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Cyprus becomes testing ground for cutting-edge Australian solar technology
The Mediterranean island nation is bound by a European Union target of 13 percent of energy coming from renewable sources by 2020. It also needs energy to power desalination plants in order to remedy its water shortages. If the CSIRO’s (Australia’s national science agency) “solar thermal Read More...
Hawaii aims for 100-percent renewable electricity by 2045
Electricity in Hawaii costs three times as much as the national average. That’s because most of it is generated by power plants fueled by expensive imported oil. That is bound to change as the state legislature passed a bill this week that sets a 100-percent renewable electricity goal by 2045. Read More...
California lays the groundwork for seawater desalination rules
In its fourth year of drought, with depleted aquifers and compromised farming communities, California is moving forward to securing the Pacific Ocean as a new source of water supplies. Assuming that the future will not look like the past, regulators started working on the regulatory framework for Read More...
Germany is replacing nuclear reactors with massive offshore wind farms
Nuclear power is a thing of the past in Germany, ever since the country committed to phasing our nuclear plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan. It has already been reduced from 25 percent to 17 percent in the past four years. Although Germany resorted to cheap coal in a Read More...
Follow your artistic streak and enjoy reduced cognitive impairment in old age
Indulging an artistic pursuit, or making time for a craft you enjoy, may just be your passport to a healthy brain way into your later years, according to a new study by the Mayo Clinic. The former is associated with a 73-percent cognitive impairment risk reduction, the latter with a 43-percent risk Read More...
Portable sun-tracking solar system gives 40 percent more output
Many potential customers are kept out of the rooftop solar market by logistics requirements such as home ownership and roof availability. Portable, and with 40 percent more output than traditional solar panels, the sun-tracking Smartflower POP system is a 3.2 kW solar energy generator that you can Read More...
Lyft-style apps for doctors' home visits take off in America's big cities
Doctors’ home visits are a thing of the past. And they are making a resurgence in US big cities thanks to a host of new mobile apps. In San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York City, patients can hail a doctor as they would a Lyft driver. Typically, doctor and patient have never met before—owing Read More...
What makes us happy has changed over the past 80 years
Back in 1938, security, knowledge and religion were the top three most important aspects of happiness. Good humor and leisure made the cut some 76 years later, according to psychologist Sandie McHugh from the University of Bolton in the U.K. She presented her study this week the Annual Conference Read More...
Agroecology, the science for food security on a warming planet
UN Special Rapporteur for Food Olivier De Schutter first put agroecology in the public eye with his 2011 groundbreaking report on Agroecology and the Right to Food. Defined as "the integrative study and practice of the ecology of the entire food system, encompassing ecological, economic and social Read More...
Forget about pursuing your passion: meaning is to be found in contributing to others
Known for his groundbreaking work at Gallup on employee engagement, leadership and well-being, researcher Tom Rath now has a new book out, Are You Fully Charged? The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life. His provocative idea about not heeding the popular call to pursue your passion, if you Read More...