Scientists test surprising new cow feed with major benefits for farmers and animals: ‘It’s a win-win situation’

It’s not often that cows are part of global warming solutions, but a new type of feed could change that. University of Florida researchers have discovered that a new cow feed could cut down on cow burps, which are notorious for releasing methane, ScienceDaily reported. Methane is a heat-trapping gas that has caused about 30% … Read more

‘The catalyst for a wave of change’

Researchers have crunched the numbers and found that if a small number of companies committed to matching every hour of electricity consumption with green energy, it could kickstart a cleaner future.  Using open-source PyPSA software from the Technical University of Berlin, a collaborative group has found that if just 3% of companies made a 24/7 … Read more

‘It’s … like rearranging the pipeline’

A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo discovered how to reduce energy use at data centers by up to 30%. Since computing uses an estimated 5% of global energy each day, the impact of this method could be enormous, reported Tech Xplore. The internet routes most traffic through data centers running on Linux … Read more