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A great helper from nature to assist the Kyoto Protocol in meeting its target has been discovered! They are the unsung assistants living humbly in the deep ocean! Yes, they are single celled organisms living at the vents of so-called mud…

Built on World Environmental Organization’s, 144-acre Indigo Preserve in Oconee County, Georgia, the Georgia Nature Center plans to celebrate its grand opening going ‘green’! Yes, scheduled to be inaugurated on Sunday, October 22, 2006, it will be…

The self-cleaning surface of a lotus plant amazes one with its non-stick nature, with even a drop of water rolling down without making it wet! Researchers too are amazed by this magic of nature!

Inspired by these properties of a lotus leaf,…

Children under the age of three are generally more vulnerable to food allergy. And, as a solution, parents have to avoid problematic food as the only treatment, which again deprive them of some necessary diets! Here is a breath of relief for the…

Europe is ready to launch its most sophisticated weather and climate satellite — the Metop spacecraft — to date. Kazakhstan will soon witness its launch from its land into its 850km-high polar orbit. A Soyuz-Fregat vehicle will be carrying it to…

With the fashion world, gradually taking up with the buzzword ‘eco-friendly’, Levi’s does not seem to be staying behind in the race. It is for the first time in more than 100 years, Levi’s blue jeans are going green!

Hold your patience till next…

Now scientists at the British Isles would be exploiting the lunar power to tap energy in a cheaper way. True, the gravitational pull of the moon on our oceans create strong tidal flows, enabling engineers to tap them with undersea turbines. But, it…

Managing a swimming pool is no joke, especially when it comes to the pocket. It may cost an operator a huge amount every year. So, people planning to open up swimming pools, cheer up! Siemens have come up with an energy-efficient automated swimming…

Pix: Conceptual design of the planned solar installation, created using Google Earth and Sketch Up

Google after launching a few ‘green’ projects has planned to turn its headquarters in Mountain View, CA ‘green’. It will be installing solar panels…

The Monster Cane – a new variety of sugarcane – will now be grown not only for sugar, raising cattle and fertilizing farmland, but also for producing ethanol from it to fuel cars on a test field on the tiny island of Ie in Japan’s southernmost…