Wildlife conservationists are gearing up for a battle with the Obama administration over the future of bald and golden eagles.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of birds are killed every year when they fly into gigantic wind turbine blades. It’s...
BMW's finally released the specifications of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle , and they're sure to please. The price will boggle you, though.
Could the BMW i8 be one of those guilty pleasures without the guilt? I'll admit...
Tesla Motors stock continues to rise, $156 at the time of this writing, which is good news for the company, but doesn't reflect some confusing numbers released for second-quarter earnings.
On the other hand, during a Tesla Motors conference call...
It is interesting to note that, in the EU, 50% of all electric vehicles are made by Renault.
Allied with Nissan, Renault has sold nearly 30,000 electric vehicles globally, which doesn't seem like much in the overall picture, but Béatrice...
One of the major factors that have enabled the development and commercialization of advanced powertrain systems, such as hydrogen fuel cells, has been federal backup, via grants, loans, and incentives.
One might think that, after spectacular failures, such as A123...
Is there a ''quick fix' for increasing carbon emissions? Apparently yes, according to German scientists. Their research published in the latest issue of the journal Earth System Dynamics suggests that a short term solution to climate change is to...
Scientists from University of Stanford published a review of climate research, as part of a report on climate change in the latest issue of Science.
Taking into account factors that affect various ecosystems, Noah Diffenbaugh, an associate professor of environmental Earth system...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, long known for his support of and involvement in endeavors seemingly straight of out science fiction novels, has bankrolled his most innovative project yet.
The financial supporter of the world's first lab-grown hamburger has been revealed...
Electric vehicles can really put electrical and electronic systems to the test, requiring high voltage and high power components that will deliver performance without destroying themselves.
In general, alternating-current electric motors deliver better performance than direct-current motors, depending...
A team of experts at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) towards the Department of Energy gathered data from installed or currently under construction solar facilities, to produce a comprehensive list of key land use requirements for solar power...
