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Eco Factor: Super batteries made from liquid metals could save enormous amounts of electricity.

With electronic gadgets getting smaller, researchers around the globe are envisioning the smallest possible batteries that would be able to fuel the…

Eco Factor: Car powered by wind breaks land speed record for wind-powered vehicles.

British engineer Richard Jenkins has entered the record books with the wind-powered Greenbird, a car which clocked at 126.1 mph at Lake Ivanpah, powered only by 30.

Eco Factor: Ethanol-fueled fireplace.

Germany-based Blomus has launched a new fireplace they call the Vidro. Just like most of the fireplaces available on the eco-shelves today, this one too is fueled by clean and smokeless ethanol. Suitable for…

Eco Factor: Nanoscale piezoelectric generators could end battery dominance.

Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed new nanosized generators that can convert the energy of movement into electricity, which can then be fed.

Eco Factor: Non-black cars require less air conditioning,

Just when car manufacturers might have thought that electrifying cars is the only way out of the fuel crisis, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has thought of something much…

Eco Factor: DIY wooden human-powered charger.

If all those solar-powered gadget chargers are too expensive for you and you can’t wait for piezoelectric chargers to go into production, then do check out this wooden charger that uses more than a…

Eco Factor: Tidal energy generating systems to provide electricity to the UK.

Researchers at the University of Liverpool, working along with Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, have claimed that building huge barrages in the North West could…

Eco Factor: Electrolyzer produces hydrogen and oxygen gas from water.

Dan Nocera, a professor at MIT, has thought of an all new approach to combat the energy crisis looming large on the global population. Instead of using expensive solar arrays or.

Eco Factor: Car powered by electricity to hit streets in 2011.

Tesla has launched an all-electric Model S Sedan, which is expected to come with an operating range of 300 miles when it hits the streets in late 2011. The launch puts an end to all…

Eco Factor: Scientists hope to generate clean hydrogen from polluted Black Sea.

The Black Sea, which is often referred to as the largest dead zone in the world due to the high amounts of toxic waste, could be the newest and the most unconventional.