Moth eyes inspire glare-resistant coating for cellphone screens
If you're standing in the blazing sun struggling to read this on your cellphone, there may be some relief in sight. And you'll have a moth to thank. The reason you have to find shade to read your phone is because of how the light reflects off the screen. The reflection reduces contrast, washing out Read More...
Dr. Andrew Weil says we’re taking too many medicines
A. I think that the importance of statins — like Lipitor, Zocor and Crestor — tends to be greatly over-exaggerated. I think their usefulness — and there definitely is usefulness there — is lowering LDL, or the “bad” cholesterol, especially for people who are at Read More...
Alzheimer's disease study links brain health, physical activity
People at risk for Alzheimer's disease who do more moderate-intensity physical activity, but not light-intensity physical activity, are more likely to have healthy patterns of glucose metabolism in their brain, according to a new UW-Madison study. Results of the research were published online in Read More...
Indian solar to create 125,000 army of rooftop installers in five years
India’s 175GW by 2022 renewable energy target could create up to 330,000 jobs in the next five years, predominantly in the rooftop PV sector, according to a report from India’s Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Nearly Read More...
Nissan reveals plans to launch a driverless ride-hailing service to rival Uber and Lyft
Nissan Motor on Thursday said it plans to launch driverless ride-hailing and ride-sharing services in coming years, as the automaker looks beyond making and selling cars to survive an industry being quickly transformed by new services. Automakers are leveraging expertise in automated driving Read More...
Wind turbines are hardly the bird slayers they’re made out to be
Do wind turbines kill birds and bats? Yes. Is it as bad as people make it out to be? Not at all. Those who oppose wind farms often claim wind turbine blades kill large numbers of birds, but according to three new studies, this is certainly not the case. One study found that there are between 0.3 Read More...
How the blockchain could usher in a future of shared mobility
Cars sit idle most of the time, but thanks to the decentralized blockchain system that supports cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, people can safely and easily monetize their vehicles while they’re not using them. An example of this is Turo, a new peer-to-peer car rental marketplace that currently Read More...
Autonomous air taxis will soon take the skies of Dubai
Forget cars, Dubai is looking up to the sky for new transport solutions. The city already has ambitious plans for a supersonic Hyperloop network, and now they will be testing an autonomous air taxi. Dubbed the Volocopter, this all-electric aircraft looks like a mini-helicopter with 18 rotors that Read More...
It’s so windy, and sunny, in Texas that there’s no market for natural gas
One of the fundamental flaws of wind-power is that wind gusts occur precisely when there’s the least demand for electricity; in the dead of night. That’s the case all across America, with exception of South Texas. In the bottom half of the Lone Star State, wind blows fiercely in the middle of Read More...
Simple yoga poses provide a gentle way to relieve back pain
New research finds that a yoga class designed specifically for back pain can be as safe and effective as physical therapy in easing pain. Using more gentle poses while avoiding difficult ones, such as inversions, participants can treat back pain in an easy manner without the need for pain Read More...