In Bali, Bamboo Architecture Offers Model for a Sustainable Future

  • 14 Feb 2016

How do you build a future out of grass? On the Indonesian island of Bali, one organization has set out to do just that. Ibuku, an architecture and furniture design firm based outside of Denpasar, Bali’s capital, is using Dendrocalamus asper bamboo—or petung in Balinese—to construct Green Village.

Scientists in Spain create first ever "magnetic wormhole" in lab

  • 28 Jan 2016

A device was designed capable of transmitting the magnetic field from one point in space to another.

Scientists are trialling 'hydricity' - a new power source that combines solar energy and hydrogen

  • 16 Dec 2015

An international team of scientists has come up with a new type of energy system they're calling 'hydricity', which combines the power of sunlight with hydrogen fuel.

​Half of Japan's jobs could soon be filled by robots (and that's good news)

  • 10 Dec 2015

Researchers in Japan recently analyzed 601 jobs and found that 49 percent of the common occupations they analyzed could be performed by robots or computer automation in the next 10 to 20 years.

The James Webb Space Telescope's First Mirror Has Been Installed

  • 30 Nov 2015

NASA has announced that they've installed the first of the James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors. The part is one of eighteen that will eventually be bolted to the satellite, which is set to launch in 2018.

Kenya's latest geothermal project sets a new world record | ESI-Africa.com

  • 30 Oct 2015

In East Africa, Kenya is currently utilising temporary geothermal wellheads as another source of clean energy.