Imagine Electricity-Generating Clothes,… but Without Solar Panels on Them

Imagine Electricity-Generating Clothes,… but Without Solar Panels on Them

 

Researchers from Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials announced this week that they have manufactured a material that can generate electricity using your body heat.

 
Jerusalem Artichoke Recipe: Creamy No-Dairy Vegetable Soup

Jerusalem Artichoke Recipe: Creamy No-Dairy Vegetable Soup

 

Easy to Grow, Easy to Eat
Last spring we planted Jerusalem artichokes and this fall and winter we have been creating recipes to enjoy the tasty harvest from our garden.

 
Secret Clean Energy Stash Discovered in Oceans

Secret Clean Energy Stash Discovered in Oceans

 

Lockheed Martin, the company better known for airborne innovation, is developing a way to mine renewable energy that is literally just sitting there in the ocean, waiting for someone to reach out and grab it.

 
Vermont Introduces Legislation to Label GMOs

Vermont Introduces Legislation to Label GMOs

 

Eleven state representatives in Vermont have submitted legislation to require labeling of genetically modified organisms.

 
Obesity is a Killer at Large

Obesity is a Killer at Large

 

Lately, it seems that turning on the TV means hearing about the threats that face our nation.

 
EERE Support Yields Breakthrough in Manufacturing of Triple Pane, R-5 Energy Efficient Windows

EERE Support Yields Breakthrough in Manufacturing of Triple Pane, R-5 Energy Efficient Windows

 

Support from the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) has been instrumental in GED Integrated Solutions achieving a breakthrough in the manufacturing of energy-efficient residential windows.

 
New “Flow” Battery Does that Cheap Energy Storage Thing

New “Flow” Battery Does that Cheap Energy Storage Thing

 

Scientists on the lookout for utility-scale, high efficiency batteries are developing new “flow”systems that that store energy more effectively than lead-acid or lithium-ion batteries, but there’s a catch.

 
How Clean Is Your Chicken?

How Clean Is Your Chicken?

 

Gross. One more knock against the chicken industry, it came out in Meatingplace magazine that 80 percent of poultry growers NEVER sanitize their crates. Ever.

 
Cauliflower Scallion Bean-Free Hummus Recipe

Cauliflower Scallion Bean-Free Hummus Recipe

 

This gluten free hummus makes a great appetizer or snack. Sure, beans are good for you and a great vegan source of protein, but it’s important to get more fresh veggies in your diet, too. This cauliflower hummus gives you a healthy dose of cruciferous veggies in every bite!

 
Is Corn Syrup Worse for You than Sugar?

Is Corn Syrup Worse for You than Sugar?

 

I don’t know about you guys, but I am pretty diligent about label-reading, and one of the ingredients on my radar is always high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

 
A Brief Discussion of Exploding ‘Manure Foam’

A Brief Discussion of Exploding ‘Manure Foam’

 

What happens when you concentrate a large number, try thousands, of pigs in one small space? You get a big pile of sh*t.

 
Stanford Engineers’ Nanoshell Whispering Galleries Improve Thin Solar Panels

Stanford Engineers’ Nanoshell Whispering Galleries Improve Thin Solar Panels

 

Visitors to Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building may have experienced a curious acoustic feature that allows a person to whisper softly at one side of the cavernous, half-domed room and for another on the other side to hear every syllable. Sound whisks around the semi-circular perimeter of the room almost without flaw. The phenomenon is known as a whispering gallery.

 
Stanford Engineers Weld Nanowires with Light

Stanford Engineers Weld Nanowires with Light

 

One area of intensive research at the nanoscale is the creation of electrically conductive meshes made of metal nanowires.

 


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