The interesting device, inspired by nature to produce renewable energy, has been designed at Iowa State University. The technology consists of small strips of bespoke plastic fitted inside the leaf ...

From community solar farms to co-owned wind turbines, eco-inventors are coming up with new ways to bring renewable power into our homes. Now, micro wind turbines designed to look like trees are ...

AMES, Iowa – Money doesn’t grow on trees, but electricity might someday. Iowa State University scientists have built a device that mimics the branches and leaves of a cottonwood tree and generates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists from the Rwanda Forestry Authority have discovered two types of trees that could produce clean electricity, providing ...

A recent study indicates that vertically designed “solar trees” can generate electricity on par with conventional solar farms while reducing associated forest loss by up to 99 percent. “Through 3D ...

Trees and forests are an incredibly important natural resource — not only for lumber and agricultural products, but also because they maintain a huge amount of biodiversity, stabilize their local ...

Recent years have seen a surge in technologies meant to generate electricity without causing harm to the environment. Here and there on this planet, where the conditions are just right, wind turbines ...