Category: INNOVATION

Chemists have created a hybrid system of bacteria and nanowires that captures energy from sunlight and transfers it to the[…]

A new plastic is made from cellulose and starch (i.e. corn, potatoes). It’s biodegradable and doesn’t add to fossil fuel[…]

Air Co. can now produce vodka  made from carbon dioxide. The company was a finalist for a $7.5 million prize[…]

Rendering of the Towerside Innovation District planned for Minneapolis. Courtesy of Ever-Green Energy Minneapolis will be constructing a system that[…]

Researchers are getting closer to being able to use photosynthesis (the sunlight-driven chemical reaction green plants and algae use to[…]

It’s the world’s first solar charged car with a solar roof and hood. Always charging while in the sun, its[…]

Researchers have overcome a key obstacle in combining the emerging solar-harvesting technology of perovskites with silicon solar cells. The result[…]

Heat is generated by injecting pure oxygen into a furnace. It reacts with the carbon emanating from rotting garbage in[…]

Hydropower is usually created by damming rivers and installing turbines inside the dams which can damage  fish and the river[…]

Credit: © abriendomundo/Adobe Stock A specially designed photovoltaic cell could generate up to 50 watts of power per square meter[…]