Archive for June 2018
Here come hydrogen-fuelled trucks
Vehicles powered by alternatives to fossil fuels are on the roll. Literally. The Japanese automaker Toyota is rolling out a new line of vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells. A concept version of a long-haul truck with the car manufacturer’s
Climate change may trigger a trade war over fishing
As climate change continues to cause havoc with weather patterns around the planet, many species are on the move. Those species include a host of marine animals like fish. Warming water temperatures are causing fish to migrate to new areas
Transparent solar panels are in the works
Solar power is a great power source: it’s cheap, green, highly efficient and inexhaustible. But it isn’t without some drawbacks. For one thing, solar panels tend to be bulky and unsightly, occupying plenty of space. But they no longer have
A little nuclear power plant that could
A wee reactor with plenty more oomph. That’s what NuScale Power, a nuclear power company in the US, has achieved in what is touted as a technological breakthrough. The Oregin-based company’s light-water reactors measure only 22.5m in height and 4.4m
Giant invasive worms wreak havoc in France
Ease of travel has shrunk the planet, reducing once vast distances to a few hours’ worth of air travel. That has not been an entirely good thing. It’s now not only humans that can now travel from one end of
The EU is moving to ban 10 single-use plastic Items
If you live within the EU and you like using disposable plastic utensils, plates, straws, drink stirrers and earbuds, you aren’t in luck. The European Commission is planning to ban the use of such plastic items by 2019 in order