Posted Mon Feb 8, 2010 11:42 AM ET | 0
I have some exciting bean news that bodes well for struggling smallholder farmers in Africa. The Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute announced that it has unveiled 15 varieties of climbing beans that put the common "bush bean" in the dust. The ... Read more
Posted Wed Feb 3, 2010 01:11 PM ET | 0
File this under "I'll tell you where you can stick that report." Now it really will be possible to turn TPS reports into TP, thanks to a Japanese machine called the White Goat that recycles office paper into rolls of ... Read more
Posted Mon Feb 1, 2010 12:52 PM ET | 0
A technology that goes back to nearly the dawn of mankind isn't just enduring--it promises to clean up energy production and storage. Time to get reacquainted with the flywheel. Grid operators usually reserve one percent of their energy... Read more
Posted Fri Jan 29, 2010 04:12 PM ET | 0
With all the electric vehicles on deck, I wonder how recharging them all on the road will actually go. Fast and easy, or like searching an old airport terminal for a place to charge a laptop? New stations could settle ... Read more
Posted Thu Jan 28, 2010 01:06 PM ET | 0
Lightbulb manufacturers are preparing to sell new residential light-emitting diode bulbs designed to be more efficient and last longer than compact fluorescent bulbs. I want to be excited, but I'm irritated instead. Every light source has some sort... Read more
Posted Tue Jan 26, 2010 02:55 PM ET | 0
Biodiesel has advantages over diesel, but one drawback is higher nitrogen oxide emissions. Fortunately, researchers at Purdue University created an engine framework that cleans up. Greg Shaver, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a... Read more
Posted Fri Jan 22, 2010 03:52 PM ET | 0
Japanese scientists have made a curious discovery with a particular form of slime mold. Transportation planners, take note, because the mold could save us some money. Postdoc Atsushi Tero of Hokkaido University and a team of Japanese and British... Read more
Posted Thu Jan 21, 2010 03:35 PM ET | 0
I'd heard of the notoriously invasive plant kudzu but not tamarisk, which is spreading throughout the West. Since chemicals and even fire haven't been effective on the tamarisk shrub, camels might be a low-tech solution. Rancher Maggie Repp has... Read more
Posted Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:04 PM ET | 0
The overwhelming destruction in Haiti reminds one engineer of the shoddy buildings that collapsed during the massive 2008 quake in Sichuan, China. For him, it's not too early to think about sustainable reconstruction. Civil and environmental... Read more
Posted Fri Jan 15, 2010 01:48 PM ET | 0
With the Detroit Auto Show in full swing, this week a Chinese company touted a new all-electric vehicle that gets 205 miles on a single charge and is set to hit the U.S. market later this year. The Shenzhen-based company ... Read more
Posted Wed Jan 13, 2010 05:23 PM ET | 0
After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the capital of Haiti yesterday, I watched the aftermath unfold in the news with horror. Yet something mentioned in passing during a Doctors Without Borders press conference gave me hope for the survivors. "We're... Read more
Posted Mon Jan 11, 2010 01:20 PM ET | 0
The recent Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas made a splash with 3-D TV. Oh to have seen it. But, probably much like you, I was bundled up for winter instead. Here's green tech from the show that will haunt my ... Read more
Posted Thu Jan 7, 2010 01:11 PM ET | 0
A new dairy in Texas promises to green the farming process and put more money in farmers' pockets at a time when they are feeling the greatest pinch. The demonstration dairy facility under construction at Tarleton State University in Stephenville,... Read more
Posted Mon Jan 4, 2010 03:38 PM ET | 0
A project out of the University of California, San Diego, aims to combine artificial intelligence, sensor technology, cell phones, and innocuous crowd-sourcing to monitor air quality on a hyperlocal level. The nascent system is called CitiSense and... Read more
Posted Thu Dec 31, 2009 01:38 PM ET | 0
The famous Times Square New Year's Eve ball has been lit with LEDs for a few years now, but this time the rest of the display is making the big switch. Now the "2010" numerals are being lit with custom-designed ... Read more
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