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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA and the UK MET have confirmed that the World Broke the Heat Record with extreme weather for 2015. This was the hottest year for global temperatures ever recorded. Temperatures for 2015 were 1.62 F /...
evovelo, a Spanish startup, is joining others in combining cycling and vehicles. Their prototype, the evovelo mö, was recently revealed. The evovelo hybrid tricycle, or velomobile, resembles a small vehicle, with a fully enclosed body and seating room for two....
With oil prices trading at all time lows on the global market top oil exporting countries are investing more resources into alternative energy. Solar and wind power are growing at above average rates in many Middle Eastern countries. At the...
Denmark set a world record in 2015 for using the highest amount of wind power, meeting 42% of their energy needs. This was a 3% rise from 2014. Denmark is well on the way to their goal of  50% of...
There is a new hope for keeping wearable gadgets hooked as long as you like, without even minding of charging them. An NSF sponsored nanoengineering research center, ASSIST or Advanced Self Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors of North Carolina State...
A couple of months ago, rumors surfaced around Tesla Motors possibly introducing a new version of autopilot for their electric cars. As many people groaned in outrage, lamenting the new car they had just picked out, others were overjoyed and...
Toyota Motors Corporation in Chicago, officially announced their return to Super Bowl ads, featuring their 2016 version of the Prius. It was noted, that the Hybrid car laid low with the ads for a quite awhile, but just made their...
As we get older it’s only natural to think about death, our own death. I jokingly have told my son, “just put my body in the back field with the goats and let me rot. I want to be...
What do Beijing, Los Angeles, and New Delhi have in common? Devastating air pollution. Wouldn’t it be great if we had a gigantic vacuum and could suck the pollution out of the air? Artist/Inventor Daan Roosegaarde has invented such...
A scientist from University of California, Berkeley, came up with a bright idea on carbon dioxide reduction by mimicking photosynthesis. This is in the person of Peidong Yang,  a nanomaterials chemist, who focuses his study on a better approach of...