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The bio-fuel start-up that sells cooking gas by the rucksack
Inside a large ramshackle shed a struck match is held to the end of a metal pipe, and a faint blue flame springs into life. Zenebech Alemayehu smiles, puts her finger tips to her lips, then towards the flame, a symbolic kiss for her new biogas business. A single mother with a nine-year-old son to Read More...
World’s largest hydrogen station in the works for San Francisco
The world’s largest hydrogen fueling station could soon become San Francisco‘s biggest landmark if everything goes according to plan. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, MARAD is currently reviewing the plan to add a massive hydrogen station to Read More...
Islamic leaders call for a phase-out of greenhouse gases
The Pope is not alone in his call for climate action. Islamic leaders have called on the world's 1.6 billion Muslims to play an active role in combatting climate change. During an Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul this week, they issued a declaration, calling on well-off governments Read More...
A battery that can charge your electric car in just a matter of minutes
Israeli startup StoreDot is developing a new electric car battery that can fully charge in just a few minutes. Using nanotechnology to make new organic materials that make up the battery, the waiting time will only be a fraction of what it currently takes to charge a standard lithium-ion battery. Read More...
Forgetful scientists accidentally learn how to extend battery lifespan significantly
More good news on batteries! For that, we have to thank two forgetful scientists who, one day, forgot to follow the protocol of their own research in an MIT lab. Now, they have accidentally found out how rechargeable batteries can get a much improved lifespan. Geek has an interesting story about Read More...
No more Big Macs: One of the world's best hospitals kicks out McDonald's from cafetaria
Next month at a McDonald's branch inside a US hospital, fryers will be turned off and the doors will be closed. Cleveland Clinic, recognized as one of the top medical centers in the world, has decided not to renew the lease. It's part of a wider effort to promote "a culture of wellness," in which, Read More...
Happiness is contagious, so here's our advice: Pick happy friends
Having enough friends with a healthy mood can cut the probability of becoming depressed in half. That's one of the conclusions of new study by the University of Warwick. The researchers were looking at the way teenagers in a group of high schools influenced each others' mood. They also found that Read More...
See where women outnumber men around the world (and why)
Overall, there are slightly more men than women in the world. According to United Nations estimates for 2015, there are 101.8 men for each 100 women, with the number of men rising gradually each year since 1960. But a map by the Pew Research Center with the latest U.N. data Read More...
Hypertensive patients benefit from acupuncture treatments
Patients with hypertension treated with acupuncture experienced drops in their blood pressure that lasted up to a month and a half, researchers with the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine have found. Their work is the first to scientifically confirm that this ancient Chinese practice is Read More...
How Ecolab turned water management into a fast-flowing revenue stream
The world’s largest producer of steel, ArcelorMittal MT , had a problem: Water costs at its huge Galati mill in Romania were escalating, and its effluent water was polluting two nearby lakes. For help, the steel giant called on Ecolab ECL : The St. Paul–based company installed its 3D Read More...