With ethanol as the present buzzword for the oil-producing industries, and the world concerned with the effects of global warming, ethanol derived from corn stover i.e. cellulosic ethanol will soon be found in the global market. And, with gasoline’s..
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Pix: Lions learning to chase with the help of a robot! (Credit: KNBC TV, Los Angeles)
Though it is a natural instinct for lions living in the wild to chase prey for their survival, thins are not the same for ones who are served with their day’s…
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While on one hand, a summer thunderstorm generally provides needed rainfall in a region, also providing a relief from heat waves, on the other, there are others that bring large hail, destructive winds, and tornadoes.
Forecasting that is necessary.
NASA Satellite helps spot earth’s most intense thunderstorm-prone regions Read More »
Here comes an eco-friendly soil substitute for your garden – its 100% organic! Launched by a Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysian company, Earth & Garden Sdn Bhd, it is not just mild to your garden and plants but also to the environment. It has been prepared by..
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Scientists are developing plastics in an environment-responsible way! Yes, they are using environmentally friendly substances like vitamin C or pure water to make plastics!
This new plastic making not only presents an effective and eco-friendly…
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To save fuel while dragging an airplane, scientists have taken inspirations from seagulls! They have found airplane wings shaped like those of some seagulls, which may reduce drag during flight.
Barry Lazos, an aeronautics research engineer at the…
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Ah! A half-sized gasoline engine and that too performs like its full-sized counterpart! Not just that! MIT researchers are developing it, which also offers fuel efficiency as that of today’s hybrid engine system!
The little engine also comes at a far..
Lower cost, half-sized gasoline engine as fuel-efficient as a hybrid system! Read More »
Sheep poo is no longer just compost for a gardener! A Snowdonia-based company has shown just that. It has innovatively made paper with sheep droppings! And its ‘Sheep Poo Paper’ products have helped it grab a £20,000 Millennium Award for “social
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Pix: Dr. Jim Ansley, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station rangeland ecologist, at left, and Richard Frailey, look over the new harvester and the mesquite pile which was dumped out after making a swath through a felled pasture of trees. (Texas…
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Bay Area’s finest restaurants are being turned green by converting tons of their table scraps into clean, renewable energy. All these environmentally-noble ventures are being made at a new UC Davis research and technology demonstration…
Restaurant table scraps to be turned into clean, renewable energy Read More »
