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Friday, January 31, 2014
For a better concrete, mix sand with bacteria and urea?
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Concrete is the second most consumed substance on Earth, after water. It’s primary ingredient, cement, accounts for about 5 percent of t...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Algae to crude oil: Million-year natural process takes minutes in the lab
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While there are big problems with algae farming such as salt deposits, scalability issues, contamination of cultures, etc. it's very e...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Futuristic water-recycling shower cuts bills by over $1,000
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In space, astronauts go for years without a fresh supply of water. Floating in a capsule in outer space they wash and drink from the same ...
Monday, May 27, 2013
Google acquires kite-power generator
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Google has acquired a US company that generates power using turbines mounted on tethered kites or wings. Makani Power will become pa...
Monday, May 13, 2013
SheerWind claims its INVELOX wind turbine produces 600% more power
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The idea behind the INVELOX system is to capture wind using wide mouthed funnels and channel it via ducts to a turbine sitting at ground ...
Monday, April 15, 2013
Tiles Harvest Marathon Runners' Energy
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Recently the Paris Marathon showed that such a feat is possible. Race organizers laid out an 82-foot span of rubber tiles along the route m...
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wind turbine creates water from thin air
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(CNN) -- Wind turbines have long produced renewable energy but a French engineering firm has discovered another eco-purpose for the towering...
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