Eco-Friendly Robots Will Decompose When They Die

Eco-Friendly Robots Will Decompose When They Die

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Hoping for success on making a biodegradable bot! Dr Jonathan Rossiter, a senior lecturer at the University of Bristol’s Department of Engineering and Mathematics, has come up with a clever idea — and a £200,000 [...]

Promising New Passive House Designs for Bulgaria

Promising New Passive House Designs for Bulgaria

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Such houses can reduce heating and cooling needs by approximately 90 percent Compared to their fellow Europeans, Bulgarians are no energy hogs, using about half as much power per capita as the EU average. The [...]

Wind Turbine Makes 1,000 Liters of Clean Water a Day in the Desert

Wind Turbine Makes 1,000 Liters of Clean Water a Day in the Desert

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Promising for remote communities and disaster areas A cool new concept being tested in the Abu Dhabi desert uses a wind turbine to condense water from the air and pump it into storage tanks for [...]

Scientists Close to Reviving Wooly Mammoths From Extinction

Scientists Close to Reviving Wooly Mammoths From Extinction

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In just five short years the currently extinct Wooly mammoth may roam again   Thousands of years ago, Wooly mammoths were pretty much wiped off the face of the Earth from a likely combination of [...]

Wind-Solar Combo Light Challenges All-Solar

Wind-Solar Combo Light Challenges All-Solar

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An energy efficient, self energized, free-standing 60 Watt LED outdoor lighting system   SavWatt, the company that makes an LED street light that combines wind and solar power, is kicking a little sand in the [...]

Geothermal Power Plants Could be a Massive Source of Lithium for Batteries

Geothermal Power Plants Could be a Massive Source of Lithium for Batteries

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Keeping up with Exploding Lithium Demand   In absolute terms, lithium is not particularly rare on Earth. It’s the 25th most abundant element, close to nickel and lead. Bolivia alone is estimated to have enough [...]

How Method Turns Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Into Bottles

How Method Turns Plastic Pollution in the Ocean Into Bottles

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In 2006, Method reached a milestone—we made our first bottle entirely from post-consumer recycled plastic. In the 5 years since then, Method has continued to innovate, and we now make tens of millions of plastic [...]

Solar Forest Keeps Cars Cool And Juiced

Solar Forest Keeps Cars Cool And Juiced

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Designer Neville Mars has designed a charging station that keeps your car both cool and charged. Called the Solar Forest, the panels actually follow the sun throughout the day for maximum efficiency. And that canopy provides some much needed [...]