First Ever Man-Made Leaf Generates Oxygen from Water and Light
Humans have not been able to inhabit other planets until now, simply because there has not been a mean to allow plants to grow and...
US and UK Collaborate on Clean Water Initiatives
A new transatlantic collaboration, Clean Water for All, will bring leading water engineers from the United States and the UK together to tackle problems...
Philips Opens World’s Largest Indoor Farming Facility in Holland
GrowWise City Farming Center, the biggest indoor farming facility for research and development, began operation in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, courtesy of Philips.
With the world...
Researcher Finds Method Of Producing Bioplastics From Waste By Training Special Bacteria
A doctoral thesis on the topic of converting agricultural wastes into high-quality bioplastics could reach the first page of newspapers these days. Jean-Paul Meinjen, a researcher at the Technical University of Delft, Netherlands, will be presenting how he actually trained and selected bacteria in an evolutionary process that is not to be neglected by any means.
IMF: Fossil Fuels Subsidized $5.3 trillion in 2015 Alone
An estimate by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reveals that the true cost of fossil fuels is expected to total $5.3 trillion in subsidies...
How Solar XL Can Block the Keystone XL Pipeline in Nebraska
Jim and Chris Carlson know what money can buy, and what it can't. If you don't know these men, you are probably not alone....
Brothers Build Abu Dhabi’s First Viable Recycling Service
Apparently, the United Arab Emirates have a problem with recycling: even if you, as a simple citizen, were to have this initiative, it would...
Powering The Future: Discovery Channel's Newest Show on Alternative Energy Premiering June 17
The 4 hour show is going to be hosted by a specialist in alternative energy: Dr. M. Sanjayan, lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy. Its purpose is to identify how humanity could tap "a clean, limitless, secure energy supply and addressing how it could possibly be delivered."
Top 10 Most Read Articles in 2014
It's that time of the year, so here are the most read pieces of 2014. Hope you enjoy them, as you did each time.
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New Discovery Shows That Spider Silk Conducts 800 Times More Heat
Are you afraid of spiders? Disgusted when running into spider webs? Well, you shouldn't – they actually have great applications, among the latest being...