Near net zero reached at Frito-Lay plant

If only more existing buildings would go "net zero". The Empire State Building has saved 40% in energy costs with a major retrofit. Now a Frito-Lay facility, a

Cray announces ‘Titan’ supercomputer, potentially world’s fastest

Cray Inc. has signed a $97 million contract to upgrade the Cray XT5 Jaguar supercomputer located at the Department of Energy

World’s largest solar bridge begins to take shape

PV - World?s largest solar bridge begins to take shape - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

Strategic alliance to produce “ground-breaking” wind-solar hybrid systems

Wind - Strategic alliance to produce ?ground-breaking? wind-solar hybrid systems - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

Quick win: aviation biofuels offers breakout for clean energy

In Copenhagen this week, a coalition of companies and associations involved in aviation biofuels made a strong case for the sector not only as a quick win for biofuels, but as a quick win for clean energy as a whole.

Physicists localize 3-D matter waves for first time [+video]

University of Illinois physicists have experimentally demonstrated for the first time how three-dimensional conduction is affected by the defects that plague materials. Understanding these effects is important for many electronics applications.

NASA-approved electric airplane flies 200 miles in 2 hours

So this is cool. Electric airplanes have been gracing our pages for years now, and while they remain infeasible as a replacement for commercial airliners (duh), they continue to inspire folks with their increasingly impressive feats of sustainable

Japanese flair for detail elevates 'earth-bricks' house by Atelier Tekuto

Photos: Toshihiro Sobajima for Atelier Tekuto Earth building is unusual in Japan, a nation better-known for its high-tech and ultra-modern architecture. That's why this single-storey earth-brick residence in Chiba, Japan by Atelier Tekuto is so striking:

Iberia completes first commercial biofuel flight

Biofuels - Iberia completes first commercial biofuel flight - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

20 best microphotos of 2011

Check out photos of the 20 Best Microphotos of 2011

Weird exoplanetary system dances to the beat

If there's one thing to be said for the Kepler mission, it's certainly turning up some very strange new worlds.

The rise of artificial intelligence personal assistant

Soon each and every one of us will have a PA, even PAs themselves. Artificial Intelligence Assistants are at last making a proper entrance.

ALMA Opens Its Eyes. The most powerful millimetre/submillimetre-wavelength telescope in the world opens for business and reveals its first image

Humanity's most complex ground-based astronomy observatory, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has officially opened for astronomers. The first released image, from a telescope still under construction, reveals a view of the Universe that cannot be seen at all by visible-light and infrared telescopes. Thousands of scientists from around the world have competed to be among the first few researchers to explore some of the darkest, coldest, furthest, and most hidden secrets of the cosmos with this new astronomical tool.