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Solar-powered refrigerators will go completely off the grid if a certain team of Australian researchers has anything to do with it. They have recently won the Australian Museum's Eureka Prizes for their breakthrough with a salt-based material that can store...
New compact dishwasher uses minimal amount of water and requires no electricity while doing the dishes in just a minute. Dishwashers are the one and only kitchen appliance, which make sense not only in terms of protecting the environment by saving...
Weather patterns are endlessly complicated, a fact that stands in the way of climate change awareness. Year after year, despite all the mounting evidence and expert testimony, people are still reluctant to take responsibility for their role in the global...
Is Antarctica melting? Yes, and in fact, it is melting at a higher rate than other masses of ice around the world. Antarctica has been around for fifteen million years, but if humans do not stop burning fossil fuels, the...
Caltech institutions's newly invented 'Artificial leaf' is a highly efficient stand-alone photoelectrochemical (PEC) device which can split water into hydrogen and oxygen using sun light. "The first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen and pollution free," ex-President...
Scientists developed solar cells that turn to face the sun on their own, without a need of expensive solar tracking system. The technology is inspired by the art of the Japanese kirigami. New developments in the field of solar cells are...
Bees have faced a number of environmental problems over the last several years, starting with the mysterious colony collapse disorder. Now pollution from climate change will further add to this important insects' problems, as ground-level ozone makes flowers' scent molecules...
Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev signed an order requiring that all the country's fueling stations include chargers for electric vehicles. According to The Moscow Times, the chargers will need to be installed by November of 2016. The country hopes to incentivize...
Researchers in Germany have found a way to use carbon nanotubes to heat cars in cold weather, meaning that electric vehicle batteries won't be responsible for providing that extra energy. That means more miles driven before charging and since the...
Scientists have developed the most efficient hybrid solar cell to date, which produces electricity from both heat and light. The concept of hybrid solar cells have been around for quite some time, with various scientific teams around the world trying...