This is an exciting breakthrough in the fight against cancer cells which are transported in the blood. Scientists have developed a laser which will detect cancer cells previously hard to find when being transported in the blood. Read full story here.
Tesla announces that it’s Solar Roofing Tiles, designed to look like high-quality traditional roofing, are in their third iteration and that the price point is nearing that of traditional roofing (once the electricity savings are considered.) Read more here.
In its first year of testing a tidal power turbine from the company, ScotRenewables has generated three gigawatts of renewable power. This is a record-breaking performance for a tidal power turbine. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/21/turbine-smashes-records-in-significant-step-for-tidal-power.html
By adding a new layer to common solar cells, UCLA researchers estimate they can reduce solar energy costs by about a fifth, in a relatively simple process that can easily be incorporated into mainstream solar cell manufacturing. Solar Energy News: New Dual Layer Solar Cell Shatters Efficiency Record By a lot.
Under Philadelphia’s insightful decision to invest $120 Million Dollars to build an anaerobic digester, their fleet vehicles will be fueled by the natural gas created by composting garbage. This is a very exciting project which will hopefully be a model for cities around the nation to follow. Read the full article on Bloomberg. For whatever reason, … Read More
Using a particle accelerator and Float Zone Silicon, Rayton Solar, a company backed by Bill Nye and others, plans to produce high-efficiency silicon wafers just 3 microns thick, slashing costs for solar panels by up to 60%. Bill Nye-backed solar company aims to cut the cost of solar by 60% By using a particle accelerator … Read More
It seems that most trends, in the United States, either start in New York city or on the west coast in Los Angeles or San Francisco. I am hoping that this addition of bike lanes, in San Francisco will be no different. Here is the story: It began on Wednesday, June 22nd when, in two … Read More
Virgin Atlantic has decided to use a methanol based Jet Fuel in its entire fleet. Lanzanol is a low-carbon “alcohol-to-jet” fuel that could reduce carbon emissions by up to 65% compared to regular jet fuel. Not only would the CO2 output be much less, no Carbon-based fuel is burned in the fuel. The source for the … Read More
I love this glow-in-the-dark bike path in Poland. Poland builds a solar-powered bike path that glows a ghostly blue | TechCrunch Poland can do some cool stuff. To wit: this cool bike path in a town called Pruszków. The path is made of a light-emitting material that charges in the The path, after charging in the … Read More
It is a while before commercial implementation but scientists have discovered a material which could speed computer processing while requiring 100 times less power. Since the projected energy consumption is projected to dramatically increase over the next 20 years, this could save a great deal of energy. New Material Could Make Faster Computers That Use … Read More