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Feeding the World without Destroying the Environment
Researchers show that undernourishment is not a problem of agricultural production capacity but of the current economic and political system and that, if equity of food distribution is accompanied by a reduction in over-consumption and food waste, undernutrition could be eradicated while at the same time reducing agricultural production. Read more »
Microbes Take CO2 from Air to Make Plastic or Petrol
University of Colorado, Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of taking carbon dioxide from the air and converting it into products such as biodegradable plastic, petrol, ammonia and biodiesel. Read more »
Geothermal Battery Could Supply Uninterrupted Electricity
Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Sanoh Industrial have developed a very stable battery cell that can directly convert geothermal heat into electricity. Read more »
“Game-changing” Desalination Method
Researchers from Columbia University believe they’ve found a way to quickly and easily desalinate water. Read more »
Refrigeration without Greenhouse Gases
A team of scientists, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered that crystals of a plastic, called neopentyl glycol, have the potential to replace harmful greenhouse gas refrigerants in refrigerators, air conditioners, computer cooling systems and the like. Read more »
Solar Panel Produces Hydrogen from Air
Researchers at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium say that they have developed a solar panel that converts sunlight directly into hydrogen using the moisture in the air. Read more »
Improving Solar Cell Efficiency with a Bucket of Water
Associate Professor Beth Sparks has developed an amazingly simple way to significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells in developing countries and other remote areas. Read more »
Air Conditioning without Electricity
SoundEnergy, a Dutch company, has demonstrated a thermal acoustic engine which takes heat from any source and produces a powerful cooling effect without requiring power from any other source – potentially providing air conditioning or refrigeration from industrial waste heat or solar energy. The device combines two technologies which have been understood for a long […] Read more »
Inexpensive Flexible Material to Convert Waste Heat to Electricity
Scientists at Osaka University have reported that they have developed an inexpensive, large-scale and flexible thermoelectric generator that has high mechanical reliability and can convert waste heat into electricity efficiently. Read more »
Using Superconducting Tape Could Dramatically Lower Wind Turbine Costs
The EcoSwing project, funded by the European Union,is aiming to demonstrate a dramatically lower cost, lightweight wind turbine drivetrain using superconducting ceramic tape instead of rare earth elements. Read more »