Source: onearth.org Published: September 26, 2012 Local farmers could revolutionize how millions of New Yorkers eat. Never have so many individuals, nonprofits, and local...
Source: dailymail.co.uk Published: September 15, 2012 By Snejana Farberov A major international airport like Chicago’s O’Hare needs a large staff to take care of everything from security to maintenance, and now the major aviation hub is looking to hire some...
Source: grist.org Published: September 19, 2012 By Claire Thompson Sarah Bergmann does not see herself as a political artist. Promoting social causes, raising awareness — that stuff doesn’t appeal to her. But she likes asking questions. Doing so, she says, “allows me...
Source: newscenter.lbl.gov Published: September 13, 2012 Feature Story Julie Chao (510) 486-6491 Berkeley Lab researchers showcase cool pavement technology to combat urban heat islands. Sharon Chen and Ana Paula Werle of the Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group use a...
Source: gigaom.com Published: September 13, 2012 Katie Fehrenbacher Image courtesy of WCNC-TV. I did an interview with North Carolina’s TV Station WCNC-TV this morning about the data center cluster in their state. After the interview they kindly sent me these aerial...
Source: sunoven.com Published: September 13, 2012 The Ultimate Solar Appliance The GLOBAL SUN OVEN® has been devised to meet up to 70% of the needs of a family of 6 to 8 people in a developing country, entirely with the power of the sun. Even though it is called an...
Source: guardian.co.uk Published: September 12, 2012 Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new technique for magnetically separating oil and water. Here, they...
Source: nbcnews.com Published: September 6, 2012 Silicon wafers doped in positively charged atoms and coated in a protein extracted from spinach give a boost to so-called biohybrid solar cell technology. Silicon wafers coated in a protein extracted from spinach...
Source: takepart.com Published: September 5, 2012 Solar power isn’t a new concept in alternative energy―in fact, it may be one of the oldest. But for Barcelona-based design firm Rawlemon, architecting a new way to harness that energy led to the creation of what it...