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Shaky plastic may give solar power a boost
Solar panels can produce “free” energy for a very long time. However, there’s one problem: The panels collect dust, and that reduces their efficiency. Scientists have now developed a “shaky plastic” that oscillates when exposed to sunlight. This plastic film can be used as a coating on Read More...
San Francisco leads US environmental policy with Styrofoam ban
Americans throw away 25 billion polystyrene to-go cups every year. These cups end up in landfills where they continue to pollute the environment for hundreds of years. Now San Francisco is taking the lead for a better environmental policy with a city-wide ban on the use of Styrofoam cups and Read More...
UK rejects farmers’ request for emergency use of banned bee-harming pesticides
This is the kind of news we can’t get enough of. We know that bees as pollinators play a critical role in our food supply. We also know that chemical pesticides are a major cause of the widespread dying of bees. Nevertheless, farmers in the U.K. requested to use a banned pesticide to fight a Read More...
How this chocolate company is challenging Hershey's and Nestle's business model (and winning)
Yesterday was World Chocolate Day, marking the 466th anniversary of when chocolate was introduced to Europe. Unfortunately, the chocolate industry has been getting a bad rap recently, with lawsuits and boycotts against big names like Nestlé, Hershey, and Mars for reportedly supporting child Read More...
Blockchain technology helps Brooklyn inhabitants use their neighbors' solar energy
TransActive Grid is a small community energy market in Brooklyn, NY, that's a test run for both the idea of a clean-energy local microgrid and the use of blockchain technology to enable its transactions. TransActive Grid is a new way to trade solar energy among neighbors. The project runs on a Read More...
Hydrogen economy: Turning water into fuel has become a lot easier
Hydrogen will be a key part of the sustainable economy as it can provide storage for solar and wind energies that are not always available. Solar and wind electricity can be used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen. The hydrogen can then be used to power a fuel cell to generate electricity when Read More...
Self-driving robots will start making deliveries in Europe this month
These adorable little six-wheeled robots will begin their deliveries in London and three other European cities. The robots will be deployed this month to make deliveries for food-ordering services Just Eat and Pronto, and carry packages for courier service Hermes and supermarket Metro Group. They Read More...
Google's self-driving cars can recognize cyclist hand signals
Last month, Google focused on teaching its self-driving cars to honk appropriately. Now, it’s taking safety into its own hands and learning how to deal with all those cyclists on the road. According to Google’s latest self-driving car report, the autonomous cars can now detect a Read More...
The ways music therapy can lift body and soul
Even though patient Garrett Lambert is in an “isolation” room at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, meaning visitors must don masks and gowns to enter, music therapist Holly Mentzer’s harp makes the enclosed room feel like a serene, welcoming space as she and Read More...
UK’s largest community-owned urban solar farm starts generating power in Edinburgh
The UK’s largest community-owned urban solar farm has started to generate electricity from its location at a special school in Edinburgh. The Oaklands school is the second building in the city to get solar panels as part of the UK’s largest community-owned urban solar farm – Read More...