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Energy refers to the application of engineering to energy efficiency and services, facility management, ecology, and alternative energy technologies. It includes renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal power, biofuels, and hydro power.
Solar-Powered Water Purifier Addresses Global Drinking Water Shortages
Bear Grylls has turned foul water into drinking water with little more than sunlight and plastic.
What You Need To Know About Greenhouse Gases
Most people think immediately of carbon dioxide when hearing the words, 'greenhouse gas'. This is indeed the…
Solar-powered water purifier addresses global drinking water shortages
Bear Grylls has turned foul water into drinking water with little more than sunlight and plastic.
Now, academics…
Capturing Carbon Dioxide Emissions And Saving Energy
The need to generate more electrical power can lead in two directions, and both exact huge costs. Power plants can…
Smart City Solar ‘Soofa’ Charges Smartphones
MIT Media Lab spinout Changing Environments is hoping to accelerate the development of 'smart' cities that use…
Biomass Converted Into Clean-Burning Fuel
Twice a year, when the harvest is done on the millions of small farms in India, these farms go up in flames.…
Jumping Spiders Show Their True Colors
While most people are petrified of spiders, the few arachnophiles out there will find tiny spider dancers who can…
Promising approach for producing sustainable carbon-free energy
Mechanisms to generate hydrogen from water and sunlight are being fine tuned by scientists and collaborators at…
Hummingbird inspires novel wind turbine design
A new type of wind turbine has been developed by a Tunisian company called Tyer Wind, and is based on what the…
Grapefruit-sized underwater robots mimic ocean life
To offer scientists a tool to study ocean currents and the tiny creatures they transport, researchers at Scripps…