An indestructible black box built on a granite plain on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia will record every step of humanity toward a climate disaster and will serve as data for the next civilization to learn the reasons for humanity’s demise, explains the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. This project is […]
Less than 20 percent of the energy that goes into a solar panel is turned into electricity. Global researchers are therefore focused on boosting the efficiency of these panels. Recently, Saudi Arabia researchers used one-of-a-kind hydrogel to make a solar-driven system and successfully grew spinach by using the water from […]
In another effort to produce clean energy, one engineering student from the Philippines designed solar panels that don’t need direct sunlight to produce energy. He created a revolutionary material with luminescent particles from veggie and fruit waste. The 29-year-old Carvey Ehren Maigue won the James Dyson Foundation Sustainability Award back […]
According to data, the west of the US is in the worst megadrought in the last 1,200 years. The groundwater supplies are overpumped in numerous areas and the wildfires, dryness, and declining water supplies make climate change a personal issue for so many people. Engineers have therefore been working together […]
Under the solar panels in Minnesota, there are green wildflower-studded pastures where a bunch of sheep graze and there’s a chance that biodiversity may recover. While the sheep are grazing through the tall prairie grass, butterflies and other insects visit the native flowers growing there. The pastoral setting isn’t a […]
In this small, rural town in Arkansas, the future seems to have arrived. Realizing the power of renewable energy and its benefits, a school located there uses solar panels to save money. The city known as Batesville is located in the northeast part of the state and has a small […]
Did you know that algae can generate clean energy, convert CO2 into oxygen, be used in space, and produce biomass for fertilizers? Knowing this amazing organism’s potential, Adan Ramirez Sanchez, a 23-year-old Mexican biotechnician and winner of the Latin American Innovators under 35 Award, went to pursue it. Hence, he […]
This 27-year-old student beat out more than 1800 other entries with his unique renewable system AuREUS. Intended for windows and walls of buildings, Carvey Maigue invented a new material that’s made using rotting veggies and fruits. Thanks to his invention, the Mapua University student was named Global Sustainability Winner at […]
Sustainable and eco-friendly ideas are always welcoming and encouraging. And, a great example of it is this eco-building designed by students with Moroccan hemp. This design actually entered in an international Solar Decathlon and it works without an electrical grid and uses all-natural materials for its construction. Meet the Sunimplant […]
Jimmy Carter, former US president, builds a solar farm on a 10-acre land. When Jimmy Carter was the president of the US in 1979 in the wake of the energy crisis, he addressed the nation and told people he had installed 32 solar panels that will use the energy from […]