While attending a competition for teams of MIT students, Making and Designing Materials Engineering Contest (MADMEC), a team of students and fresh-graduates have shown an invention that could turn the old roof tiles into chameleon-like tiles, turning from black to white and vice-versa as temperatures get low, respectively high.

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A research team at the Tennessee Tech University and Middle Tennessee State University has developed a Plug-in Hybrid Retrofit Kit that allows car owners to convert their regular cars to a hybrid vehicle.

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The coal based power plant located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin in Kenosha County called Pleasant Prairie Power Plant has generated approximately 1,226 MW of electricity in 2006, being one of the largest generating stations in Wisconsin.

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Sometimes you’ll hear people say, “Why should I recycle? It TAKES energy to recycle, but zero energy to toss things away.” Well, not in those exact words, but it’s a common against recycling argument I hear. It’s also bunk.

Recycling does actually save energy, which is a huge perk of recycling because reduced energy of course cuts down on our reliance on non-renewable resources. Not to mention that energy we use to make new products (and to recycle) creates emissions of numerous air and water pollutants – so why not choose the one that makes less.
Recycling does use energy to collect, [...]

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Is recycling a waste of energy?

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