Willing to contribute to climate change mitigation? Then go on a diet. This is the advice of a group of leading scientists from the UN Economic Commission for Europe. They suggest that adopting the so-called 'demitarian' diet, or in...
Everywhere we read about carbon footprint, and people telling us that we have to do anything and everything possible to reduce it. However, a surprisingly small number of people understand what carbon footprint actually means and how to measure...
The small houses that the Chinese company Winsun New Materials is building may look plain, but they represent a huge breakthrough in rapid construction.
Amazingly, or scarily, enough the company used a giant 22 foot tall 33 foot wide 3D...
Tesla Motors is planning some big developments in the future, and a lot of those changes hinge on the Tesla Gigafactory.
The Tesla Gigafactory, of course, could be Tesla Motors’ key to an affordable mass-market electric vehicle. Currently, Tesla Model...
With the energy future, mainly wind power vs hydraulic fracturing (fracking), of the United Kingdom in play, the same game between the politicians (read: big money) and the public good is being played out.
Wind power is overwhelmingly and consistently...
According to the Fifth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, mitigating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions has several side effects, one of which is improving air quality.
For decades, under the Clean Air Act in the United...
Solar power has established solid grounds in Africa with numerous projects picking up speed, being backed up by Google and other major investors. Now, the time has come for wind to receive the well-deserved attention, with Africa's biggest wind...
With warnings about climate change firing from all directions, it is about the right time we all start considering alternative technologies to generate energy. Needless to say, it would be best if we roll up our sleeves and get...
The tech giant Google is by far the biggest supporter of green energy. To date, the company has invested in numerous projects, from producing biofuels, investing in wind power and solar projects, all the way to exploring geothermal power resources.
And...
Wireless charging of electronics has just been brought one step closer to becoming reality, thanks to researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, South Korea.
The team managed to improve in the already widely known work by...
