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biorpinter

3D printing grows up, heals wounds by printing skin

Scientists have created a mobile bioprinter that when filled with a patient's cells, prints skin directly into a wound.

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer in Gadgets March 1, 2019

Tesla House

Is Elon Musk's SolarCity circling the drain?

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 21, 2019

xenon thruster

Does this new rocket engine threaten to fill the atmosphere with mercury?

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter November 21, 2018

coal emissions photo

Are negative emissions technologies about to go mainstream?

Clean Technology

By Sami Grover November 19, 2018

Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel station

Is hydrogen back in the energy picture? Or is it all just shilling for oil companies?

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter November 13, 2018

Jimmy Carter with solar panels

Whatever happened to Jimmy Carter's solar panels: The sequel

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 29, 2018

orkney island view from coast out to sea

Innovative floating tidal-power turbine generates 3 GWh of energy in its first year of testing

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy October 16, 2018

tilos greece

Greek island Tilos on its way to becoming fully powered by renewable energy

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy October 10, 2018

Just what we needed dept.: An air-filtering diesel bus

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 27, 2018

server setup

Low-Tech Magazine switches to a low-tech, low carbon website

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 26, 2018

solar roadway in france

Solar road in France generates half the power expected

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 24, 2018

iphone

Resist disastrous planned obsolescence by making old iPhones sexy again

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 11, 2018

nasa icesat-2

NASA launching a new ice monitoring tool that can identify changes the width of a pencil

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy August 28, 2018

sand tiger shark

Laser-toting robots monitor vulnerable sand tiger sharks

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy August 13, 2018

Naturally green

How can people demand a "naturally green" environment and hate wind turbines?

Wind Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter August 6, 2018

female scientist

This computer program could make animal testing obsolete

Clean Technology

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko July 13, 2018

Gosun Fusion

No Sun? Get a GoSun Fusion solar cooker and live better electrically

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter July 10, 2018

a fridge is a heat pump

2 rallying cries for a green building revolution: Reduce Demand! and Electrify Everything!

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter June 22, 2018

geotech

New heat pump technology heats and cools houses at lower cost

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy June 21, 2018

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Mark Menjivar

Eye-popping 'maximalist' tiny house suggests that 'more is more'

mount everest

Dead bodies are emerging from Mount Everest's melting glaciers

thredUP report cover 2019

Secondhand clothing market is growing faster than apparel retail

Tesla House

Is Elon Musk's SolarCity circling the drain?

wing at the high line

Wing Bikes is selling an e-bike that costs less than a New York Metrocard

cooked mushrooms

Eating mushrooms may dramatically cut risk of cognitive decline

clover lawn

How to plant a clover lawn

street in India

India follows China's lead, bans plastic waste imports

old cameras at a thrift store

Thrift stores are tired of getting people's useless junk

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