Sentences with phrase «widespread use of alternative»

The Basic Research Needs report, published by the Department of Energy September 2012, describes the state of the science and the research needed to overcome current roadblocks to widespread use of alternative energy technologies.

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Most existing thermoelectric devices are based on rare, expensive and unstable materials such as bismuth telluride, making them unsuitable for widespread use in energy generation — but Peidong Yang «s team at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a cheap alternative in silicon.

Susan Gould Fogerite, director of research for the Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the School of Health Related Professions, said that although there is widespread evidence that yoga is being used as a form of exercise by those with MS, much of the feedback has been anecdotal and there isn't much empirical data regarding its safety and efficacy.

More research is needed to see if this novel use of atmospheric gases as an alternative energy source is more widespread in Antarctica and elsewhere, the scientists say.

I think that one of the few negative effects of the widespread awareness of the problems with bisphenol - A is the safety many people feel when using BPA - free alternatives.

[2] In Australia, complementary and alternative natural health approaches are even more widespread: almost 70 % of the population uses one or more alternative approach to healthcare.

Nearly half of fast food wrappers tested contained PFAS chemicals — showing widespread use of these chemicals, but also broad adoption of alternatives.

The widespread use of the HFC blends would also put the United States on a different transition pathway than many other countries implementing national policies to encourage a more rapid transition to the lowest - GWP alternatives, and threaten to undermine U.S. leadership toward an ambitious global HFC phase down.

Nevertheless, the growth in the training and provision of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods to resolve conflicts by a number of professional bodies and institutions has led to widespread use by practitioners in a variety of disciplines including lawyers.