Environment

Scientists in Australia have discovered a way to measure the attention span of a fly, which could lead to futher advances in understanding ADHD and autism in humans.

4 | January 26, 2010 11:26am | By Andrew Nusca

Bill Gates delivered his 2010 annual letter for the Bill & Melina Gates Foundation and pointed out a potential health care aid conundrum ahead: Spending on reducing global warming could crimp the...

21 | January 25, 2010 12:37pm | By Larry Dignan

Is there a link between sustainability and business innovation? Nike certainly thinks so.

1 | January 25, 2010 10:48am | By Heather Clancy

Energy makes money, health care takes money, but it takes money to make money.

3 | January 25, 2010 8:10am | By Dana Blankenhorn

ESPN's new Innovation Lab is improving game-watching--from NFL to World Cup to billiards... yes, billiards.

January 25, 2010 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Good news! Those clanky aluminum towers that hold propane tanks have been reinvented into a thing of beauty. Meet the entrepreneurs and learn how they are rolling their art from Hollywood parties...

7 | January 21, 2010 3:00am | By Vince Thompson

Method's new 8x concentrated laundry detergent aims to please the environment by doing away with excess water that costs manufacturers and consumers money.

5 | January 19, 2010 10:02am | By Andrew Nusca

A new graduate program challenges students to think about urban environmental issues, such as city buses crawling (and polluting) down Manhattan avenues.

4 | January 19, 2010 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Pano Logic's thin clients build on top of existing investments in VMware server virtualization to address the electricity limitations, space needs and administrative concerns of a Rhode Island...

January 18, 2010 2:29pm | By Heather Clancy

Helene York, vice president of strategic partnerships at Bon Appétit demos the company's Low Carbon Diet Calculator. The software tool allows users to calculate the carbon emissions created...

12 | January 15, 2010 1:40pm

Can Henry Ford's great grandson use sustainable thinking to propel Ford back to No. 1?

2 | January 15, 2010 6:10am | By Heather Clancy

Next Tuesday's election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy has broad implications. Here's why.

14 | January 14, 2010 10:56am | By John Dodge

Scientists have discovered that some homes with black parking lots have been found to have surprisingly large doses of carcinogens in their household dust.

3 | January 13, 2010 11:55am | By Andrew Nusca

China is blaming global warming for the cold, and there may be something to that. Instability is increasing in global weather patterns as average temperatures warm.

91 | January 12, 2010 10:48am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Project FROG experiments with how environment can affect student performance.

January 12, 2010 9:05am | By Heather Clancy

Can student performance improve with the environment? Studies have shown that the educational environment can enable students to perform up to two grades better. Mark Miller, founder of Project...

5 | January 11, 2010 4:49pm

A hard-hat tour of a privately funded brain injury treatment center reveals high-tech, natural light and compassion.

4 | January 11, 2010 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Why do economies succeed, why do they fail and how do we profit in the days ahead. Craig Thomas, a veteran private-sector economist and author of The Econosphere joins us to answer these questions...

23 | January 11, 2010 3:00am | By Vince Thompson

Ford's new Touch and Sync in-car communications systems show that the next frontier for innovation is your dashboard. Say hello to hands-free, voice activated in-car computing.

8 | January 7, 2010 2:05pm | By Andrew Nusca

Some start-ups are looking to nature and embracing biomimetics as the catalyst for ideas that are both commercially viable and smart for the planet.

January 7, 2010 11:50am | By Heather Clancy