Very soon, honey bee will be assisting our U.S. military defense troops abroad by sniffing out explosives used in bombs! True, it sounds a bit weird! But, the defense scientists there are trying to do just that.
Bees have an exceptional olfactory…
Now Honey Bees to sniff off explosive-Vapor Pollutants! Read More »
General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and BMW AG will unveil their new eco-friendly concept cars at Los Angeles Auto Show soon. All these vehicles powered by alternative fuels will also include brands like DaimlerChrysler AG and Volkswagen AG with…
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A new easily affordable satellite-based information system — GEONETCast system — is being developed and to be unveiled today at an international conference in Bonn, Germany.
It can spread environmental and health data across the world quickly -…
A new form of solar cell is being devised to help make solar energy commercially feasible. To make the present solar cells more than doubly efficient, a University of Idaho professor with her team are working to create better materials, combining…
New compound ‘quantum dot’ to make solar cells doubly efficient! Read More »
Coal emissions are considered among the dirtiest of fossil fuels, a big source of gases leading to global warming. So, many countries are trying to find ways to clean up these emissions in a race likely to yield billions of dollars for the best…
Forget the heavy metal and expansive storage and transportation of hydrogen. Scientists are coming up with conformable polymeric-foam microstructures for on-board storage of hydrogen.
The new ‘Hydrostatic Pressure Retainment Microstructure’ stores the.
Conformable Polymeric Foam for Storing On-Board Hydrogen Safely! Read More »
A £30m plan has been launched to create an eco-friendly business park in north Kent. The new sustainable construction centre- SusCon — is scheduled to open by 2010. The center will have laboratories for researching and designing new energy-efficien
SusCon: An £30m eco-friendly business park in north Kent! Read More »
Here is a new biodegradable plasticizer that is capable of providing PLA to be used in film and other flexible packaging. It has been developed by a project — Development of Inherently Biodegradable Packaging Materials project — part-funded by the UK…
New biodegradable plastic film! Read More »
Stratton Mountain Resort is now using 16,500,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable energy credits from Renewable Choice Energy. Its credits are enough for offsetting 100% of the electricity consumption of its entire operation.
This commitment of…
Stratton Mountain Resort uses 100% renewable energy! Read More »
With nuclear power booming as an energy source and the threats of poisonous bombs increasing, Queensland University of Technology scientists have discovered a new way to help detect radioactive contamination in the ground safely.
The new way helps.
New, safer way to detect uranium minerals from remote location! Read More »
