A new study concludes that an extinct volcano off the shore of Portugal could store as much as 1.2-8.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of 24-125 years of the country’s industrial emissions. Doing so would rely on a method known as “in situ mineral carbonization,” which works when the CO2…
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There’s a unique kind of crescent moon in the sky tonight (May 24th,) and possibly the next two days as well. It’s a crescent moon lit by Earthshine, also known as the “Da Vinci Glow” after the main man himself, who finally discovered what this common, yet difficult-to-explain phenomenon was. Though…
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An environmentally clean fuel made from the power of the sun has been devised by scientists which could revolutionize motoring. The solar-powered technology converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be directly dropped into a vehicle’s engine. The researchers from the University of Cambridge harnessed the power of…
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In a potentially huge development for fashion in tropical countries, an entomologist has come up with a Spandex-polyester weave that’s impermeable to the proboscis of the mosquito. Mosquitos hospitalize hundreds of thousands every year in the tropics by spreading malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and West Nile virus, and every major…
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Seeking to find sustainable solutions to low-cost housing in Indonesia, scientists in the world’s third-most-populous nation hypothesized that used diapers could, if one can believe it, replace some of the sand in concrete mixtures. Disposable diapers are usually manufactured from wood pulp, cotton, viscose rayon, and plastics such as polyester, polyethylene,…
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A discarded 80-year-old antibiotic may provide protection against multi-drug resistant superbugs, according to a new study. Discovered back in the 1940s, nourseothricin is a natural product made by a soil fungus that contains several forms of a complex molecule called streptothricin. It generated high hopes of becoming a powerful agent…
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In a warp-speed technological advancement, Chinese scientists have developed mid-air ceramic 3D printing. The team from Jiangnan University has enabled ceramic curves to be freely extended in space without support, opening a panoply of additional applications for the already-widely-used technology of ceramic. Ceramics are used at high levels of engineering technology…
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