cleantech
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In a boon for the climate, philanthropists are making it rain for cleantech innovators
Securing funding for market-based climate solutions used to be a tough sell. Then Sarah Kearney stepped in.
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NASA has some wild ideas for the future of flying
NASA says it will start studying a bunch of cutting-edge aviation ideas -- four of which could make air travel much cleaner than it is today.
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Are giant suction cups the key to cheap wind power?
Sometimes the future looks like a toilet plunger, and that's OK.
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Launching the cleantech space race: A preflight checklist for candidates
From exporting cleantech to upgrading the grid, here’s how to kickstart the renewable revolution.
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China could blow the world away as a wind superpower
China could produce up to a quarter of its electricity from wind by 2030.
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Tesla wants to be your renewable energy everything
Elon Musk wants to buy SolarCity, but Wall Street's not having it.
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This gravity-powered lamp could bring nearly free lighting to the developing world
Twenty-five bucks gets a light made and delivered to a person in India or Africa.
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Here’s a fuel cell that runs on brain juice
Whatever, Google Glasses; I’m holding out for the Google brain implant. And that just got a little more plausible, thanks to new technology for fuel cells that run off of blood sugar. In theory, if you popped one of these babies in your brain, it could get all its power from your own cerebrospinal fluid (the […]
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Chair-dance-worthy indie rock video explains why plastics don’t have to suck
It's like Threadless and the Arcade Fire teamed up with BASF to talk about green chemistry and the threat of peak oil.