The latest issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie published a study that reveals a new cheap material that can be used in electrodes of electrochemical cells. The material discovered by a team of Korean and American scientists is based on...
Air quality can now be monitored in real-time through smartphone devices using small fleet of portable pollution sensors. The invention is developed by scientists at University of California, San Diego.
CitiSense is the first ever air-monitoring system that can potentially...
Ironically, the National Coal Museum in the United Kingdom is now powered by solar panels. Yes, the birth place of the coal-powered industrial revolution is powered by solar panels.
The National Coal Mining Museum in south Wales’ Big Pit in...
The global alternative energy sector is in a depression. Alternative energy investments aren't looking so good, and the private and public sectors around the world have lost billions of dollars. According to experts, hydraulic fracturing, or fracking as it is called,...
One of the key challenges in our brave new world is creating a sustainable water supply for the ever growing global population – a population that has surpassed 7 billion and keeps expanding.
Experts recognize this issue must be met...
Evaporative cooling was the brainchild of Ron Judkoff, a Peace Corp volunteer working in Senegal in the 1970s. Judkoff is now the director of Buildings and Thermal Systems at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Judkoff...
In recent years, there have been many innovations in the area of fuel efficiency in aviation, from the blended wing aircraft through to the turboprop. Airlines in general have more reasons to tap into greener aircraft and possibly idle-land...
It seems the UK is fascinated by backyard offices and garden sheds, with the new Shoffice a typical example. Built by Platform 5 Architects, Shoffice is a combination of "shed" and "office".
The London firm say that they were inspired...
Climate change has been studied in its effect on various human activities, including agriculture, health, water supplies, and of course, the weather. Effects on the power grid, though, haven't been scrutinized as thoroughly until a recent study completed by...
As alternative fuel and electric vehicle buffs, we always look forward to the auto show circuits, every year giving us a taste of what automakers have designed that could very well change the future of driving. Years ago, hybrid...
