Most Americans want the U.S. to place more emphasis on developing solar power, recent polls suggest. A major impediment, however, is the cost to manufacture, install and maintain solar panels. Simply put, most people and businesses cannot afford to place them on their rooftops. Fortunately, that is changing because researchers such as Qiaoqiang Gan, University…
Illegal trafficking of two critically endangered tortoise species from Madagascar has reached epidemic proportions, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Turtle Survival Alliance, Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership, Turtle Conservancy, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund and other groups who urge authorities to clamp…
Chicago’s neighborhood secondhand stores thrive while competing with eBay and other websites because their patrons seek “intangible satisfactions,” not just bargains, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rachel Weber and Brenda Parker, associate and assistant professor of urban planning and policy at…
By Laura Fraser You probably wouldn’t expect to find pesticides in your toothpaste or your gym socks, but they might be in there all the same. And the vast majority of those pesticides have made it into everyday products without adequate oversight by…
The innovative design of Edison2′s ‘Very Light Car’ enabled the company to win the $5 million dollar X Prize competition for a passenger car achieving over 100 MPG. In this video, recorded on July 12th 2012, Oliver Kuttner, Edison2′s founder and CEO, drives the Edison2…
African forest elephants are being poached out of existence. A study just published in the online journal PLOS ONE shows that across their range in central Africa, a staggering 62 percent of all forest elephants have been killed for their ivory over the past decade.…
An international team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has documented a 78 percent decline in the number of nests of the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) at the turtle’s last stronghold in the Pacific Ocean. The study, published online…
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently announced that a national park, once home to Africa’s largest forest elephant population, has lost a staggering 11,100 individuals due to poaching for the ivory trade. The shocking figures come from Gabon’s Minkebe Park, where recent surveys of areas…
This week (4th Feb, 2013) at Kolgrafafjordur fjord, Iceland , 10,000 tons of herring were found dead for the second time this winter. (usanews) Roughly one season’s worth of herring has been lost, Johann Sigurjonsson, director of Iceland’s Marine Research Institute, said Wednesday. Researchers in Iceland…
Largest Study of Its Kind Shows Link Between Outdoor Particulate Pollution and Impaired Fetal Growth Mothers who are exposed to particulate air pollution of the type emitted by vehicles, urban heating and coal power plants are significantly more likely to bear children of low birth…
If you’re planning a romantic Italian dinner this Valentine’s Day, you may want to consider drinking a glass of milk along with your meal. According to a 2010 study in the Journal of Food Science published by the Institute of Food Technologist (IFT), researchers from…
