| How a smart city could get cars to talk to each other and more A smart city means many devices will hook up with each other and communicate. Read the full story GM installs solar panels to green Chevy Volt production General Motors is installing solar panels at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to green the production of the Chevrolet Volt. Read the full story Switch Lighting unveils 100W equivalent LED bulb Switch Lighting has broken the 100 equivalent barrier with a new passively cooled LED light bulb. The company says that the incandescent light bulb's days are numbered. Read the full story Report: 6 ideas to fix the U.S. infrastructure mess The United States lags emerging nations in transportation, roadway, water and other infrastructure projects. A new report offers ideas for changing the investment model. Read the full story Italian roses bloom under rooftop solar thermal Roses in Italy's Puglia region could bud all year long under solar-thermal rooftops. U.S. start-up Solergy's CPV systems power and heat greenhouses and a Sicilian airport. Read the full story Restaurants use waste oil for power generation Thanks to a contraption called Vegawatt, a handful of restaurants--including at a university and military base--are using old cooking oil for electricity and hot water. Read the full story Need earrings? No job's too small for world's tiniest 3-d printer A new 3-D printer is the size of a milk carton and can produce smaller objects that require exceptional attention to detail, such as spare parts or jewelry. Read the full story Cloud computing interest among business leaders 'up dramatically': IBM survey Just two years ago, cloud computing was a curiosity among C-level executives. Now it's seen as the path to corporate growth and productivity. Read the full story A hydroelectric generator in your arteries can power a pacemaker Swiss scientists have designed a tiny turbine that can fit in arteries and generate power from the rush of blood pumped out of the heart. Read the full story 3M invests in nanomaterial pollution control company GoNano GoNano, based in Moscow, Idaho, uses its silica-based Nanospring technology in catalytic converters, carbon dioxide capture and recycling as well as flow reactors. Read the full story Childhood stress shows up in DNA The longer young children stay in institutional care, the shorter their telomeres. These childhood chromosome changes could affect health later on. Read the full story Gallery: Another step toward harnessing memristors Researchers say they have found out that memristors function like the neurons that pass information around the human brain. Read the full story Puma runs ahead in energy and water reporting German sports company reveals that water for cotton contributed heavily to $133 million in 2010 water/energy costs. The environmental P&L statement could set a trend in corporate reporting. 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 | 
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