All organisms have the amazing ability to process all kinds of substances that enter their bodies-separating food into smaller components to be absorbed in the blood stream as energy, while the useless particles are eventually excreted. Our bodies try and make the most out of everything that passes through, turning any possible nutrient into a [...]

Landfill gas is an appealing alternative to increasingly expensive oil-based fuels. This type of biogas is a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide that forms a liquefied natural gas (LNG) after being purified, condensed and finally super-cooled.
Linde North America and Waste Management are working together to create the world’s largest waste-to-energy facility in Livermore, California. [...]

It’s not hard to understand why food on-the-go is so appealing. Pull a car full of hungry kids into the drive-through at your local burger joint and everyone leaves full and happy. In the mood for a coffee or egg sandwich on the way to work? It wouldn’t be a surprise with dozens of 50ft [...]

You can only count on two things, Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote goes; Death and Taxes. Well, there is a third answer that is just as unpleasant, and that is garbage. One thing we can all count on is to have a steady pile of trash accumulating under our sinks, our trash cans and our streets. [...]