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Photo-Luminescent Road Paint: The Future of Energy-Efficient Road Networks
Do you remember the Biobulb, the first ever electric light bulb to use an entire ecosystem as a source of light? Or maybe this one...
DoE Announces Winners of Second Round of Funding for Energy Research
In a press release last week, the Department of Energy (DoE) announced the winners of the second round of funding for innovative energy research....
New Mobile Solar-Powered Generator Provides Clean Water, Too
What can you do with a box of the size of a shipping container, some high-power PV panels, and some batteries? Apparently, you can do wonders,...
Scientists Finally Get the Reasons Behind Battery Life Degradation, But Still No Solution
Long battery life- the single most valuable asset you could possess in case of emergency, need, boredom, desperation, etc., etc. Every one of us,...
Los Angeles Police Department Testing ZERO Electric Motorcycles
The late 1970s TV series CHiPs would have been very different, especially if they had replaced the Kawasaki KZ-900 and KZ-1000C1 with ZERO MMX...
Audi Revives its Electric Vehicle Program, Again
While a very few automakers, such as Tesla Motors and Nissan, have made a concerted effort in producing electric vehicles, others, such as Audi...
Are Solar Panels “Cool” Enough?
Solar panel technologies have been around for decades, always improving in efficiency and power capabilities, but are they “cool” enough?
Visionary Elon Musk, the force...
Solar Power Installed on India’s Clean Public Transportation Terminals
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is one of the world’s greenest, made greener by the addition of its first solar power installation on a...
This Solar-Powered Smartphone Charger Fills Up the Battery in Less Than Two Hours
There are quite a lot of solar smartphone chargers around, some can even be bought with the pocket money you had prepared for a...
Are Desalination Plants Solution to World’s Fresh Water Crisis?
To make ocean salt water drinkable- this is the ultimate dream of numerous researchers and engineers. And many of them have already made quite an...
