Do you know, when you walk, you produce energy? But, unfortunately it disappears into the ground, and can’t be put to better use! Yeah, I am talking about harvesting this energy. Don’t know if this is possible! But, an optimistic architectural firm...
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Till now, it is not possible to send tsunami warnings accurately until the waves are recorded by buoys! Here is a new solution to this.
A new software is developed, which coupled with Global Positioning System’s data could determine quickly if a...
Two independent groups of researchers in the US have developed techniques to make porous germanium. It is another semiconductor used widely in microelectronics. This new material can be used in making solar cells and chemical sensors that are more...
John Innes Centre scientists found a new way to accelerate the nitrogen fixing process without using bacteria, normally used to trigger nodulation in legumes -- a key element of the process. The scientists have used a key gene required by the legumes...
The world's most lethal viruses, HIV and the hepatitis B virus can be killed by tomatoes. These two diseases can be challenged by creating vaccines out of genetically modified tomatoes.
There is only one vaccine available for hepatitis B virus,...
Russian researchers have designed an efficient, compact and low-cost way of generating power. The innovative way generates a lot of energy from bad-quality coal, sawdust and other low-grade fuel. This renewable mix source of energy emits very little...
This tent is no simple one in terms of facilities and contributing towards the environment. Just place it anywhere and keep the worries of light as darkness falls. It has its own solar panel and integrated, interior LED lights to illuminate at night...
Want to illuminate your small garden in the backyard a little more, making it more interesting and beautiful at night? But, am sure this illumination concept must be bugging you with a scary electricity bill!
Keep all your worries aside and enjoy...
Relieving the environment of the increasing burden of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes, scientists have come up with a new way that can help the world from relying on petroleum – making plastics from high-fructose corn syrups or other plant...
Bicycle, the world’s favorite means of transport, is eco-friendly and economic too. But, many don’t use it for some inconveniences it has, besides its unstable center of gravity – though the chain drive is highly-efficient, its being exposed just beside...
Organic gel nanomaterials! Scientists have created this new material and can be used for encapsulating pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic products. It can also help build 3-D biological scaffolds for tissue engineering.
Liquids like olive oil and...
Similar to a hydrogen fuel cell, here is a new device that creates electricity using bacteria for treating wastewater. Thanks to the environmental scientists at Washington University in St. Louis for inventing this eco-friendly device for harvesting...
The population along with their demands for oil is increasing in leaps and bounds. Squeezing more oil out from natural reservoirs has now become a necessity. Scientists found a way to extract oil from the natural reservoirs – by creating artificial...
Reconstruction of skin has now become more safe and effective with the introduction of a new biodegradable scaffold – which temporarily protects the skin till it heals totally. The new type of scaffold closely resembles natural skin.
The finely...
Wow! It literally seems to be a natural chair! Spotted at the London Architecture Biennale, the material used are as pure and basic as found in nature. The chair is built with some bales of hay, then covered with grass turf and abracadabra.
A...
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