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Cleaning ports and seas with a trash-eating “shark” drone
The Port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands is using a new experimental drone vessel to clean the harbor. The “Waste Shark” can gather up to 500 kilograms (1120 pounds) of waste before returning it to a collection point. The vessel also gathers data about water quality, and designs more efficient Read More...
Study: Neurofeedback brain training helps control emotions
Training the brain to treat itself is a promising therapy for traumatic stress. The training uses an auditory or visual signal that corresponds to the activity of a particular brain region, called neurofeedback, which can guide people to regulate their brain activity. However, treating Read More...
Why saying “no” is the beginning of success
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett once famously said: “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” Buffett came up with a simple 2-step process to eliminate and say “no” to time-wasting distractions Read More...
Hyundai Motor bets on hydrogen fuel-cell cars
Hydrogen fuel-cell cars may eventually become a common sight on Korean roads as the government and the nation’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor are making efforts to spread usage of the new eco-friendly vehicles. Hyundai Motor said Monday it would launch taxi and car-sharing businesses with Read More...
Londoners in 2050 won't need cars. They'll be living in an app-powered eco-capital
The success of London in 2050 will be measured by its environment. By this I don’t just mean the quality of its air, or whether it has retained its biodiversity, important though those are. I mean the overall quality of life for Londoners. Will they experience the city as spacious, efficient, Read More...
This new electric bus can drive 350 miles on one charge
In the world of electric vehicles, Tesla gets most of the love. Over 100,000 of Elon Musk’s big, bad autos are zooming around the world, gasoline-free. But how many of those can claim to take an additional 40-odd cars off the road—each? That’s the promise of the Catalyst E2 Read More...
Brazil ratifies Paris deal; joins top polluters U.S., China
Brazil, one of the world's largest emitters of heat-trapping gases, on Monday ratified the Paris agreement to fight global warming, joining top polluters United States and China and bringing the deal closer to implementation. Brazil's President Michel Temer signed the ratification in Brasilia Read More...
Scotland aims for global lead in tidal energy
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The Scottish government said it was putting funding forward to help develop what it says may be the first large-scale tidal power operation in the world. Scotland is putting forward about $30 million in funding to support the development of a tidal power Read More...
Wind power is going to get a lot cheaper as wind turbines get even more enormous
In a nugget of very good news for the renewable energy sector, a survey of 163 wind energy experts has found that in the coming decades, the cost of electricity generated by wind should plunge, by between 24 and 30 percent by the year 2030, and even further by the middle of the century. Read More...
Insolight breaks solar cell efficiency record
Remember what happened with computer chips in the 80s? It seemed then like they got faster and cheaper every week. Breakthroughs were reported with dizzying regularity. Something similar is happening with solar cells and panels. Just last week, MIT and Masdar Institute announced they had created a Read More...