Energy Efficient Organic LEDs Made from Salmon DNA
Researchers at the University of Connecticut have used salmon DNA to develop next-gen LED bulbs.
Sainsbury's Using Parking Cars' Kinetic Energy to Power Up
Sainsbury's, from Gloucester, UK, is the first supermarket to use the kinetic energy coming from the cars entering their parking lot to (partially) power their shop.
Passivhaus: German-Style Superefficient and Superinsulated Home
Passivhaus is a German concept of a home that needs very little heating or cooling, because it is so well insulated that it could basically be built on martian surface. There are more then 20,000 of these Passivhaus homes worldwide, many of them being buildings, kindergartens and office spaces.
Biodegradable UFO-like Plates for Cleaner Picnics
UFO (Unidentified Feeding Object) plates are picnic plates which can be disposed after usage by launching them into the bushes, exactly like a frisbee. The most interesting thing about these plates is the fact that they can provide food for birds, squirrels or rodents.
European Supergrid Concept of Using Green Energy
Even if it may sound like science fiction, the vision of the European Union is to be able to power the entire Continent with Green Energy: from solar panels to wind and wave turbines, from geothermal to hydroelectric power stations.
Helmholtz Principle-Based Innovation Reduces Aircraft Consumption by 20%
Scientists discovered a new method to reduce an airliner's consumption and fuel costs by redirecting the air to waggle sideways around the wings. They are doing this with tiny air powered jets, making the air flow back and forth over the wing.
Robotic Fish Detecting Water Pollution
A team of researchers at the University of Essex has received European funds worth 2.5 million pounds to complete a project to construct a robotic fish shaped like Carp able to monitor the pollution from ports.
Google Releases Free Energy Monitoring Software
Google announced free software that allows users to monitor their home electricity use and mitigate the effects of global warming, without paying anything extra for the effort.
Obama Changes US to Green
A long time ago, President Obama announced his agenda as very different from what we are used to. He lets us see that US economy can not only not lose, but also win from keeping environmental policies at the front.
Study: Salt Water Can Keep the Injected CO2 Underground
We are now trying to bury the CO2, get rid of it somehow, and if fossil fuels came from down below, we think that by sending CO2 from where it came, we will solve the problem partially. And that may be true, regarding that sometimes the patchy solutions are best. So, let's try to patch our trouble.
