Who watches fracking operations? Not the regulators, apparently!
So, apparently there’s this new method to extract natural gas from deep underground, bringing to the surface sweet fossil fuels. Depending on who you listen to, hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking” for...
People view power generation as an ugly thing, regardless of how green it is. Wind turbines, hydropower stations, even solar panels have met their fair share of haters. This is why, a Japanese professor took on the task to...
There is only one thing better than a facility that can harvest both tidal and wind energy, and that is when this facility is also pleasing to the eye. Oscillating Platforms is exactly that, a beautiful installation that can generate green power...
Are you a fan of caravans, but you feel limited by the need to always sit behind the car wheel when you want to take your shelter to the perfect location? Well, this is no longer a problem. Meet Taku...
The time when solar concentrators can be placed on the surface of windows or cellphone screens, without disturbing their initial purpose, has finally come. A team of scientists from Michigan State University (MSU) developed a transparent and colourless solar...
There is something sacred about the unique relationship between the morning coffee and the printed newspaper, which no website can recreate. Unfortunately, this comes at the price of generating huge amount of waste, and the one who pays is...
Boston based start-up has developed a small scale nuclear reactor, or a nuclear thermal battery as they call it, which has the potential to produce enough electricity to power 2,000 homes. It can function on multiple fuel sources, and its...
How would you feel if your local government decides to remove parking spots and convert them into bike lanes? Apparently, it is only a matter of how the proposal is presented to you, and the city planners of Montreal...
One of the greatest limitations of lithium-ion, or for that matter any other metal-based battery, regardless of how perfectly it is made, is the inevitable formation of dendrites. Scientists from Cornell University, however, claim that in a space of no...
Converting fossil fuels into hydrogen seems to be picking up quite a speed, with scientists looking for ways to make use of the petrol-producing facilities and turn them into hydrogen refill stations. The technique, which is now being explored,...
