Planting trees is the most popular strategy to help make cities ‘greener,’ both literally and figuratively. However, according to the American Chemical Society, scientists have found a counterintuitive effect of urban vegetation during heat waves: Urban...
Hot countries, such as Yemen, and other warm regions of the world are prone to drought and water contamination. However, along with the hot climate grows a tree that can attract and kill bacteria in the water. This thin-branched and the gangly-looking tree is...
Only days after a Russian mobile 3D printer constructed a 310-square-foot structure with a bathroom, kitchen, and living room/bedroom in only 24 hours at a cost of $10,134, a Ukranian 3D printer claimed it can also create a home in less than a day. They call it the...
I want to thank NASDAQ for sharing my recent article, A New Purification System Could Give Yemenis Clean Affordable Water. The article explores a new technology that has the ability to deliver clean water at an affordable price to citizens of Yemen. The technology was...
A water purification system that uses nanotechnology to remove bacteria, viruses and other contaminants may be the solution to delivering clean drinking water to rural communities. The best part, it could cost as low as $3 per family. Researchers from the Indian...
It’s finally here: The first-ever ‘Jetsons’-style flying car will soon be in the skies near you. Slovakia-based engineering firm AeroMobil unveiled its flying car prototype back in 2014, but it was not commercially available at that time. The company recently...