A plane-shaped device that will be able to power 2,000 homes in the UK by harnessing the power of the tides is being towed into position off Scotland’s Orkney Islands in the North Sea, according to Recharge news.
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Reducing Blue Light With a New Type of LED That Won’t Keep You up All Night
To be more energy efficient, many people have replaced their incandescent lights with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs.
FSU Researchers Develop Tool to Track Marine Litter Polluting the Ocean
In an effort to fight the millions of tons of marine litter floating in the ocean, Florida State University researchers have developed a new virtual tool to track this debris.
Don’t Go Fracking My Heart
The Marcellus Formation straddles the New York State and Pennsylvania border, a region that shares similar geography and population demographics.
Cave Deposits Show Surprising Shift in Permafrost Over the Last 400,000 Years
Nearly one quarter of the land in the Northern Hemisphere, amounting to some 9 million square miles, is layered with permafrost — soil, sediment, and rocks that are frozen solid for years at a time.
Household Aerosols Now Release More Harmful Smog Chemicals Than All Vehicles in the Country
Aerosol products used in the home now emit more harmful volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollution than all the vehicles in the UK, new research shows.