Just imagine a patch of greenery in front of your house, breaking the hard, gray uninterrupted frozen outdoor during the freezing winters! Yes, that can really happen. The day is not far away, when you can grow crops in harsh climate zones in…
New crops that can survive extreme weather, need no watering Read More »
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology researchers have discovered the solution to producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass, which was tough because of the nature of the cellulosic structure – toughness. It is also resistant to…
Producing Ethanol by transforming cellulose to a Gel Read More »
UK getting organic fast! Sales of organic produce here have leaped 30% in a year, which now worth £1.6bn annually. It is only in the last year, all the leading supermarkets have rapidly expanded their organic food range. Demand for the products ha
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A 40-foot hybrid-electric fuel-cell-powered transit bus may soon be seen running on the roads of the Greater Hartford (Connecticut) Transit District in revenue service. The contract for this supply is made with UTC Power of South Windsor, Conn.
UTC…
Greater Hartford to get a 40-foot hybrid-electric fuel-cell-powered transit bus soon! Read More »
2008 could witness a 200- to 300-megawatt wind farm — one of the nation’s largest – in Northern Iowa. It will be build by Iowa Winds LLC covering about 40,000 acres in Franklin County.
The $200 million project will be considered for approving…
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With the sharp rise in demand for fuels, a U.S. Agriculture Department advisory committee plans of using biotechnology for boosting energy output of crops that are used in making renewable fuels.
It has plans of using genetic engineering for adding…
Biotechnology to be used to boost renewable fuel-producing crops’ energy output Read More »
Need no mentioning that traffic jams are one of the greatest irritations to star the day with in several cities. But, the environment too, gets its burns form it each second silently! Gallons of fuel burn each second without use trapped in a traffic…
Distant traffic-tangle-monitoring device to help avoid fuel waste, pollution from jams Read More »
With the world burning with the consequences of global warming, am sure one would take interest in the SugarCube House. It is no simple house, designed by California engineer David Wilson.
It is designed to sequester carbon dioxide and withstand all..
SugarCube House: First house designed for a global warming afflicted world Read More »
“One laptop per child” to be given to the poorest kids on the planet, each costing just $100 — It was really an encouraging, ambitious and appealing promise of a MIT group of faculty members, made to the world on last year January. But, how are the…
Solar-powered wireless router to bring Internet access to remote areas Read More »
Forests – the lungs of the earth – every next moment fall in the hands of loggers for various reasons – be it for illegal log-trade, fuel, or constructing highways through them! True, making roadways to cut down distances is necessary. But, when…
Unique Tree Tents to help Road Alert Groups hide during ‘Tree-Sawers’ violent protests Read More »
