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The plant-loving, environment-savvy gardeners know it well how valuable the leaves shed by deciduous trees and shrubs during fall are! They conserve moisture, stabilizing the soil temperature and making efficient organic mulch. This naturally formed..

Now, monitoring traffic flow goes solar! Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the New York State Department of Transportation’s researchers are testing a mobile RFID interrogator powered by the sun. The interrogator will be reading EZPass tags…

Swap-o-rama-rama – It is an event where millions of pounds of discarded clothing or garments are turned into unique new designs. Be it sweaters, dresses or hats, this one-day design event relieves the already burdened environment of the discarded…

The undergrads at the UK’s Imperial College in London have set up to build a zero emissions fuel cell hybrid racing kart powered by hydrogen. The undertaking project is named the ‘Imperial Hybrid Racing’.

Up to 20 undergraduates are working to…

Nissan’s all-new 2007 Altima Hybrid is set to be sold in Canada by April next year. This eco-friendly model’s first entry into the hybrid gasoline/electric vehicle segment will be arriving in dealerships North of the border. The base price will be…

Innumerable birds and animals die each year due to catastrophic oil spills – especially when contaminating river or ocean water. So, for cleaning these devastating oil spills on oceans, lakes and other waterways, U.S. scientists have developed a new..

The furnace using micro-combined-heat-and-power (CHP) units, will not just be environment friendly, but also will be capable of generating electricity in the burning process!

The CHPs turns natural gas into hot water. It generates up to $800 a year..

Now, charge your cell phone without worrying of getting hold of an electric plug-in while traveling!

Here is a relieving solution for you — a mobile phone charged by the sun’s power designed by the NTT DoCoMo.

This ultra-handy phone is…

On lower-altitude flight paths near airports, there are chances of planes colliding with birds, the result of which can be catastrophic. Though to spot birds, radar and infrared detectors are already present, they cannot tell a large bird and could…

Now scientists are planning high-tech devices – like floating robots — to monitor data including climate change, ocean temperatures and other weather forecasting.

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) aims…