According to a recent study, greenhouse gas emissions increase as the economy rises, but don't seem to fall as drastically when the economy falters. Richard York, of University of Oregon, reviewed 48 years of data from more than...
Hydrogen as a power source has been under on-and-off development and use in various sectors since the 1900s, but has its own special considerations when it comes to storage and use.
The high reactivity of H2 makes it an...
Cut down your electricity cost, change light bulbs once every 40 years and virtually nothing to dispose of. It might sound too good to be true, but Firefly LED in Austin, Texas, state otherwise.
The ranges of “Smart LED” bulbs,...
Robust, cheap and with high energy-storage capacity- this is the description of the desired Li-ion rechargeable batteries. In some countries, however, in order to build them, industries have to pay very high import costs.
Researchers in Japan think they have...
While some people invest millions to clean up the mess we produce and store here on Earth, others are already moving on to cleaning up the space. According to a US patent application, submitted on 27th of September by...
Ford Motor Company's latest hybrid offering, the 2013 C-MAX, came on the market in September 2012. Its most-direct rival, the Toyota Prius V, outsold it by 70%, which doesn't sound like great news, but the C-MAX is off to...
Most people when talking about wind power, may have in mind giant three-bladed wind turbines, standing out in the open on poles 200 feet high, and blades reaching higher still. Some claim these green machines are eye-sores, that may...
The everlasting debate over climate change is now quantified and located geographically according to a survey carried out this summer for the insurance firm Axa. Nearly 13,500 adults from Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico,...
A study recently published in Nature Climate Change examined how lakes would be affected by raising temperatures. The team of researchers from University of Lund (Sweden) state that lake’s biodiversity would account for most of the processes that would...
Do you usually take ages to pick the best birthday or graduation present for a friend? And does it become harder when this person is fascinated by eco-friendly technologies, and takes no less? Mark Bedol’s new invention might be...
