Discovering the ultimate technique for sequestrating carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, has become the main aim of numerous scientific teams. First, there were the soil scientists, then the geo-engineers, now it is time for the geologists to jump in....
If you are one of these people sitting there thinking that by installing solar panels you are doing a good thing for the environment, you might actually be wrong. According to a US-based non-profit group, a great number of...
It's been said that the next big thing is a better battery. However, researchers at Queensland University of Technology in Australia and Rice University in Houston beg to disagree. The research team developed a flexible supercapacitor, one that can...
According to today’s press release, Imergy Power Systems already has over two hundred flow battery installations worldwide. Hawaii Energy Research Systems has filed for the first US contracts using Imergy Power Systems recovered-vanadium flow batteries.
Imergy Power Systems’ flow battery...
The packaging industry might be heading towards a sustainable revolution, as more and more ideas and advances in the field of smart packaging are popping up. Strangely enough, the problem with introducing unconventional products is not so much related to...
While eating local is a fuzzy idea, the Urban Cultivator takes the cake in any definition of eating local because you grow your own food right in a cabinet in your kitchen.
You hear the doctor or your mom tell...
Emissions from air travel have been a topic of intense discussion over the past couple of years. The number of flights has risen greatly, while not much has been done on cutting down the amount of emissions. In their...
Imagine life without an ATM. Or better yet, imagine life with an ATM that doesn't work. Well, that was the situation for some people in Mpumalanga, South Africa were ATMs went offline for lack of electricity. Thanks to solar...
Hydrogen fuel can indeed be produced via electrolysis, which requires connection to some kind of power source, be it a coal-fired power plant or an array of solar panels, and this raises a question…
“Renewable energy, such as wind power...
New 100% biodegradable and waterproof coating could finally make the packaging industry sustainable. Developed by a team of Australian scientists, the new compound is made using only natural sources.
When you see a large cardboard box, like the ones used...
