New study shows solar power is not only better in terms of energy efficiency, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions — but cost competitive, too In 2005, President George W. Bush and A... Read more
Developers of renewable energy and shale gas must overcome fundamental geological and environmental challenges Developers of renewable energy and shale gas must overcome fundamental geologic... Read more
Since America’s love affair with cars really got rolling after World War II, nothing but a gasoline-burning internal combustion engine would do. Until now. The gearheads at Motor Trend have... Read more
Researchers complete first phase of models on the Physical Internet The Physical Internet – a concept in which goods are handled, stored and transported in a shared network of manufacturers,... Read more
The amount of power to be reaped from tapping low- and high-altitude winds dwarfs global demand Wind turbines on land and offshore could readily provide more than four times the power that t... Read more
Basically what the app does is to turn the computer’s webcam into a presence sensor. Computing guzzles a great deal of electricity and striving for greater energy efficiency both saves money... Read more
A new attachment can improve school bus fuel economy by as much as 20 percent Fuel economy is hardly the most popular subject among teenagers, but it’s a passion for 17-year-old Jonny... Read more
Electric aircraft are breaking records and beginning to gain aviation industry interest Dully whining electric motors may soon compete with roaring turbofans in the sky as battery-powered pl... Read more
Blending ethanol brewed from corn into gasoline stocks is not bringing down fuel prices, an M.I.T. study finds The renewable ethanol fuel blended into the United States’ gasoline suppl... Read more
Access to clean, reliable and affordable energy is one of the major sustainability and human development challenges of the 21st Century. Energy empowers communities, yet reliance on traditio... Read more
We have a low-tech, safe, readily employed and easily maintained way to lock carbon out of the atmosphere Tiny microbes are at the heart of a novel agricultural technique to manage harmful g... Read more
“Being able to change the game in terms of how we deliver protein to the growing human population is probably the single biggest thing anybody could do,” Obvious Corporation, an... Read more
No more dry veggie burgers! While we wait for test-tube meat, scientists are closer than ever to creating a vegetable product that actually mimics the taste and feel of chewing a juicy steak... Read more
The report highlights the huge potential of a marine-based economy The report highlights the huge potential of a marine-based economy some five months before world governments meet to... Read more