Who killed the electric car this time? Apparently Toyota doesn't see the markets as currently supporting an extensive electric vehicle fleet. The 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV was only recently released to the buying public, and announcements had just...
Today's internal combustion engines are almost nothing like the engines found in cars of years gone by, with the exception of the basic mechanical aspects. Otherwise, a multitude of new technologies takes the place of mechanical controls and...
In March, 2012, one of the world’s leading journals “Science” published a paper on geological record of ocean acidification by Dr. Daniela Schmidt, a geologist from University of Bristol, and her team.
This week, at a conference held in Monterey, California,...
Lithium-ion batteries are well-known for their long lasting lives. However, researchers believe there is still room for discussion.
A group of scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Chongmin Wang claim that when added, Nickel reduces the...
In the summer of 2013, the city of Milton Keynes in the UK will replace all of the diesel buses on Route #7 with all-electric versions, eight buses in total. The current Route #7, run by eight diesel buses,...
Sharp, a leader in photovoltaic technology, has managed to perfect a process that renders the solar cells and circuits virtually invisible. Embedded in glass, these cells generate electricity just like standard blue photovoltaic cells, but still allow light to...
After years of investment in clean power energy projects across the United States, Google has finally announced the purchase of their own first ever wind turbine to power one of their data centers in Oklahoma.
The choice of this particular...
Environmentally friendly driving, fuel efficiency, electric vehicles- all topics that have been a subject of major debate in recent years, and yet only a limited few manufacturers have the courage to pursue ground-breaking developments. Toyota Motor Corp, one of the leading...
Plants growing over salt marshes and wetlands have been a subject of interest for many researchers dealing with climate change. As this is by far one of the most widely discussed topics of the past decades, many world-leading scientists...
A year and a half after the major nuclear accident on 11th of March 2011 in Fukushima, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released their predictions for the future world nuclear power generating capacity. In comparison with last year’s...
