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Ironman’s Heart is Closer to Reality than you Think

The semi-official name of the blue thing on Tony Stark's chest is the Repulsor Tech node.  And it's more of science fact than fiction...

German Clean-Tech Company Makes Fuel From Water

First of its kind liquid hydrocarbon fuel, developed by a German company for clean technology, holds the potential to transform the world of renewable...

Fuel Cell Uptake to Charge Platinum Demand

We’re not talking album sales here, though we wouldn’t mind getting a million hits. We’re referring to the rare shiny metal that’s more expensive...
Toyota Mirai's zero-emissions high-tech hybrid is "the future" of automobile transportation.

Toyota Mirai is “The Future” of Toyota, Literally!

The culmination of decades of research and development, Toyota’s first mass-production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the Toyota Mirai, will start deliveries next month in...

Virus Turns Starfish to Goo All Across Pacific West Coast

This year hasn’t been good for Patrick Star. Starfish from Mexico to Alaska have been melting mysteriously for over a year now. The illness...

Pest-free Lettuce Grows in Toshiba’s Old Factory

 Toshiba, the Japanese tech giant, has a great solution to the pressing climate-change driven problem of food security. They converted an old factory into...

Glossy Hair, White Teeth, Healthy Living- No Aluminum Needed

For most people, it is more important that their toothpaste has whitening properties, or their shampoo gives volume or removes dandruff, than what is...

World’s Largest Truck is a Frankenstein of a Monster

The world’s largest truck is a monster of a contraption. It’s 20.6 meters (60.6 feet) long, 8.16 meters (26.8 feet) high and 9.87 meters...
Green Jobs Growing in Ohio – Solar power installation at Ohio’s Wayne National Forest

Ohio State Officials “Hide” Results of Green Jobs Report

A state-funded report has just come to light showing how well the market for green jobs is doing in the state of Ohio, but...

We Might Soon Wave Goodbye to Chocolate as We Know It

The world is running out of chocolate, as climate change is diminishing thousands of hectares of the precious cocoa crop. Farmers are increasingly giving...