Administering vaccines with a small patch covered in numerous microscopic needles instead of a hypodermic needle could lead to more effective vaccinations that anyone can give and that leave no sharp waste. Read More

Environmentalists have labored for decades to protect the impossibly vast rainforests of the Amazon, which make up more than half of the world’s tropical forests. But until recently they had little to show for their efforts. Read More

The amount of money wasted each year on idling servers equals the cost of the Apollo space program. But a number of simple strategies can help get your server load under control and start your company saving energy and money. Read More

A dress designed in collaboration between fashion and engineering students leads to a greener gown for (indoor) nuptials. Read More

One month after the new green data center certification opened for business, the company has become the first to earn the label for its RTP data center, with a score of 99 out of a possible 100. Read More

Life cycle assessment (LCA) has come a long way in the past few years, evolving from a niche activity carried out by academics and a few forward-thinking businesses to a mainstream practice talked about publicly by Fortune 500 companies. There is still, however, some confusion about what LCA is, what it's good (and not so good) for, and where it might be headed.  Read More

The retail giant’s sustainability dreams don’t appear to have diminished, though it's clear the company has been humbled by the fiendish complexity of all it has set out to do. Read More

 The Biomimicry Institute’s Educators’ Summit came to San Francisco last week, and it was a good chance to hear some important contributors to bio-inspired design and educators who are striving to teach this relatively new subject. Read More

Information on the energy use, solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions from the production of common plastics has been updated for the U.S. Life-Cycle Inventory Database. Read More

The 4,000 cows at the Ukrainian Milk Company Ltd. near Kiev are doing more than producing dairy products. Their dung is being used to produce energy at the country's first biogas cogeneration plant. Read More