203
Author(s):  
Padam Singh ◽  
T. P. Singh ◽  
Rajat Kumar Sharma ◽  
Yogesh Kumar Negi ◽  
Ramesh Pal
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Forest Fire ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
Pine Needle ◽  
Direct Combustion ◽  
Energy Harnessing

Pine needle is a typical biomass which is abundantly available in Uttarakhand hills. This shredded biomass contributes significantly in forest fire occurring regularly in Uttarakhand. Different energy harnessing routes as direct combustion, anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis, gasification, and briquetting for pine needle were reviewed. These routes were further compared on the basis of energy consumption and energy efficiency of the processes as per the available literature. The review suggested that briquetting of pine needle and its anaerobic digestion are two most energy efficient methods having energy efficiency of 88% and 41.6%, respectively. The estimated energy required for briquetting of 1 ton pine needle was 1370.5 MJ, whereas for gasification it was 1170 MJ

Review on the Potential of a Tidal Energy Harnessing System in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
P. V. S. Hari Prashanth ◽  
Hadi Nabipour Afrouzi ◽  
Chin-Leong Wooi ◽  
Kamyar Mehranzamir ◽  
San Chuin Liew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tidal Energy ◽  
Energy Harnessing

scholarly journals The co-evolution of life and organics on earth: Expansions of energy harnessing

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Guo-Xin Sun ◽  
Song-Can Chen ◽  
Gang Li ◽  
Xiao-Ming Li ◽  
Long-Jun Ding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evolution Of Life ◽  
Energy Harnessing
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