A study published in Nature Communications last week, reveals an innovative method for cleaning up micron-sized oil droplets from water.
The team of Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Tsinghua, Pekin and Beihang Universities, designed structured cone...
The City University of New York (CUNY), Energy Institute, developed a new highly efficient zinc-manganese rechargeable battery. The invention is funded by the Energy Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E), and it will be manufactured in a new facility...
While President Obama is carefully laying out big plans for tackling climate change and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, a powerful power plant is continuously burning coal and diesel fuel oil just two miles away from the White House.
The...
Since its inception, the 'Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation' has invested more than $26.1 billion in various health and education campaigns, with efforts directed towards both developed and developing nations.
With more than 1,100 employees, the aim they have is...
A study published in the latest issue of Science suggests that changes in climate have influenced the global carbon cycle. The evidence was gathered from the high latitudes in the Northern hemisphere, where the changes in the seasonal flux...
Despite per capita energy consumption staying pretty stable over the past thirty years, the way Americans use energy is changing drastically.
Even with all the fancy appliances, gadgets, and electronics we have at our fingertips now, heating and cooling are...
Last week, we mentioned Tesla Motors' push into China, the fastest-growing automobile market in the world, but they have quite a battle ahead of them if they're going to do business, there.
Of course, there's no doubt that Tesla Motors...
Fuel economy, has been in the news a lot lately, with increasing emissions regulations and the automakers' technological advancements to meet them.
Then, when the automobiles, in real-world situations, don't meet up to the EPA fuel economy ratings, imagine the...
Toyota is already a household name when it comes to hybrid vehicles, but not everyone wants what could be viewed as another ho-hum hybrid.
What about people interested in performance? If anyone can balance a hybrid vehicle system to the...
A revolutionary technology called "electric road" is being tested in the South Korean city Gumi. The system allows public buses to recharge their electric batteries as they travel.
The cables buried underneath the tracks power the vehicles through a non-contact magnetic charging...
