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Supreme Court Rethinks Monsanto’s Seed Patents
The court’s review of Monsanto’s patents on reproducing life forms may finally vindicate small farmers and, ironically, protect Monsanto from itself.
Green Data Center uses Direct Current to Save Energy
This week, Green data center announced another potential solution to save energy: the world’s most powerful direct current (DC) data center. Since transforming energy between alternating current and direct current creates heat, Green has opted to run a portion of their servers purely on DC, reducing the transformation steps from around five to just two.
12 Sexiest Electric Cars and Hybrids of 2012
It’s been said that “The Tesla Roadster is the only sexy electric or hybrid car on the road.” We respectfully disagree.
China Most Likely Country to Fund Renewables
A recent Bloomberg survey of key energy decision-makers concluded that China shows more government support than any other country for funding renewable energy. It also shows equally high support for transformational clean technologies, like smart grids and electric cars.
Train Recycles Braking Energy to Power other Trains
A new subway development in Warsaw, Poland, captures the braking energy from its metro cars and stores it to boost another train’s acceleration to the next station.
