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SolarCity, Tesla roll out batteries that store sun’s energy for nighttime
SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive thinks today’s rooftop solar energy systems will be out of date within five years. Not because the systems won’t still be generating electricity. They will. And not because Rive thinks solar power will fall out of favor. He doesn’t. Instead, Rive predicts that the Read More...
Crowdfunding schools, one project at a time
In 2000, Charles Best was a history teacher in a New York City public high school, spending his own money buying supplies for his students that the school couldn't provide. Then he had an idea. "My students and I just wanted a way for teachers, like myself and my colleagues, to be able to tell the Read More...
Scotland to ban GM crop growing
Scotland is to ban the growing of genetically modified crops, the country's rural affairs secretary has announced. Richard Lochhead said the Scottish government was not prepared to "gamble" with the future of Scotland's £14bn food and drink sector. He is to request that Scotland be excluded Read More...
Nigeria's Wecyclers, the Lagos-based recycling start-up, wins $55,000 from Steve Case Foundation
Wecyclers, a start-up that helps low-income communities exchange their recyclable waste for cash and other rewards, has won $55,000 from a foundation run by AOL co-founder Steve Case. The young company won the award at the #PitchForLagos event during Lagos Start-Up week event where it was was up Read More...
New Aqueous Lithium-Iodine Solar Flow Battery Promises Energy Savings
A new system combining lithium-iodine batteries and solar cells — an aqueous lithium−iodine solar flow battery — has been created by researchers at Ohio State University. The new battery system promises energy savings of nearly 20% as compared to conventional lithium-iodine Read More...
The innovators: cheaper batteries could help electric cars hit the mainstream
There was a surge in the sale of electric cars last year but the number leaving the forecourts is still dwarfed by traditional gas-guzzlers at a ratio of almost 50 to one. The high cost of the batteries that power the vehicles is a prime reason. Sheffield-based Faradion believes it has found a Read More...
7 Lessons From A Successful Corporate Social Responsibility Program
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs are practically a given at most companies these days, but that doesn’t necessarily mean all companies have truly accepted the calling to be good corporate citizens. Some CSR programs are really nothing more than a marketing ploy, and a poorly Read More...
Plant-based diet may help slow brain ageing, research shows
A diet rich in green leafy vegetables, beans, berries, whole grains and wine can help to slow normal brain ageing and cognitive decline. A study at Rush University Medical Centre in Chicago showed that elderly adults who strictly followed a special form of theMediterranean diet were 7.5 years Read More...
Norway wants (nearly) all cars on its roads to be emissions-free by 2025
Norway has the world's highest per capita use and sale of electric cars. Its embrace of electric cars will continue as a member of parliament has now commented that the country is aiming for all new vehicles (or well, nearly all) to be completely emissions-free by the year 2025. All municipal Read More...
Healthy diets? Mali, Chad, Senegal and Sierra Leone beat the West
For your healthy diet, it is better to live in West Africa than in the West. According to a study published in The Lancet Global Health people in Mali, Chad, Senegal, and Sierra Leone enjoy healthier diets than their counterparts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan or Canada. A Read More...