08/11/2010 05:19
You've probably heard of thin-film solar power, but scientists from Los Alamos and Brookhaven National Laboratories made new light-harvesting material that's actually transparent. Solar electricity from the whole house, anyone?
A team led by physical chemist Mircea Cotlet created a...
08/11/2010 04:49
GEORGE TOWN: Come Jan 1, plastic bags will be practically banned state-wide.
The move – an extension of the current “No Plastic Bag Day” in shopping centres and hypermarkets on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays – means that no plastic bags can be used every day by almost all business sectors.
The...
26/10/2010 02:54
SINGAPORE — Singapore on Thursday urged Indonesia to take action on forest fires on Sumatra island as air pollution reached health-threatening levels in the neighbouring city-state.
“It is a matter of very serious concern as a health hazard that has not just affected Singapore but also the...
26/10/2010 02:42
What's the little dam that's an energy
SHAFT!
The shaft power plant dam, that is. An innovative new design could put clean, river-friendly power within reach of everyone.
Hydroelectric power doesn't produce greenhouse gases and once built a dam can provide electricity for decades.
But, dams...
26/10/2010 02:39
Scientists at Case Western Reserve University have whipped up an alternative to insidious petroleum-derived styrofoam packaging using a combination of clay and milk protein.
The scientists, led by macromolecular science and engineering professor David Schiraldi, took the cow milk protein casein and...
26/10/2010 02:32
Excess materials, building supplies, recyclables and scrap metal have one big thing in common. They're lonely. And what's worse, they usually get heaped onto the trash pile with the rest of the rejects. That's not good for them and not good for us, because it's not good for the planet....
26/10/2010 02:31
It's ultimate dream: Take human waste and turn it into one of the most ubiquitous materials around, plastic. The Sacramento-based startup Micromidas has the technology to do it. And no, their polymer doesn't stink.
When Micromidas CEO John Bissell and his colleagues were undergrads at UC...
26/10/2010 02:25
You might own a printer that could put this blog on a piece of paper, but you probably don't own a printer that can print out solar cells to generate solar power from the sun. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology do, and early results indicate you may soon start seeing these...
26/10/2010 02:15
Some common and dangerous air pollutants found in cities can be absorbed by plants at far greater rates than ever suspected.
The discovery has big implications for modeling how vegetation affects pollutants, as well as how particles in the atmosphere affect human health and global...
18/10/2010 06:28
New incentives well received by major Sarawak timber groups, seen accelerating planting activities
KUCHING: The large-scale development of forest plantation projects in Malaysia, which has fallen short of target, has received a shot in the arm with new tax incentives.
Sarawak Timber...
