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Sunflower Shaped Concentrator to Banish Fossil Fuel Zombies
Like a giant 10 meter (32.8 foot) sunflower, a new kind of solar concentrator developed by IBM Research together with Swiss-based solar supplier, Airlight...
Artist Cooks up a Storm in Resto Made of Recycled Materials
Artist and Chef Claude Tayag's home cum restaurant, Bale Dutung, feels like a museum. The house is patterned after the traditional Philippines rice barn...
How To Make a 3D Printer While Reducing E-waste
The alarming rate of production of various electronics and high-tech gadgets, and respectfully the ever-so-growing amount of e-waste that is being generated, calls for...
Hydrogen Production and Solar Energy Storage Boosted by New Catalyst
A catalyst that increases both hydrogen production and solar energy storage has been developed in a unique experiment conducted in a famous Stanford chemical lab.
The...
FRP Rebar Helps Save Mountains from Turning into Molehills
Reinforcing bars or rebars are necessary to keep our structures up. Engineers usually use steel rebars because of cost, but some have explored the...
Robotic Fish Saving the World by Saving Fish
We earlier featured a robotic fish that can detect pollution. Now, if that robot is trying to save humans from themselves and the pollution...
A Cool Way to Play with DOLL
No, we're not talking about Barbie, nor are we talking about GI Joe. Oh, okay, GI Joe is not a doll, it's an action...
HS Students Assemble their Own EV for Under US$1,600
The price tag of the Tesla Model S, or other EVs for that matter, did not deter these students from Rhode Island from getting...
First Ever Solar Bike Path Generates Electricity for the Dutch Grid
The first of its kind bicycle path with integrated solar panels will be open to public use as of next week in the Netherlands....
New Material on the Cutting Edge of Alternative Energy Produced
A compound that is used for lubrication has found a new application, err, actually at least two – as a supercapacitor and hydrogen catalyst....
