The field of solar power and photovoltaic cells has developed enormously over the past decade, providing opportunities for even greater innovations.
One of these is presented in the latest issue of Advanced Materials, a team from the Jawaharlal Nehru Center...
A new report issued by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) suggests that a tax reform could provide various opportunities to promote energy efficiency. In addition, the report proposes a number of crucial changes that should be...
AccliPhot, the new EU consortium based at the University of Aberdeen, has all the right ingredients to find a way to reduce the growing consumption of coal and replace it with renewable energy sources.
Scientists are now searching for potential...
The problem with New York City and other similar older cities is that they are just not set up to deal with so much rain. Having paved most of the city, there is little ground left to soak storm...
A new geoengineering scheme to stop global warming was recently proposed by David Keith, a professor of applied physics at Harvard University and a leading expert on energy technology. His plan is quite far from implementation because of the...
In order to optimize any future energy development, China should integrate nuclear or renewable energy so that they bring down to a minimum the use of high-carbon energy resources. A recent study published in the first issue for the...
The Hong Kong government is planning to put a HK$1 levy on each bottle to help defray the cost of local recycling. According to the proposal by the government, the levy would apply to water and juice bottles as...
Unwanted wine glasses can now be turned into lovely LED lamps thanks to the Canadian designer Tat Chao. The "bipolar" lamps are created from two champagne flutes or wine glasses with detached bases that are joined together at their...
The Federal Fisheries Service in White Plains, New York has released a statement that concludes continued operation of two suburban New York nuclear plants will have a detrimental effect on two different species of sturgeon, but the sturgeon is...
San Francisco’s ban on plastic bags is having major repercussions on public health, according to professors at the University of Pennsylvania and George Mason University.
San Francisco has been at the global forefront in the ban on the use of...
