Source: eurekalert.org Published: April 19, 2017 IMAGE: Waste glass bottles are turned into nanosilicon anodes using a low cost chemical process. Credit: UC Riverside UCR researchers are turning glass bottles into high performance lithium-ion batteries for electric...
Source: canadianmanufacturing.com Published: August 12, 2015 A rendering of Carbon Engineering’s system. The process allows the company to pull carbon from the air. It can then be used to synthesize fuel or be stored. PHOTO: Carbon Engineering By David Kennedy, Online...
Source: grist.org Published: April 11, 2017 By Nathanael Johnson What Jonathan Sanderman really wanted was some old dirt. He called everyone he could think of who might know where he could get some. He emailed colleagues and read through old studies looking for clues,...
Source: epicgardening.com Published: March 20, 2017 Last updated November 30, 2019 The Peace Lily, also known as the White Sail Plant or Spathiphyllum, is one of the most popular plants to grow indoors. If people only knew that it filters out five dangerous toxins...
Source: canadianmanufacturing.com Published: April 14, 2017 The geologists are looking at a unique rock formation in the al-Hajjar Mountains, one of the few areas on Earth where the mantle is exposed. PHOTO: Andries3/Flickr By Sam McNeil, The Associated Press...
Source: climatecouncil.org.au Published: April 4, 2017 Image from Unsplash CC Written by Emily Jones. Dr. Monica Araya is a Costa Rican author and adviser on clean development in Latin America. Her TED talk, filmed in June 2016, deals with one of the most critically...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 18, 2017 Sarah van Gelder, Contributor Boarded-up business districts. Abandoned warehouses. Barns and homes covered by tarps slowly collapsing into the earth. It was startling how often this scene repeated as I drove through...
Source: ecodaily.org Published: November 26, 2016 New bioplastic materials may enable gardeners to tend their plants more sustainably and could even help plants “self-fertilize” and grow healthier roots, according to research conducted by Iowa State University...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 15, 2017 Blair Frank Jeff Biggers, Contributor Tucked away at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Iowa City, just south of Interstate 80 and growing suburbs, the daffodils, violets and hyacinth in bloom, among the peach,...