Self-Healing Concrete Could Save Money and be Safer
The beauty of concrete as a construction material is its strength under compression, but over time, with exposure to sun and rain, traditional concrete...
Somalia Rapidly Becoming a Desert Due to Deforestation
Somalia is in trouble. Already an impoverished and war-torn country, Somalia is experiencing massive country-wide deforestation at an alarming rate. Population explosion and urbanization...
“Cap-and-trade” Program Cuts Down California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This coming Wednesday, California is going to go one step further in their fight against climate change. The state is hosting the first ever...
Mine Waste Holds Potential To CO2 Storage
Mine waste has unexplored greenhouse gas trapping potential with a great economic value. According to Michael Hitch, a mining engineer and geologist at University...
Serendipitous Sugar Discovery Revolutionizes the Foundry Industry
The foundry industry, which predates Greek and Roman history, has been invaluable in advancing human civilization and has a technological and cultural significance that...
Carbon Stored in Soil to Rise Again, Study Says
After discovering that soil erosion can actually store some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, acting as a carbon sink, a recent discovery reveals that...
China’s Future “Great City” to be Eco-Friendly and Completely Sustainable
China, not a country to do anything on a small scale, is planning to begin an 8-year-long construction project on the Chengdu Tianfu District...
Infographic: Public Transportation is Better for Your Health and the Environment!
When considering your daily commute, have you ever gone beyond the financial or environmental aspect of your choices? We already know that taking public...
Phosphine-Functionalized Resins Capturing Gold From Wastewater
The extraction of toxic but valuable metals such as nickel, chromium, lead, and mercury, from wastewaters produced in various industries such as semiconductor and...
Cool Planet’s New Process Yields Cheap Carbon-Negative Biogasoline
Most of the emphasis of biofuel synthesis has been on carbon-neutral programs. Put simply, the amount of carbon-dioxide removed from the atmosphere, by...
