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Thai cabbies turn taxis into gardens amid COVID-19 crunch
With demand for taxis drying up in Thailand and thousands of drivers leaving town, one cab company has turned its vehicles into mini gardens
Joseph Shavit
Sep 23, 2021


Innovative new process for converting toxic home septic waste to eco-friendly fertilizer
Converting human septic waste to usable fertilizer could also significantly reduce fertilizer demand in rural areas.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 23, 2021


Scientists create light-emitting plants --- eco-friendly urban lighting of the future
Using specialized nanoparticles embedded in plant leaves, MIT engineers have created a light-emitting plant that can be charged by an LED.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 23, 2021


New solar-powered technology uses salt and water to cool off-the-grid communities
A simple cooling system driven by the capture of passive solar energy could provide low-cost food refrigeration and living space cooling.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 22, 2021


Bill Gates raises over $1 billion for clean energy
Bill Gates's nonprofit group Breakthrough Energy announced Monday that it has raised more than $1 billion to fund clean energy development.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 22, 2021


New processing and cooking technology helps reduce carbon and energy consumption
Steam Infusion can reduce energy consumption by 17%, cutting close to 9 tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per production line each year
Joshua Shavit
Sep 21, 2021


How Carbon Pricing can save America's forests from Global Warming
Economic incentives for landowners to keep their land in productive forests could be a valuable policy tool for reducing greenhouse gases
Joshua Shavit
Sep 21, 2021


Green and clean: New eco-friendly and sustainable way to fight water pollution
To create a sustainable system of wastewater treatment, the focus has shifted to eco-friendly and cost-effective technologies.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 21, 2021


Solar geoengineering -- Is blocking the sun to control global warming a good idea?
It sounds like something out of a bad science fiction movie—artificially blocking sunlight to keep global warming from overheating the Earth
Joseph Shavit
Sep 20, 2021


New faux meat is healthier, has more flavours and is eco-friendly
Researchers have proposed an extremely nutritious meat analogue using fermented okara (soy press cake).
Joseph Shavit
Sep 20, 2021


Researchers infuse bacteria with silver to improve power efficiency in fuel cells
Technology that utilizes natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater to generate electrical currents.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 20, 2021


Reforestation could help save coral reefs from catastrophe
Increasing reforestation efforts in coastal regions could substantially reduce the amount of sediment run-off reaching coral reefs.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 20, 2021


The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm
UC Riverside scientists are studying whether they can turn edible plants like lettuce into mRNA vaccine factories.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 19, 2021


A newly discovered bacteria offers new ways to protect disease-threatened food crops
A newly discovered parasitic bacteria to slow down plant aging, may offer new ways to protect disease-threatened food crops.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 19, 2021


California firefighters wrap the World's largest tree in fire-resistant blankets
Firefighters are wrapping fire-resistant blankets around ancient trees as blazes tear through California's Sequoia National Park
Joseph Shavit
Sep 18, 2021


Introducing Lupins the latest superfood going mainstream
Lupins have long been touted as the next superfood, combatting heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 18, 2021


Using bacteria to build eco-friendly construction materials
Researchers are investigating whether the natural properties of bacteria could help in developing a new type of biodegradable plasterboard.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 18, 2021


How to predict climate change from the comfort of your home
The causes of climate change can be shown using a cheap home or school computer, thanks to a Python program called The Climate Predictor.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 16, 2021


Captured water, carbon dioxide from car exhaust could help grow food
Texas A&M researchers have a novel idea to capture waste from passenger vehicle exhaust for use in urban greenhouses for food production.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 16, 2021


New solar cell design paves the way for windows that also provide solar power
A new transparency-friendly solar cell design could marry high efficiencies with 30-year estimated lifetimes.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 16, 2021
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