The Year in Green Innovation

Cover a building with a new type of aluminum panel, and a special coating will attract smog particles and break them down. Rai

Cloud-computing Home Heaters

Microsoft Research had an energy-saving pitch for homeowners: Why not install a computer server instead

Electric Biking

When this bike won the Oregon Manifest design challenge, it proved that even the most elite of cycling enthusiasts had decided to embrace

Slow Zones

New York City opened its first 20 mile-per-hour “slow zone,” which will make streets safer for pedestrians but also encou

Weak Hooks

Fishing fleets searching for yellowfin tuna and swordfish too often hook the overfished bluefin tuna. But when fishing boats use weak h

Forget solar chargers. This concept phone sucks up energy from heat, which means that it can subsist off

Ecofriendly Guinness

You know that plastic ball that’s in your can of Guinness? (It creates the head of the beer.) It doesn’t need to be