Scientists Create World’s Lightest Solid Material

Source: csglobe.com Published: March 27, 2013 By Kuma Chinese researchers showed off their graphene aerogel by balancing it on the petals of a cherry blossom The sponge-like matter is made of freeze-dried carbon and graphene oxide and is the lightest material ever...

Geometric Chic: Re Rag Rugs Made from Recycled Textiles

Source: treehugger.com Published: April 3, 2013 © Re Rag Rug Kimberley Mok kimberleymok Handwoven from fabric scraps, rag rugs were once commonplace in thrifty North American households until the mid-twentieth century, ostensibly as a way to upcycle old clothing and...

Magic, Smog-Gobbling Tiles?

Source: vice.com Published: March 29, 2013 Mexico City is the latest to show off a building that sucks up pollution. Behold: The great smog-gobbling hospital of Mexico City, also known as the Torre de Especialidadesis by Adam Clark Estes We’ve seen some pretty...

Solar Power in Africa Helps Villages Meet Basic Needs

Source: nationalgeographic.com Published: March 21, 2013 Solar panels also power the water pump to supply water for domestic use. This reservoir is connected to six water taps. (image via Chad Lipton/National Geographic Society) Less than 25 percent of the population...

Solar Power in Africa Helps Villages Meet Basic Needs

Source: nationalgeographic.com Published: March 21, 2013 Solar panels also power the water pump to supply water for domestic use. This reservoir is connected to six water taps. (image via Chad Lipton/National Geographic Society) Less than 25 percent of the population...

Beaver Dams Block Chevron Oil Spill in Utah

Source: grist.org Published: March 20, 2013 By John Upton Beaver dams prevented diesel from reaching Willard Bay. Brian Yeung Chevron’s third pipeline spill in Utah in as many years on Monday released hundreds of barrels of diesel, polluting a river, coating beavers...

MIDWAY: A Film by Chris Jordan

Source:  daneldon.org Published: March 19, 2013 Posted by admin The MIDWAY film project is a powerful visual journey into the heart of an astonishingly symbolic environmental tragedy. On one of the remotest islands on our planet, tens of thousands of baby albatrosses...

Best Air-Filtering Houseplants, According to NASA

Source: mnn.com  Published: March 12, 2013 Having good indoor air quality is very important, especially since many of us spend so much time inside. NASA did a study to find out which plants were best to filter the air of the space station, and the agency’s findings...

Trees Used to Create Recyclable, Efficient Solar Cell

Source: sciencedaily.com Published: March 26, 2013 Solar cells are just like leaves, capturing the sunlight and turning it into energy. It’s fitting that they can now be made partially from trees. Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have...