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We’re one step closer to producing hydrogen gas in a one-step-process
The biggest question facing the solar power industry today is how do you get solar panels to supply a reliable, steady supply of electricity—even after nightfall or during cloudy days. Batteries are one proposed way, but a team of chemical engineers from the University of California, Berkeley may Read More...
French law forbids food waste by supermarkets
This week, France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks. Under a law passed unanimously by the French senate, as of Wednesday large shops will no longer bin good Read More...
Newly grown rainforests boost carbon capture
Protecting ancient rainforests is a good thing to help save the environment and to fight global warming. But when it comes to capturing carbon from the atmosphere, newly grown rainforests can absorb 11 times as much as old-growth forests, a new study shows. In order to maximize access to sunlight, Read More...
Urban farming 2.0: Meet the Leafy Green Machine
Urban farming is changing the world of agriculture, giving city-dwellers the opportunity to raise their own crops in an efficient, natural way without having to rely on getting produce from a farm abroad. The only thing is that costs for starting a rooftop greenhouses are high. That’s why Brad Read More...
Feeling angry? Even a brief, 20-minute-meditation can reduce anger
One session of meditation can help reduce your body's response to anger. In people who were new to meditation, anger raised their heart rate, blood pressure and breathing rate. But after only 20 minutes of meditation, people who had never done meditation before had a much calmer and more relaxed Read More...
The case for teaching your kids to meditate
Inner peace isn't catching up on a new original series (a Making a Murderer marathon isn't exactly what your spouse meant by "Netflix and chill"), and it's not killing yourself on the elliptical machine. Nope, the scientifically backed way to become more mindful, more relaxed, and more engaged is Read More...
Meditation shown to reduce pain during breast cancer biopsy
Meditating during a breast biopsy can reduce pain, anxiety and fatigue, say researchers. The researchers, from the Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, NC, publish their findings in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Undergoing a breast biopsy is not pleasant, to say the least. It Read More...
Sodium battery contains solution to water desalination
Much scientific effort goes into shoring up both our energy and water supplies for the future, but what if both problems could be addressed by the same technology? Researchers at the University of Illinois have come up with a new battery design that not only relies on salt water to store and Read More...
New York proposes plan to reach 50% renewables
In December, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the state’s regulators to come up with a plan to reach 50 percent renewables by 2030. Early last week, the New York Department of Public Service (NYDPS) released its proposed plan to do just that. The “50 by 30” Clean Energy Read More...
Bitcoin Isn't Dead—But It Is Threatened by Tech Infighting
at least 93 times already. Every few weeks, a new journalist gets wind of the censorship-resistant payment protocol and takes to the newsfeeds to declare its demise—more often than not, in the midst of healthy Bitcoin price appreciation. But the 89th obituary for the world’s Read More...