Research & Innovations

Research & Innovations

Research & Innovations";"Understand how advancements in environmental research and innovation are changing the world.

  • High school girl discovers Styrofoam-eating bacterium

    Sat, Jun 13, 2009 12:43 PM by Karl Burkart

    Top awards in last month's Intel International Science Fair go to Tseng I-Ching from Taiwan who discovered 'red bacterium' that metabolizes polystyrene.

  • Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic

    Fri, Jun 12, 2009 2:26 AM by Karl Burkart

    PhDs have been searching for a solution to the plastic waste problem, and this 16-year-old finds the answer.

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  • Walmart 2.0

    Thu, Jun 11, 2009 3:44 PM by Karl Burkart

    It appears Walmart is getting very serious about greening its chain of 66,000 suppliers.

  • Jessica Alba caught shark sniping

    Wed, Jun 10, 2009 12:20 AM by Karl Burkart

    Uh oh. The A-list star gets caught red-handed posting the 'White Mike' shark.

  • A breakdown of the 'Average' American's environmental impact

    Fri, Jun 05, 2009 4:23 PM by Karl Burkart

    If you've ever wondered how much the 'stuff' in your life impacts the environment, this is the chart for you.

  • Types of Environmental Impacts

    Fri, Jun 05, 2009 3:37 PM by Karl Burkart

    Carbon is just one of several types of environmental impacts. Here's how they stack up.

  • Defining your 'total environmental impact'

    Fri, Jun 05, 2009 3:45 AM by Karl Burkart

    A reprint of my article explaining the 'grand unified theory' of environmental impacts called TEI.

  • The EVO Tree in memoriam

    Thu, Jun 04, 2009 12:14 AM by Karl Burkart

    The brief history of the tree-shaped environmental impact game I developed for EVO.com.

  • The Earth from Above in hi def!

    Wed, Jun 03, 2009 2:06 PM by Karl Burkart

    On June 5, take to the skies and see how humans are reshaping the 'Earth from Above.'

  • Guiding light

    Mon, Jun 01, 2009 11:34 AM by PlentyMag.com

    Oskar Sigurdsson: an environmental hero hailing from a remote lighthouse in Iceland.

  • Assignment Earth: Living with levees

    Fri, May 29, 2009 5:00 PM

    Engineers find that controlled flooding may help defend against stronger damage to floodplains

  • Smoke and mirrors

    Fri, May 29, 2009 2:09 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Ambitious (but not exactly practical) ways to stop global warming.

  • CO2 Sucker

    Fri, May 29, 2009 1:51 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Can we vacuum carbon dioxide from the air?

  • A star (factory) is born!

    Thu, May 28, 2009 9:36 PM by Karl Burkart

    California inaugurates the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor proving there's nothing 192 lasers and $3.5 billion can't do.

  • Not your average airplane or lightbulb

    Thu, May 28, 2009 2:54 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Two ambitious inventions to look out for.

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