For years, researchers have sought to develop a solar fabric that is wearable. The solar fabric would be pliable, portable, lightweight, wearable, and capable of capturing more of the sun’s energy since it would capture sunlight from multiple angles.
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Even if you can't afford to purchase a fuel efficient vehicle, you can still maximize your fuel efficiency by driving intelligently. Avoiding overspeed, keeping your vehicle maintained, proper tire pressures, and use of accessories can all have a great...
Trash, a common sight in New York City, is actually not nearly as common as in decades earlier. Still, garbage trucks by the hundreds daily haul out tons of the stuff. Of course, this is normal in a city...
In the last few years, electrified, zero emissions buses have become, if not common, at least accepted in cities around the world. One bus line in Milton Keynes, UK, runs a fleet of electric buses that recharge on the...
Waste is not only made up of soda bottles thrown away or discarded newspaper. People are continually changing the environment to suit new purposes or needs. Buildings are thus being put up, torn down or renovated at a constant...
It’s been quite a bit of a surprise watching China practically double its solar target for 2015 at least three times in the past eighteen months. The obvious trend, in that time, is the realization that solar power is...
Raising temperatures might not have as big influence on tree species in the Amazon forest as previously predicted. The latest issue of the journal Ecology and Evolution published a study that reports on tree species that have existed for...
Carmaker BMW is planning on using carbon fiber for the production of passenger cells for its i8 plug-in hybrid-electric car and i3 electric car, in addition to using the material in already-existing models such as the M6, the M5...
Greenhouse gases can now be monitored using automated technology that even works underground. This striking innovation has the unique abilities to function regardless of weather conditions and still use minimal power. The creator is Professor David Risk, of St....
Tokyo Electric Power Co admitted that they have committed “collusion” with industry regulators in relation to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Last year, an earthquake caused a tsunami that damaged the nuclear power plant on the northeast coast of Japan, leading...
