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Bishop pine trees are very particular species found to grow in only a few locations in the world- Santa Cruz Island, Santa Rosa Island, and on one island off Baja California, as well as in some small areas in...
The U.N. weather agency reported that an area of Arctic sea ice with the size of the territory of the U.S has melted this year. This is considered as a clear indication that climate change is real and happening. During...
Kerosene lamps are known to be the main source of light for many households in most developing nations. A study conducted by researchers at UC Barkeley and University of Illinois, however, found that these lamps, although very much needed,...
Concerns on too much of water consumption during hydraulic fracturing have been pushing oil companies in recycling water, which in turn costs them much time and expenses. Fortunately, an alternative has been developed to use salt water instead. A drilling...
Based on a computer model developed by MIT engineers, it is possible to capture a broad spectrum of sunlight  using a very thin film (about 6 Angstroms) of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) that is poked with a microscopic needle at...
Thousands of homes in the US have already benefited from localized solar installations, and with the help of tax incentives, perhaps millions more could do the same. But, some may balk, even with incentives, solar installations are expensive up...
Thousands of electric vehicles have been sold in the US, all with the same problem, range and expense. True, current battery technology, lithium-ion has come leaps and bounds past its predecessors, nickel-metal hydride and nickel-cadmium ...
A team of researchers at Michigan State University have developed a new type of thermoelectric material by using common materials found in dirt. The researchers developed this material using what they know about tetrahedrites, one of the most abundant...
Researchers at Rice University, led by James Tour, have created single-surface material for electronics and energy storage. The Rice team has developed a seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid that just might be the most successful electrode interface possible. Tour and his team...
One of the world's growing problems, not only in developing countries, is access to clean drinking water. Over ¾ billion people could benefit from a partnership between Coca-Cola Corporation and Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway. Kamen's company DeKa,...