| Charging cell phones with dirt power Phone battery running low? Well get lower, down to the ground. Harvard University researchers have created a microbial fuel cell for off-grid, Sub-Saharan Africans to charge their mobile phones via mud. Read the full story 20 best and worst cities for public transportation, job access With people looking for ways other than the car to get to work, find out which cities have the best (and worst) access to transit and jobs. Read the full story New invention turns building rooftops into wind farms The latest invention to take advantage of the abundance of gusts in urban environments is the IMPLUX wind turbine, a power generator that can harness winds coming from any directions. Read the full story Sling Man returns to remotely control your energy use Blake Krikorian, co-inventor of TV's Slingbox, will tonight release an Android app that controls home heating and lighting from anywhere, be it thousands of miles away or your living room. Read the full story Faster, more comprehensive produce inspection in the works USDA scientists are developing a produce inspection system that will take 360-degree images at a speed of three to four apples per second. Read the full story Survey: Consumer familiarity with green products on rise Still, fewer than half of survey respondents were familiar with the term "biobased." Read the full story Flexible solar sheet can capture more than 90 percent available light A University of Missouri engineer has developed a flexible solar sheet that captures more than 90 percent of available light. The move could be big gain for solar panel efficiency.Today's solar panels capture roughly 20 percent of available light.Like most discoveries, these solar sheets won't be available immediately, but Patrick Pinhero, an associate professor in the Missouri University... Read the full story Stem cell setback: mice reject their own reprogrammed cells Induced pluripotent stem cells are made from a patient's own tissue. As such, they shouldn't be attacked by the immune system after a transplant. Not so, a new study shows. Read the full story Telemedicine can help ICU care Intensive care units that used telemedicine---including offsite electronic monitoring---had lower hospital and ICU mortality, fewer complications and shorter stays, according to a study. Read the full story More LED truths and half-truths As Philips unveils its brightest LED bulb ever - equivalent to a 75-watt incandescent - we illuminate how long these things will really last. Read the full story Pepsi water guru: Don't expect to manage to one water number It's one thing to fix a leaky pipe, but your best practices for water conservation will be very locally driven. Read the full story Waste Management extends bet on thermal conversion Second public investment this month focuses on solution to turn biomass into synthetic gas. Read the full story | 
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