China's feedback mechanism started doing its job this week, as their government has issued a timetable for oil companies to clean up their fuel so it becomes less polluting. However, the law will only be enforced four years from...
France's own nuclear safety institute (IRSN) has published a study in which they assess the financial losses in case of a nuclear power plant accident. The paper says it would cost them about 430 bln euros, or $580 bln....
Heilbronn House is a three story home designed by KM Architektur which boasts sustainable features such as a passive solar design, solar water heating and a geothermal energy system as well as being built using sustainable materials such as...
Viteos SA, a Swiss energy company, in conjunction with project development company Nolaris are planning construction of three floating laboratories on the Lake Neuchâtel, to be powered with solar energy.
The laboratories would serve to show how efficient concentrated solar...
Researchers at the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have set a goal, “to target the key innovations necessary to accelerate the rate of adoption for electric drive vehicles. In addition, our efforts are focused on scenarios...
Good news for cyclist and pedestrians, tomorrow's vehicles might have airbags! Wait, don't most vehicles come with airbags these days? Of course, airbags in a modern vehicle are a major part of an entire safety system designed to protect...
![Toyota Hybrid Nickel-Metal Hydride [NiMH] Rechargeable Battery Pack](https://i0.wp.com/www.greenoptimistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1024px-Ni-MH_Battery_02.jpg?resize=681%2C380&ssl=1 "Toyota Recycles Hybrid Batteries for Micro-Grid Applications")
The power grid, for the most part, wasn't designed with too many fail-safes, and the aging infrastructure shows this weakness every time there is a storm or excessive demand. Blackouts and brownouts, though, can be at least minimized or...
Although wind turbines do not appear to have changed much over the years, the technology behind them has gotten considerably more sophisticated. This has led to the increase in the amount of electricity wind turbines can generate and has...
The rates of asthma in children in urban areas are growing. A study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health have determined that early exposure to certain components of air pollution increase the risk of developing...
Using an organic polymer, Fujifilm Corp developed an organic thermoelectric conversion material and claims the material demonstrates the highest thermoelectric conversion efficiency in the world.
Fujifilm demonstrated its new device at Nanotech 2013 in Tokyo on February 1.
Rumor has it...
