In this issue of Neuron, Giménez-Cassina et al. (2012) show that fuel utilization by neuronal mitochondria, controlled by the Bcl-2 family member BAD, defines response to seizures. Control of K(ATP) channels by mitochondrial metabolism might be a target for antiepileptic therapies.

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) manifest a unique metabolism that is intimately linked to their pluripotent state. In this issue, Moussaieff et al. (2015) find that ESCs utilize glycolysis to fuel high rates of cytosolic acetyl-CoA synthesis to maintain the histone acetylation required for pluripotency.

global air pollution is a serious threat caused by excessive use of fossil fuels for transportation. despite the fact that diesel fuel is a big environmental pollutant as it contains different hydrocarbons, sulphur and crude oil residues, it is yet regarded as a highly critical fuel due to its wide applications. nowadays, biodiesel as a renewable additive is blended with diesel fuel to achieve ...

With ever growing concerns on energy crisis and environmental issues, alternative clean and energy efficient vehicles are favoured for public applications. Internal combustion engine(ICE)-powered series hybrid buses and fuel cell (FC) hybrid buses, respectively as a near-term and long-term strategy, have a very promising application prospect. The series hybrid vehicle utilizes an ICE/FC as the ...

This paper reports a modelling work on the existing experimental data of single coal particles combustion process [1,2]. Two kinds of coal particles (a high-volatile bituminous coal / a lignite coal) are injected in a drop-tube furnace, ignited and burned in quiescent O2/N2 and O2/CO2 atmospheres with oxygen mole fraction varying from 20% to 100%. Ignition delay time, particle life time and par...

MAY 2003 AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY | T he number and extent of wildfires in the western United States each season are driven by natural factors such as fuel availability, temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity, and the location of lightning strikes, as well as anthropogenic factors. It is well known that climate fluctuations significantly affect these natural factors, and thus the sev...