Starting an electrification program named "Eradication of Darkness" can be called a number of things, from pretentious to daring, but it's exactly what SunEdison - a global leader in solar power - has decided to do for the Indian...
A state-of-the-art solar-powered keyboard called K760 has been invented by Logitech closely following the release of K750 and Solar Keyboard Folio especially designed for the iPad. The computer accessories manufacturing giant has designed and made K760 into what could...
Planning on buying a Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate Android? Go for it: it's 80% recycled! In case you ever felt guilty about how much you paid for your cell phone, it's time you soon ditched that fear: Juniper Research relieves...
The effects of global warming are starting to be felt more and more. NOAA scientists said that the continental U.S. experienced the warmest spring since they started recording the temperatures in 1901.
"Spring 2012 marked the largest temperature departure from...
Back in 2009, Japan told everybody that they'd reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 25 percent and would emit less than it did in 1990. And they would have done that by 2020. Now, the current prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama,...
Recent news spread by Mazda President Takahashi Yamanouchi (to Nikkei) say that the company will use their innovative and unique rotary engine to act as a range extender for their future electric car.
This is somewhat copying GM's model, but...
Although it may seem little, the Chevy Volt that'll be released in 2013 will feature a 38 mile fully electric autonomy, while the total distance with the range extender will go up to 380 miles. This is a slight...
A new memory technology coming from Rice University and UCLA could slash 30 percent or even more of the energy needed today by flash memory. Not only that, but the new "phase-change memory" (PCM) is much faster than flash...
A new type of high bandgap underwater solar cell has been developed at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Previously limited by the filter that water sheds on the light entering it, this gallium-indium phosphide solar cell is best...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently marked its 40th anniversary in this year’s World Environment Day. The theme in the celebrations was ‘The Green Economy’ which in itself leads to a scrutiny of how well the world has...
