Solar technology is beginning to heat up, thanks to researchers at Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP). Scientists have developed a method of solar thermal heating that generates steam at the
Bill Gates helped to invent the personal computer and now, through his philanthropic foundation, he plans to help reinvent the toilet. On Tuesday, the billionaire awarded the California Institute of
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports work in education and global development to a degree that few other foundations can claim - and now it's even taking on the problem of global agriculture
The new campus occupies a site located in downtown Seattle across the street from the Space Needle. Formerly an asphalt parking lot, the site was restored with more than 40 percent of it turned into 2
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is looking to reinvent the classic commode. Two and a half billion people in the world -- about 40% of the population -- don't have access to a safe and sanitary way
A team from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are working on mobile phones that could be charged by simply putting them in contact with microbes living in the soil. It is hoped that
