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Viruses Create Electricity with New Gadget-Charging Technology
Researchers have figured out how to use viruses to create electricity in a new piezoelectric technology that could power small electronics through human movement.
Business
How Deadly Charcoal is Bought and Sold in an African Market
Every day, millions of Africans buy charcoal for cooking.
- Hawaii Now Has Statewide Plastic Bag Ban - With Significant Loopholes
- Gaia Soda: An Ethical Alternative to Soda Stream Home Carbonation?
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5 Zero-VOC Interior Paints
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Green Gift Guide For Graduates
Toast your grad's entry into the world with these green gift ideas.
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The New York Times on TreeHugger Founder's Tiny Apartment and Its "Convertible Tricks"
Graham Hill's LifeEdited apartment is finally done, and The New York Times says, "It may be that the house of the future is an apartment — at 420 square feet, a very small apartment ."
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Living
Why Was the Reusable Bag Blamed for a Norovirus Outbreak?
Recently, a reusable bag was blamed for the spread of a highly contagious virus. But it was just bad luck.
- Why 'Kill it with Fire' Should Not be Your Reaction to a Honeybee Swarm
- 5 Zero-VOC Interior Paints for a Freshly-Renovated, Healthy Home
- Paul Watson Faces 15 Years Imprisonment in Costa Rica
- On the East Coast, a Sailing Regatta with Carbon Neutrality
- New Study: Sugar Sabotages Learning and Memory
- 10 Hottest Sustainable Denim Companies for Men's and Women's Jeans
- 5 Gorgeous Climbing Vines to Plant for a Flowing, Bohemian-Chic Container Garden
- 10 Eco-Friendly All-Purpose Cleaners for a Clean, Toxic Chemical-Free Home
Transportation
Tesla to Begin Repaying Department of Energy Loans by End of 2012
Against all the odds, Tesla is about this ship the first Model S electric sedans to customers and the company will begin repaying its debts by the end of this year.
- Portland's Bikeways: 30 Years of Evolution in 1 Map
- Beautiful and Powerful: Audi's E-Bike Wörthersee
- After Walkability and Transit Quality, Walk Score Now Ranks Cities by Bikeability
- Elegant Bike Light That's Hard to Steal
- Nissan to Follow LEAF with 3 New Electric Cars Models
- Toyota Launches Pixis Epoch Minivehicle in Japan (70 MPG US for <$10K)
- Crowd-Sourced Map of NYC's Bike Share Stations Unveiled
- Tesla Model S Electric Sedan has Greater Driving Range than Expected (320 Miles)
Technology
Viruses Create Electricity with New Gadget-Charging Technology
Researchers have figured out how to use viruses to create electricity in a new piezoelectric technology that could power small electronics through human movement.
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- 'Bio Computer' Blends Tech and Organic to Grow Wheatgrass
- Photovoltaic Eye Implants Could Make the Blind See
- Howcast Launches Video Website, Shows You How To Do Anything
- Little Sun Solar Light Is Both Life Saver and Work of Art
- Meter Hack Reveals Solar Array’s True Power
- Solar Charger Concept Uses Stretchable Solar Cell
Science
Chimp Finds Hidden Camera, Promptly Makes Out With It (Video)
Chimpanzees may be native to the jungles of central Africa -- but there's certainly something in their bold smooching style that's undeniably French.
- Nearly 10% of Western Hemisphere's Animals Won't Be Able to Outrun Climate Change
- Extreme Rainstorms in Midwest Double Over Past 50 Years
- First Satellite Study of Manta Rays Reveals New Areas for Conservation
- GM Cotton Fails to Raise Yields in India, Despite Large Increase in Planting
- Statistical Analysis Shows 2 Degree Temperature Rise Zones in North America
- World's First Vegetarian Shark Prefers Heads of Lettuce
- Fewer Americans Believe Climate Change Is Not Happening Than We Think
- Poaching Threatens Malaysia's Tiger Conservation Goals
Energy
US Proposes More Tariffs For Chinese Solar Power Modules
For companies that participated in the Dept of Commerce's investigation the preliminary tariffs are roughly 31%, and much higher for those that didn't.
- World's First Ethanol Cooking Fuel Plant Opens in Mozambique
- Electricity Transmission Line for 7 GW of Offshore Wind Power Off Mid-Atlantic States Given Go Ahead
- North Sea Natural Gas Platform Leak Finally Stopped
- Charcoal Kills 2 Million People & Vast Swaths of Forest Every Year. Can Biofuel Stop the Carnage?
- Grid-Scale Metal Liquid Batteries Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy Use
- US Navy Thinks Renewable Energy is the Future, But House Republicans Don't Want Them to Have It
- Coal Use in United States Drops to 36% of Electricity Generation
- Amory Lovins Wants us to 'Reinvent Fire' with 50-Year Energy Plan
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