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Nearly three years ago, Tesla Motors stock opened at $19.40/share, but during the past year, stock prices jumped more than 50%. Now, we all realize that stock prices are highly dependent on the psychology of investors. When the mood is...
Light pollution is one of the biggest sources of pollution worldwide. Because some chemical processes that cleanse the atmosphere only occur in the dark, light pollution prevents these chemical reactions to happen, thus contributing to the chemical pollution throughout the...
When burned, methane emits only half the carbon dioxide coal does, but when released freely into the atmosphere, methane is 20 times more powerful than CO2 as a greenhouse gas, and its contribution to climate change has been estimated...
A team of researchers at the University of Wollongong in Australia has developed a new type of battery that can hold up to 5 times the energy of already traditional lithium ion piles used in camcorders, phones and electric...
A new solar-powered device developed at the Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory (PNNL) by researcher Robert Wegeng could reduce the CO2 emissions of natural gas by up to 20 percent. Basically, what the device does is it takes the heat obtained by concentrating...
It may take 40 more years to decommission the Fukushima power plant, said a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency recently. The damage, they say, is so complex, that it's not possible to predict how long the cleanup...
As part of a reinvention plan, BYD Co, a large Chinese brand with Warren Buffet as an investor, might shift its focus from conventional automobiles to new energy battery models within two years. At one point, BYD had dreams of...
In recent years, more and more vehicles are of the front-wheel drive type, with the Ford Focus being no exception. German firm Schaeffler has elected to convert a Ford Fiesta into a rear-wheel drive, fully-electric car. Utilizing wheel hub motors...
Few items have universal appeal, and when you mention hybrid to some people, they'll automatically think of Toyota Prius. Toyota hybrid vehicles can be so much more, the range including everything from the compact Toyota Prius c to the...
Working under the radar for years, Zinc-Air Inc. is probably a battery company that you've never heard of, but now that they're maybe six months away from marketing a new grid energy storage battery, they're coming out of hiding. Who...