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How electric trucks will shape the auto transport industry
January 10th, 2017 by EV Expert Diesel-powered engines have garnered a reputation for their nasty emissions. Nitrous oxides may contribute to asthma and shortened life spans. Particulates are also bad for lungs and other living tissue. Of course, we cannot forget about the pollutant carbon Read More...
Amazon says it will start accepting food stamps soon
Starting this summer, seven online food retailers, including Amazon and FreshDirect, will start accepting food stamps from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Other participating retailers include Safeway, ShopRite, Hy-Vee, Hart's Local Grocers, and Dash's Market. The two-year Read More...
Crop spray gives plants GMO benefits without altering genes
Scientists have developed a clay-based RNA spray that turns off certain genes in plants, making them resistant to a virus for up to 20 days. With a single treatment, the researchers were able to protect tobacco plants from the "pepper mild mottle virus," a serious disease transmitted by humans Read More...
Government review likely to back Swansea Bay tidal lagoon
Plans for a pioneering tidal power lagoon in Swansea Bay are expected to be supported by a government-commissioned report this week, potentially unlocking a multibillion-pound series of projects harnessing electricity from the rise and fall of the tide around the UK. When ministers last year Read More...
640 companies to Trump: Stay the course on clean energy
A total of 640 businesses and investors sent a letter to President-elect Trump and Congress on Tuesday, strongly urging continued investment in the clean energy sector. The letter, coordinated by the nonprofit group Ceres, which works with investors and companies to promote sustainability, contains Read More...
Weekend exercise alone 'has significant benefits'
For all you people who have a very good busy lifestyle, we have good news. According to new study, cramming all your recommended weekly exercise into one or two weekend sessions is enough to produce key health benefits. Researchers found that no matter how often people exercised in a week or for Read More...
Investors are leaving fossil fuels in the dust in favor of greener funds
Just because Donald Trump is putting his money on fossil fuels doesn’t mean the investment community is doing the same. In fact, a new reports shows investors controlling more than $5 trillion in assets have committed to dropping some or all fossil fuel stocks from their portfolios. On top of Read More...
Researchers successfully produce large quantities of synthetic spider silk
Spider silk is the holy grail of biomaterials. It’s amazingly tough and lightweight, and can be used in everything from violin strings to electronics. Unfortunately, spiders cannot produce enough of it for it to be commercially viable, which is why researchers have created a prototype process Read More...
Researchers look to bypass the grid to power trains in the U.K
Conventional wisdom tells us we need power plants to operate things like factories and railways, but the Imperial College London begs the differ. Along with climate charity 10:10, they plan to investigate the use of track-side solar panels to power trains to connect solar panels directly to the Read More...
5 ways to stop checking your email so often
Like many things, email is an addiction. We constantly check it to make sure we’re on top of everything, and its detrimental to productivity. The funny thing is, however, that we are the ones who control how much email we get. Here are five tips for getting control of your email habit and cutting Read More...