Ever wanted to harness that free energy coming from the Sun and put it into your gadget? If this project succeeds, all you have to do it plug the cord into your window, and the thing will charge! Sounds...
Craig Jacobson, an entrepreneur, scientist, and CEO of startup Point Source Power, has chosen what is usually considered an improbable technology, the fuel cell, as a power source for off-grid villagers in Kenya.
Typically, fuel cells are more expensive than...
A team of scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was granted $1 million by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative, to study changes in the carbon cycle due to food, consumed by marine microbes.
The method,...
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is known as the largest unintentional environmental disaster in history, with around 210 million gallons of Louisiana sweet crude spilled in the Gulf.
It took nearly 3 months to...
This year’s AERO Global Show for General Aviation held in Friedrichshafen, Germany has witnessed the launching of the world’s fastest solar-driven two-seater aircraft – the Sunseeker Duo. The Solar Flight-designed plane is a refresh of 1990’s Sunseeker I which...
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science by a team from University of Illinois, found that the reason for the famous bee colony collapse disorder, and disappearance of bee families, is caused by the...
We wouldn't expect this to hit the road any time soon , but when F1 engineers get ahold of the Renault Twizy supercompact electric vehicle, the results are pretty impressive.
Really, a lot of race technology finds its way into...
With maintenance and refueling costs on the rise, electric vehicles could make sense as taxis, but the limited range of most puts them out of the running. Tesla Model S, on the other hand, could be the perfect replacement...
There are plenty of moves by the US government that have controversial, bailing out General Motors and Chrysler is one of them. Should Fisker Automotive have this same consideration?
Large automobile manufacturers like General Motors and Chrysler were hanging...
Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere are expected to raise up to 400ppm by mid-May for a first time in human history, according to estimates of NOAA-operated Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
According to climatologists and geochemists, if the...
