A new study from the Carnegie Mellon University, performed by Jeremy J. Michalek and his colleagues reveals that owning cars with large batteries isn't necessarily the best option available right now. They say hybrids with smaller batteries make more...
Iceland is one step closer to have the world's first zero-carbon data center. The IT company Colt will build this new data center which will be exported to Iceland as a pre-fabricated kit by the end of next month.
Iceland...
Toyota Industries has successfully developed a compressed air-powered vehicle dubbed Ku:Rin that was able to reach a top speed of 129.2km/h (80.3 mph) during a test run earlier this month.
Now the company wants to apply for a Guiness World...
Did you know that up to a fifth of all watermelons grown each summer go discarded, only because of their non-uniform shape? It's not that they're not good tasting, but us, customers, simply choose not to buy them. Well,...
How fast do you think a Rover powered by coffee beans can travel? 10 mph? 20 mpg? Well, I'm telling you, and you'll see it in Bang Goes the Theory on BBC, it did 66.5 miles per hour, establishing...
A team from the Carnegie Global Ecology department have recently concluded that water evaporation on Earth actually cools down the atmosphere and fights global warming, but not in the way you'd be tempted to think.
You probably know from elementary...
According to some reports, only 16% of Japan's energy is generated domestically, but being located on the ring of fire, Japan is considered the third country in the world with the most geologically active terrain.
Facing threats such as earthquakes,...
Urbee is the name of world's first 3D-printed hybrid car, designed by mechanical engineer Jim Kor, who spent his last 15 years building it. Kor recently unveiled a fully functional prototype at the TEDx conference in Winnipeg, Canada.
The body...
Initially launched in 2009 and hailed as the most powerful hybrid on the market, the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid will be withdrawn from US stores, after less than two years of existence.
This information comes from specialist BMW site bimmerfile.com. One...
Penn State University researchers have recently demonstrated a system that produces hydrogen from water. Nothing fancy so far. What's interesting is that they use salt water, tap water, bacteria and membranes to make the process self-powered.
Unlike the experiments performed...
