Giant man-shaped Pylons stalk the earth



A team of inspiring designers has come up with a beautiful and graceful idea to transform the pylons of Iceland.

Entitled 'Land of the Giants', architectural design team Choi and Shine conjured up the proposed project for the Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition with only slight modifications to the current design. The design managed only an honourable-mention but as one journalist said it is "a poem for the eyes." Beautiful and spectacular craft.

Good Beach Guide: UK bathing water quality improving
26 May 2011 Last updated at 04:25 


The MCS surveyed 758 beaches in the UK and Channel Islands

Bathing water quality at UK beaches has reached one of its highest levels in the last 25 years, the publishers of the Good Beach Guide say. The Marine Conservation Society said 461 sites gained its top "recommended" award this year, 42 more than in 2010. Newquay, Portrush, Portobello central and Tenby are among the best rated.

Russia to improve water quality in rivers

Aug 17, 2011 17:04 Moscow Time




Russia’s water strategy is aimed at improving the efficiency of using water resources 2.5 times by 2020. The government will allocate 60 percent of investments in the programme. In the near future, the penalty for exceeding the norms of water pollution by factories will be increased six times. This will make it inexpedient to use outdated technology and equipment in cleaning water. Dismantling of outdated hydro-technical facilities is also on the agenda. Experts say that the “health” of Volga and other Russian rivers will improve as the controlling and protecting systems of water resources are modernized.

MIT's artificial leaf is ten times more efficient than the real thing

Speaking at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in California, MIT professor Daniel Nocera claims to have created an artificial leaf, made from stable and inexpensive materials, which mimics nature's photosynthesis process.

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