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Eco Factor: Fuel-efficient hybrid car runs on biodiesel. Teenage students at West Philadelphia High School are working on a project not many school-going kids would even dream of doing. The team has built a biodiesel/electric hybrid car, with...

Eco Factor: Low-emission camping RV generates solar and wind energy, harnesses rainwater. It sometimes is amazing to see what people can do when they’ve no one to talk with. After remaining speechless for a month, Brian Brawdy, an avid camper,...

Eco Factor: Low-cost way to convert sugarcane juice into useful fuel. Colorado-based Amyris Biotechnologies opened up a demonstration plant with a capacity of more than 10,000 gallons a year in Campinas, Brazil, to demonstrate large-scale...

Eco Factor: The car runs on biodiesel-powered engine. Jay Leno, who had promised to put his biodiesel-burning EcoJet concept on the road, made another appearance with his fully functioning car at Supercar Sunday Euro Meet held this past Sunday in..

Eco Factor: Solar and wind powered installation used to produce edible oil and biodiesel from oil bearing crops. Statistics point that in the African countryside only 5-20% of the population has access to the electric grid, which leaves the other..

Eco Factor: Dissolving polystyrene in biodiesel increases the power output. In a study, researchers Najeeb Kuzhiyil and Song-Charng Kong of Iowa State University found an interesting phenomenon that could be used to boost the power output of...

EcoFactor: A green and stylish catamaran that can race ahead with a V10 engine powered by biodiesel. Catamarans are not just a statement of style and luxury but efficiency and space while cruising along on waves. Modern catamaran designs have...

Eco Factor: Recycles the waste from local industries to generate biofuel for the state. No matter what many wish to say about biofuel, it is here to stay for a bit longer. While producing biofuel from food crops is not ideal, the fuel has...

We usually associate the words ‘noise & fuel wastage’ with airplanes, but a new kind of air race sanctioned by NASA, held at Santa Rosa (California) changes perception. The contest was held between the GSE Katana DA-20, Pipistrel Virus, UFM-13...

Ha answer to the world food and fuel crisis might be interlinked and the best possible way of answer the problem and unraveling the mystery that lies ahead of us looks to be a combination of the best of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. We are...