The environmental satellite The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) is now fully transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), by NASA.
Initially a product of the partnership between NASA and NOAA, Suomi NPP provides scientists with extensive environmental...
The U.S. and Russia are two of the five countries in the world inhabited by polar bears. At a conference in Bangkok this week, the two countries will present a global treaty to protect this endangered species.
According to Jeffrey...
The latest innovation in energy harvesting comes from the technology company Danfoss PolyPower. The material is a sports sensor technology, which uses electrostatic film to measure force and stance, when worn during sport activities.
The material can monitor performance, providing...
In a recent experiment involving four robo-trucks in Japan, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization was able to realize a 15% increase in fuel efficiency. One way to increase fuel efficiency is to reduce drag, which...
Velkess, a startup run by Bill Gray, uses fiberglass on a lightweight frame to prove his cheaper kinetic energy recovery system can work in something like a renewable home installation.
When you think about clean, renewable, energy for the home, four things likely come to mind,...
In Germany, industrial businesses pay a premium on renewable energy, a tax which seems to be funding the development and and installation of further renewable energy plants and the decommissioning of fossil fuel and nuclear plants.
For German automakers, though,...
Socket is a soccer ball that produces kinetic energy when it is played. It is hoped that the energy produced can help power off-grid areas across the world. That aim is looking quite realistic now as the team behind...
Honda has devised a way, the first process of its kind, to extract the rare earth metals from used batteries and other products, recycling them to be made into new batteries.
Electric and hybrid electric vehicles, in themselves are, without a doubt, cleaner vehicles....
Electric public transportation, of course, is nothing new, and has been used for decades. Current systems, though, are either unsightly, requiring overhead wires to transfer power to the vehicle, or downright dangerous, the third rail.
The latest solution, battery electric...
In 2013, the Arctic is safe from at least one oil company’s drills. Royal Dutch Shell announced on Wednesday that it will not be drilling in the Arctic this year. The announcement is on the heels of many embarrassing...
