Fast Times at Sustainability High
It doesn't look or feel like a school, which is why this project-based learning experiment at the Navy Yard is already making a big impact on a diverse group of South Philly teens.
Penn State team flies electric-powered plane 200 miles, wins million-dollar competition
Does it sound like it's possible to fly an airplane 200 miles without using any fossil fuels? Not only is it possible, but a Penn State-based team just won a national competition � and $1.35 million -- for doing just that.
Penn State researchers designing virtual system to test wind turbine design
Penn State scientists are developing a virtual wind turbine that would replicate how a real wind turbine would function. The simulator could be used to build better functioning wind turbines.
Pittsburgh Tech 50 Awards honors seven companies
Center ice was center stage at The Consol Energy Center for The 15th Annual 2011 Tech 50 Awards Tuesday night, a high-tech evening befitting the hottest technology companies in the region.
Chambersburg man's solar-powered generator is light, portable and quiet
Kurt Hinds of alternative-energy company Kur Technologies has a prototype for a 21-pound generator with a 12-volt battery. It includes an LED light, three standard electrical outlets and two outlets comparable to a car's cigarette lighter.
LoRes-TV: How Businesses Are Making Pittsburgh Greener
A salon, coffee shop, restaurant and bike advocacy group are among those highlighted by Greener Pittsburgh as making its city more sustainable.
YouthQuake: Five Seismic Ideas for Pittsburgh
More than 300 20- and 30-somethings developed 500 ideas at this early-summer event, ranging from concrete and doable to big and transformative. Here are five big ones and a few more to ponder.
Pennsylvania has 18 of the country's fastest-growing 500 companies
Inc. Magazine recently published its list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the United States. Pennsylvania is home to 18 of the top 500 entries on the list.
Southwest PA maker of oil and gas industry equipment building new HQ in Jeannette
The Elliott Group, a nearly century-old southwestern PA company that designs, manufactures and maintains equipment for the oil and gas industries, expects to move into new headquarters next summer.
Cumberland County firm teams with New Zealand company to capture carbon monoxide from steelmaking
Emissions of the toxic gas carbon monoxide are a common byproduct of the steelmaking process. A New Zealand company that's figured out a way to transform this gas into ethanol is partnering with a Harrisburg-area metals industry contractor.