6 New Electric Buses in Colorado Double as Backup Batteries for Denver Area Power Grid
A Colorado town’s new electric school bus fleet also doubles as a backup battery to help out during peak power demand. Charging at night, using power to pick up, drop off, and then drop off children again, the buses would normally sit at their charging stations until daybreak...
What to take away
Watch whether this cleaner-energy idea becomes practical enough to spread.
Why it's good
It highlights progress that can make cleaner energy and healthier communities more realistic.
Keep reading
More Bright Stories
Human KindnessGenome tool places large genetic sequences precisely in rice and tobacco without DNA breaks
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a new way to add large pieces of genetic information to plants, overcoming a challenge that has limited plant biotechnology for decades. The advance could help scientists build more complex traits into plants in the future, supporting research into areas such as crop resilience, sustainable agriculture, biotechnology and the use of plants as scalable platforms for producing therapeutics and biologics.
Phys.org Biology - Jul 22
Human KindnessHydra rebuilds the body by restoring its internal cellular map
Before a hydra can regrow a head or foot, its cells appear to rebuild the internal map that tells them where they are and what they should become next, FMI researchers report. The work suggests that cells need to interpret not only where they are in the body, but also what stage of regeneration they are in—a finding that could help explain how tissues regenerate after injury.
Phys.org Biology - Jul 22
Human KindnessThe rise of community-led football
As Premier League prices rise, growing numbers of supporters are seeking out something closer, cheaper and more human in non-league football
Positive News - Jul 22
Human Kindness2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive skeleton of prehistoric predator
Volunteers armed with chisels, brushes and protective goggles chip away at rock encasing the bones of a massive prehistoric amphibian in a glass-walled laboratory on the ground floor of Warsaw's Copernicus Science Centre.
Phys.org Biology - Jul 22