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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...
Undamming rivers with solar panels and free salmon
Hydroelectric power is listed as an important source of clean energy. But in reality the dams produce only modest amounts of power while causing enormous damage to rivers and fish populations. Two Yale professors propose to take down the aging dams; restore the natural ecology of the rivers; build Read More...
Sing, dance and 3 other ways to declutter your body and mind
Do some stretching, sing a song, dance (or at least, listen to your favorite song), remember the good times, and be thankful. A neuropsychologist offers 5 fun, easy practices to clear your mental Read More...
California Air Resources Board Head: All New Cars Should Be Zero-Emission In 2030
Among U.S. states, California is by far the most enthusiastic when it comes to electric cars. And that's largely due to regulations overseen by the state's Air Resources Board. But Mary Nichols--the chair of this agency since 2007--isn't satisfied with having just a few electric cars on California Read More...
Tesla bucks industry in seeking tougher emissions rules
A Tesla executive said the company’s goal is to create a mass market for electric vehicles, “where 100% of the transportation in the U.S. and the world is electric.” Above, a sedan is charged in Germany. A Tesla executive said the company’s goal is to create a mass market for electric Read More...
Is the Caribbean a paradise for renewable energy?
Derek’s one-door shop selling cakes, sweets and soft drinks in Barbados appears at first glance to be just like any other, until you lift your eyes upward. On the roof is an array of solar panels arranged in a less-than textbook design, but the aesthetics don’t matter. What’s Read More...