A Solar-Powered Alternative To InsecticidesOrganic farmers have a wealth of alternatives to synthetic insecticides--biological pest control, row covers, and even natural insecticides. A company called AgriSolar has a different alternative: a solar-powered system that attracts, disorients, and ultimately kills insects.The system is incredibly effective, if AgriSolar is to be believed. The company claims that it can kill... Continue Reading →

Temperature ‘Below’ Absolute Zero AchievedA temperature ‘below’ absolute zero has been achieved by physicists at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching.“On the absolute temperature scale, which is used by physicists and is also called the Kelvin scale, it is not possible to go below zero – at... Continue Reading →

Food MythBusters -- Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world? Read more: http://thegic.org/video/food-mythbusters-do-we-really-need-industrial-agriculture-to-feed#ixzz2HDU5ED4I The biggest players in the food industry—from pesticide pushers to fertilizer makers to food processors and manufacturers—spend billions of dollars every year not selling food, but selling the idea that we need their products to feed the world. But,... Continue Reading →

Lexus Releases Sneak Preview of its New Driverless Vehicle Read more: Lexus Unveils Luxurious New Driverless Vehicle | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Google no longer has a monopoly on driverless vehicles. Lexus has unveiled a sneak preview of its luxury LS model equipped with proprietary Intelligent Transport Systems technology, including an on-board... Continue Reading →

Toyota, Audi driverless demos will pull up to CES While the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas starting January 8 will be full of mobile-computing gadgetry next week, autonomous driving demonstrations will also capture visitors' attention, and will raise awareness that autonomous driving technologies are to shape the future of road transport, sooner than later.... Continue Reading →

Salmon is about to become much cheaperAquAdvantage® SalmonAquAdvantage® Salmon (AAS) include a gene from the Chinook salmon, which provides the fish with the potential to grow to market size in half the time of conventional salmon. In all other respects, AAS are identical to other Atlantic salmon.AAS is an environmentally sustainable alternative to current farmed... Continue Reading →

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